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Originally Posted by transplant99
Yup...exactly what i would like to see as well. I would also like to see Jankowski between them (until Backlund can return) and let Ryan drop down a bit as his offensive abilities are extremely limited.
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Numbers just don't support that.
As I said I haven't liked the last few games (Two before Backlund went down and two since), but as a trio they've been good before that. Bennett has the second most five on five minutes with Tkachuk this season after Backlund, this isn't a two week thing.
Tkachuk has seen a 4.7% increase in scoring chance splits with Bennett compared to without.
Tkachuk has seen a 12% spike in high danger chance splits with Bennett compared to without.
Numbers suggest Tkachuk has played better with Bennett than any other forward not named Monahan, Gaudreau or Lindholm.