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Old 12-14-2018, 01:26 AM   #2335
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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper View Post
At this point, Bennett’s point totals are unlikely to be anything special this season considering his current pace and being bumped down the line up is unlikely to help with this. I still think he can be a good middle 6 grinder who can play up and down the line and score the occasional beauty.

But the most bewildering stat to me of all things has to be his assist totals. In juniors, he was an assist per game player for his final 2 seasons with Kingston, yet his career high at the NHL level is 18 with a current pace of 13 this season. I wonder where his playmaking ability could have gone?

When you watch him play, it looks like he has no interest in passing at all especially when he tries to go one on one on every other rush. Even when he plays with historically good snipers like Monahan and Neal, the vision and set ups are almost non existent. Very very puzzling.
Though I agree with you, there has also been a lot of examples of players whiffing on grade A scoring chances after being set up by Bennett, especially early in the season, when he couldn't get a point out of a great play even if his life depended on it. The fact that James Neal can't score any goals despite shooting the puck at a decent clip has also been detrimental to Bennetts totals. He's not exactly what we thought he would be, but he also ralely has any puck luck. Maybe that's just the way it is and will be with him, or maybe he will power through it and start getting his totals up a bit. I guess we'll see.
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