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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
This will not get a lot of thanks (if any) but to me, Bennett SHOULD be that 2nd line center, and I bet he would have been by now had it not been for Gulutzan. The second best puck carrier on the team I think is Bennett. He keeps up with Gaudreau on those puck relay races. I just think that offensively, his confidence is about as high as a leprechaun at a giant's only mixer for singles. Bennett continually makes fantastic decisions defensively and has grown his game in every single facet that you want a center to realize growth in EXCEPT offensively (where he has notably regressed since his rookie season). If I am Peters and Ward, I am going to sit down with Bennett a tonne and do whatever it takes to get this kid going. If he does, this team will be that much more dangerous.
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I just haven't seen the consistent vision and playmaking from Bennett to think he'd be a centre. Not sure having a better coach than Gulutzan changes that at all. And I bet you that Treliving had a lot of input into whether Bennett would stay at centre or not. I don't think there's any way Bennett would've been moved out of centre permanently without management and our scouts being on board with the idea.
Don't forget Bill Peters wondered if Bennett should be a winger or a centre when he first joined on. Since then? I don't think he's played him at centre at all. So clearly Peters thinks Jankowski is better at centre then Bennett is as well.
We were always going to have to move one of Bennett and Jankowski to the wing once Backlund was re-signed since we were never going to move Backlund or Monahan to the wing. I think GG, Treliving and now Peters have made the right choice. Out of the two Bennett is the better winger and Jankowski the better centre IMO.