[ComixZone]

I enjoy that Bennett is the 6th/7th best forward on the best team in the Western Conference, but people just keep hammering the drum.

Kid is making progress after a horrible coach buried him in the line-up and mishandled his development like only an Oilers coach could. After two years of the same group of people defending Bennett, and the same group of people attacking Bennett...nothing changes.

Would have been cool to actually have something come out of the conversations, but it seems we mostly just spent 2 1/2 years yelling our opinions at each other with very few people opening their eyes enough to find a middle ground.

Bennett is 22, and is the 6th/7th best forward on the best team in the Western Conference. He fights, he hits, he works his ass off. I love ‘em. He likely won’t be the 90 point stud we once dreamed of, but he’s developing right before our eyes. This looks to be an important year for the youngster as his 200 foot game has taken big steps. Thanks to the poor start from the bottom half of the roster offensively (which he was a big part of), he may not pop 40 points but I’d bet he pops 50 points within the next 2 seasons while delivering a strong defensive game and enough jam to keep Mangiapane fed for years.

Good player. Looks to be a good teammate. It’s likely that were he on another team, he’d be consistently in the top 6 due to lack of depth on other teams, but that’s part of being a good team. The depth keeps him as that 6/7, and it looks like a good spot for him right now. He’s helping the team win, and him stepping permanently into that 6th spot next season seems inevitable as his game continues to improve and as his consistency improves.

Saying “Bennett is what Bennett is” when the kid is 22 years old seems bafflingly short sighted to me.