Originally Posted by New Era
Nice ignorance of the majority of the post which clearly shows Bennett is not what you are advertising him to be. Again, the data that really focuses on opportunity shows where Bennett shakes out.
"If you actually take into consideration opportunity, Bennett is much worse. Bennett is producing at a 1.70 P/60 amongst forwards, which puts him 9th on the Flames and clearly in the bottom six. He's 236th on this measure in the league. For comparables, looking at the top 10 teams, on Tampa Bennett would be 11th, on San Jose he would be 10th, on Winnipeg he would be 12th, on Nashville he would be 10th, on the Islanders he would be 10th, the Leafs he would be 9th, Vegas he would be 9th, Montreal he would be 12th, Washington he would be 11th."
On a top 10 team, Bennett's production puts him at 10-11th forward, clearly 4th line level production.
"For the rest of the league, on Pittsburgh he would be 11th, Minnesota he would be 9th, Carolina he would be 10th, Colorado he would be 8th, Vancouver he would be 9th, Anaheim he would be 10th, Arizona he would be 7th, Rangers he would be 9th, Florida he would be 8th, Detroit he would be 8th, Chicago he would be 7th, Philadelphia he would be 9th, New Jersey he would be 8th, Ottawa he would be 11th. The only teams he would manage to scrap into the top six are Columbus, where he would be 6th, Boston he would be 6th, Buffalo he would be 6th, Dallas he would be 6th, and Los Angeles he would be 6th. The only team where he sneaks about the six slot is Edmonton, where he would be 5th. Not sure how I see where he's a top six player."
The rest of the league averages out to the 8th best producer in comparison, which clearly puts him on the third line. That's only because the bottom feeders in the league bring that number up. Only on those really bad teams does Bennett climb the lineup. He could be a solid top six player on a team the quality of the Oilers, but I hope the Flames have higher aspirations than that. Bennett is what Bennett is. Considering his opportunity, that is likely inflated. Not many players produce as poorly as Bennett and continue to get opportunity. I get that he tries really hard and plays a tough game, but he is extremely ineffective at doing what you hope a player with that opportunity gets, and that is put goals on the scoreboard.
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