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Old 02-05-2019, 12:49 PM   #8936
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814 View Post

Bennett is a little better than Virtanen, but not by much. They've got many of the same deficiencies, and they do many of the same things well. They're both reasonably skilled, good skating, physical forwards with good shots. Neither is a good passer.
Wha? Did I just read this right?

Oh boy. Bennett may not rack up assists like Tkachuk or Gaudreau but he is an above average playmaker and passer, and by every metric a line driver. Virtanen is a one dimensional shoot first player whose only assists are rebounds from his shooting.

Bennett is in the 86th percentile in shot assists, Virtanen in the 14th percentile. Lumping them together as passers is just wrong.
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