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Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Bennett finished at roughly the same rate as Backlund and Frolik last year, actually. Other than one blip of a year his career shooting percentage isn't too far behind Gaudreau either. Obviously less ice time will result in less shots, of course.

Now first unit PP, maybe he's not a direct fill-in for Tkachuk's designated role. Maybe you need to rotate Lindholm or Monahan down there as the deflection/rebound guy, a smart PP coach should be flexible enough and able to figure out whose skillsets are suited for which roles. As a LHS, Tkachuk is not the rarest commodity on our PP, Lindholm is (but even there, Ryan, Andersson, and Czarnik are very skilled options). Tkachuk is an extremely important piece but it would take a Gulutzian effort for him to singlehandedly tank our PP by not showing up.

Let's just not start the whole Bennett debate again....