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Originally Posted by Itse
Sam Bennett should EASILY hit 20 if you put him on the 2nd line right now.
2018-19 Michael Frolik played with a 20 goal pace with (mostly) those guys, and while I'm all about defending Frolik, he also has a career s% of just 8.1.
Put Bennett on the 2nd line with Tkachuk and Backlund and give him some PP time (even on the 2nd unit), and he either hits at least 25 goals or you accept that there was never that much offensive upside.
Because Tkachuk and Backlund are pretty damned good linemates.
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you're sleeping on frolik. 5 times he's scored 40 or more points. The difference in career points per game between Frolik and Backlund is .05
He started his career with back to back 21 goal seasons, he's always been a better goal scorer than Bennett.
Bennett played something like 23 games with Tkachuk and Backlund last year and scored I think 5 goals. Someone look that up.
It is not easy to score 20 goals, which is why he has yet to do it, even on Tkachuk and Backlund's wing.
The other, more important part of the equation is that are we trying to get Bennett to score more goals, are or we trying to get the Flames to win more games, because at this point those two might be mutually exclusive.
What I'm hoping for is a season where Bennett's shooting percentage explosion coincides with the Flames competitive window. Even if it's 2nd unit insane puckluck, an extra 10 goals from Bennett would be freakin' huge.