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Originally Posted by Beninho
The only year he’s produced like a 2-3rd line player was his first year. He may of been playing on the 3rd line the last few but he’s been producing like a 4th line replacement level player. It’s kind of sad that Kris Versteeg had a better season with the flames in 16/17 than any of Bennett’s season to date. He’s not a tweener, imo he’s a plug.
We’ve all been waiting for Bennett to turn the corner, but the problem is he hasn’t learned anything. He still tries that dumbass toe drag, plays routinely die on his stick, he still takes dumb penalties, and he has not developed a shot. If we are comparing to Mangiapane, when was the last time Bennett made a pass like the one Mangi made to Tkachuk vs the Oilers. He’s gotten worse every single season. For a player whose biggest attribute when drafted was his tenacity he really hasn’t shown any tenacity to learn how to play the game the right way in the NHL.
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Sorry man but that's just a made up fact.
If you take forwards that played more than 425 minutes last year which gives you 370 (370/31 is roughly 12 per team), and then look at production per 60 minutes, Bennett was ranked as a 6.5 forward last year.
That's right between the 2nd and 3rd lines.
You can not like Bennett. You can be disappointed in his not turning into the player we hoped he would be. But enough of the false replacement player narrative.