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Originally Posted by New Era
Bennett has had his chances. He's 337 games into his career. Anything above the 4th line is a waste of a forward position meant to have some impact. Bennett is just terrible at everything except hitting people, and then he takes too many penalties, limiting how and when you can play him. I'm not sure how you deploy Bennett in today's NHL, but his lack of skill and smarts makes him a liability on most lines. He's a guy you want to improve the roster so you can push him out, not try and push him up the roster where he makes other players worse.
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I'm fine with him getting pushed down, he hasn't been as good this season.
But man the hyperbole ... he's been on average an above average NHL forward for his career. Not a second line guy, though closer to that than the 4th line you're professing.
The numbers are the numbers.