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Originally Posted by Bingo
You are certainly right when it comes to penalty differential. Bennett is first in taking penalties / 60, and Mangiapane is first in 2nd in drawing penalties / 60
Bennett has certainly had a history of taking minor penalties ... honestly I think less so this year than others when it comes to the bad stick penalties in the offensive zone etc, but there are no numbers to back that up.
They are different players though. You don't want Bennett playing a non physical game so penalties are going to come at a greater rate.
But why ignore everything else he said with a cheaky response?
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The frustrating thing about penalties as a stat is that there are so many penalties that all players get away with every game. Look no further than the game where Gaudreau broke his wrist for an idea of how arbitrary these calls are and how much they depend on the mood of an official. Meanwhile this season alone Bennett has been dinged for:
- Skating beside a goalie and not touching him
- A legal stick lift
- A textbook hit (twice I think, actually)
I also think it's telling that as a rookie he had a +13 penalty differential and this coincided with our most competent coach, and then last year he has a -1 penalty differential and this coincided with our second-most competent coach. He's had his worst penalty differentials under our two least competent coaches. It's almost as if penalties have to do with what the coaches are telling the players to do. This has tended to be true across the board, not just specific to the player.