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Originally Posted by calculoso
Bennett needs to look in the mirror, as does the coaching staff. Especially in the past few games, any time Bennett is on the 3rd line with Lucic and Dube, he has jump and seems to care. He then plays a shift on the 4th line with Janko and Rieder, and is lazy, has no energy, and seems to be the worst of the three.
It seems to come down to motivation. Bennett being out worked by Rieder says a lot. He elevates his game with better players, but it doesn’t seem to last very long. Hopefully he gets his head sorted out, as his skills come through. It just doesn’t happen enough for the effort to be trusted though, IMO.
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I would disagree with that. Outside of the occasional burst of speed from Rieder, I'd say all three are equally useless when played together - although Bennett actually finishes checks while Jankowski just does that lame "i'm in the forecheck, let me kinda pretend to hit that guy...ah he's gone, I'll just cycle back to my position" crap.
It doesn't seem to last very long because he doesn't get to play there very long. There was no reason to knock Bennett back to 4th line winger when Ryan returned from having the flu.