Beyond fancy stats, which place him as a middle six guy, I’d take a look at his linemates and productivity
Even strength
13% - Bennett-Janko-Rieder - 0 pts
12.1% - Bennett-Lucic-Ryan - 2 pts (18%)
8.1% - Bennett-Dube-Lucic - 3 pts (27%)
7.6% - Bennett-Mang-Ryan - 3 pts (27%)
What does this tell us? A few things.
Firstly 13% as a max time with any linemates means he is permanently in the blender.
Secondly, the Janko-Rieder-Bennett combination doesn’t seem to be terribly effective
The numbers suggest that Sam gets better results with other linemates.
Fun fact - his ESG/60 is .788 to Monahan’s .790
(where Monahan has elite playmaker Gaudreau setting him up)
Just some other interesting numbers to consider
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