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Originally Posted by Saqe
I can't remember the last Flames player that has been analyzed as much as Bennett.
He has had years to develop his game, come to camp and blow people away. Force the coach to put him in the top six because he's too good to leave out. He hasn't done that. How is Bennett better in any meaningful way compared to his rookie year?
This over analyzing and going through every little statistic is really baffling. To me I see a player who looks pretty much the same and has had the same results year after year. There isn't some great mystery behind the numbers why Bennett never reached his potential.
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Lots of people think that
We know he hasn’t gotten consistent decent linemates since his rookie year and some think the organization has failed to develop an asset.
We know has gotten 3rd or 4th line results when deployed in a 3rd or 4th line capacity. That is not a surprise
It is absolutely not a great mystery that a guy deployed in the bottom six produces like a guy deployed in the bottom six. Lots less ice time and crappier linemates
What we don’t know is how he would do in a second line capacity because he has never really been deployed in that manner
I thought it was interesting that he is scoring even strength goals at the same rate as Monahan. He isn’t getting assists but Jankowski is a cream puff and Rieder has a shooting percentage of 5%, meantime Monahan has Gaudreau an elite playmaker
Why not take a closer look what at a player is or isn’t doing?
What would a line of Bennett Gaudreau and Lindholm look like?