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Originally Posted by GioforPM
They are using Bennett on Jankowski’s wing most likely because Janko is a worse winger than Bennett is a good centre.
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Bottom line, yeah Bennett would be better at centre. The answer isn’t to break up a line that has worked very well. It’s to get rid of Jankowski and use Bennett at centre between two decent young wingers.
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If this analysis was correct (assuming the coaches have known what they were doing - that might be questioned), Bennett would go to centre and Janko would have been either be benched in favour of one of the other roster or Stockton forwards), or else Janko would be played as a winger (he has been able to play there). If Bennett's a better centre, then surely we would have seen Bennett centring Rinaldo/Czarnik and Reider.
Centre is a position with more two-way responsibilities than a winger, and the only logical explanation for the current status of Janko playing centre ahead of Bennett is that Janko's a better 4th line centre than Bennett.