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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
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.
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No, the possibility, which I thought I made clear, is that Janko is a slightly worse centre than Bennett, but that Bennett is a way better winger than Janko. And that none of the other players are adequate replacements if you sit Janko.
It’s also a possibility, I agree, that Bennett is not good at C either and just looked better because of Lucic and Dube, who both play solid two way hockey.