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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Our top Cs are Monahan, Backlund and Ryan for better or worse. Each of them is a natural C that should not be displaced by Bennett, a bottom 6 winger. I wouldn't be opposed to Bennett try out on 3LW with Ryan and Dube. He may be too undisciplined for that though.
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Positions and especially lines are mutable dependent on the situation. Bennett is a natural C who has been playing where he was asked to play, without complaint. Bottom six winger is possibly the worst positioning for Bennett, as the last two years have proven, if anything. Lucic plays 100x better with a RW centre, as he has shown his entire career, so he should be stapled to Ryan. I would actually play Phillips on the other wing where he could be sheltered and add a spark of enthusiasm. Bennett has not taken many undisciplined penalties this year. The majority have been defending teammates, aggressive backcheck, and rushing the net, which I am fine with. He has had quite a few phantom calls due to reputation, but that is beyond his control. Undisciplined calls have been way down over what he was doing two years ago.
The discussion should be about who you play on the LW with Bennett and Dube, splitting icetime between the third and fourth lines, and making Ryan the primary PKer.