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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Thou dost protest too much, methinks.
Bennett is a better centre than a left wing.
I could actually see the regular top line coming out and being very ineffective, in a five game series. If the regular top line of JG-SM-EL is flat for a game, honestly I would be alright with a shakeup based on intensity, which would likely be Bennett as a top line centre. At that point, firing up the team would have more positive effect on the game, than relying on hope.
Either way, I would start Bennett at 3C and let Jankowski float.
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Based on what?
I mean....4 NHL head coaches have seen it otherwise and that is not an appeal to authority, its just fact.
Good C's have to have a high hockey IQ, and Bennett has never been accused of possessing that. In fact...just the opposite.
So weird to me that there is still a fair amount of folks that think he will suddenly change and be something he has never shown himself to be.....and actually base that thought on what they have seen from him.
He is, at best, the 5th best C on the team and more likely the 6th.
That is why, and for no other reason, he still has a position at all on this club. He can win a face off on his strong side if the other guy is tossed. Beyond that though? He offers nothing that an NHL C should possess and play anywhere above the 4th line.