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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
I’m liking Bennett in the playoffs, but you can’t ignore the lack of production during the regular season, along with the stupid penalties. Fill up a team with players like that, and you don’t make the playoffs, and you never get to see the few games where they play well. As Duhatschek says, managers make big signing mistakes in focusing on a player’s big playoff performance after poor regular seasons.
And I don’t buy the arguement that Bennett’s regular season performance has been brought down by playing with Jankowski and another plug. He’s been tried on all the lines. You could just as easily say Jankowski’s been brought down by only playing with Bennett and another plug.
Despite all that, I’m much more impressed by Bennett’s performance this year than last year. I’m hoping this is a sign that he’s finally turned the corner and will be a full season contributor at a high level.
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Duhatchek's comments are in reference to one-hit-wonders of the playoffs.
And no one is arguing that you should have 20 Bennetts - just like you can't have 20 of any type of player. A team has different players for different roles.