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Originally Posted by New Era
So let a guy slide for 82 games because he "might" turn it on in the post season?  |
Slide?
Sam Bennett has had a lot of regular season warts but effort and sliding isn't one of them.
6th in the forwards for shots/60
5th in xG/60
5th in shot attempts/60
7th in scoring chances/60
3rd in xGF%
4th in scoring chance splits
and 11th in on ice shooting percentage (which isn't just the player but all players he's on the ice with)
That looks like a middle six guy with bad puck luck if it didn't happen every year.
The guy can't finish, and when he's out there his teammates don't finish. We've debated this for years about whether he ever will. But the guy certainly doesn't coast through the regular season doing nothing.