I think Bennett as the opportunity to grab that 3rd C. He still needs to grab it from Ryan. Ryan is a bit of a question mark for me. Ryan will be 34 this December when in all likelihood the season kicks off again. I am a bit on the fence as he historically has done a lot of the little things right and him with Dube and Lucic was a successful line.
With him going into the last year of his contract a decision needs to be made whether to keep or move on from him to clear up cap space. If you don't need salary I think he is a very effective 4th line centre/PK specialist. Hopefully some kids push to help bolster the 4th line, but Bennett needs to be effective enough to push him to the 4th.
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