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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I have long since moved on from the idea of trading Bennett, he'll obviously get a look because who the hell else is there? Janko Experiment is over, Ryan looks meh and if you'd give me a choice between who plays 3rd line C between ryan and bennett I'd say Bennett if only to keep Ryan as fresh as possible for heavy PK minutes (which bennett doesn't play).
ALso I feel like bennett was up and down the roster this year as well, it just happens his first shift on the top line he took a hooking penalty, but he was getting #1 PP minutes some games it felt like, and saw time on lines 1, 2 and 3.
he had one game against the jets where he played more than 14 minutes and then played over 14 minutes in every single game against the Stars. once Tkachuk was out bennett was playing ~18 minutes per game.
Seems like he was pretty up and down the lineup.
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110 minutes with Lucic and Dube five on five.
Next closest forward in time together was Gaudreau was 10. After that Ryan with six.
That's not up and down the lineup at all.
He certainly filled in for Tkachuk on powerplay unit one after the injury, but no he was consistently the third line center through the 10 games.