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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
Bull. Bennett has always taken more penalties and made more stupid mistakes at center and has never been great at using his linemates.
Bennett is a shoot first power forward, claiming that is suited for the wing, is a massive load of crap because it is better suited for the wing.. Also, Bennett's best stretch in his career was on LW with Backlund.
He's more valuable not taking as many stupid penalties and not giving the puck away.
Bennett is never going to be Kadri light because Kadri can use his linemates properly and is significantly better defensively.
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This has already been disputed in this thread so I'm not going to pile on, but what do you mean not great as using his linemates?
When Bennett was a 20-21 year old learning how to play center in the NHL he was forced to carry around bad players that are a drag on their teammates.
What evidence is there that Bennett takes more penalties when playing center? I think penalties are always going to be apart of Bennett's game- for better or for worse. He plays on the edge and is also prone to some bad penalties. It doesn't matter what position he is playing.
Bennet himself has said that he able to be more of a factor at center because he is most comfortable playing there. He has the awareness, skating ability, and battle level to be a good 2 way center.