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Originally Posted by transplant99
For sure...no argument here.
BUT
He cant play that way during the regular season...at least for very long.
the whistles in the playoffs get put away a little more and the risk of injury when playing balls to the wall is much greater. In fact he was injured during this most recent series.
Beyond all that though...he just doesnt have the IQ nor finesse to play C on a line with higher end wingers. Again, we have seen it attempted multiple times throgh the years under different coaches and various "systems" with the same results. He is better with fewer minutes than top 2 lines typically receive.
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I'm not advocating top six minutes. Nor am I in the team blew it in developing camp.
But Bennett hasn't really had any time with high end wingers playing center. Most of time up the roster was with Backlund in his rookie year, and on his off side with Gaudreau and Monahan from time to time.
If we're going to suggest the playoffs and ten games is too small a sample size, there certainly isn't a lot of data to suggest he can't be a top six center because we haven't seen it.
With that said ... I'm just happy the guy looked more like the OHL Bennett in the playoffs, and I hope that can continue a bit into a regular season. Certainly not advocating a move up the roster, nor am I digging into a spread sheet.