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Originally Posted by New Era
And how much of that is attributed to his linemates rather than Bennett? Another reason I dislike "counting stats." Too many of them are based on the play of the five man unit rather than individual players. Bennett was his usual meh self, including taking two boneheaded penalties. He deserves his chance, but at some point he's got to get on the scoresheet for something other than playing stupid or lazy.
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Well the same two players struggled in Winnipeg until Bennett joined their line, so really in a short sample size the opposite is true.
Ryan playing out of position didn't help them. Bennett did.
Why try and wedge one player out of a trio that has played well together by giving the other two all the credit? That's the kind of gymnastics employed when you literally want a player to fail.
But yeah hopefully he finishes, but I don't agree that he has to. He's on Backlund's line getting some tough matchups, if they have 65% of the splits they are going a long way to helping the team win.