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Old 01-27-2021, 06:27 PM   #22
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The comment about Bennett not using his line mates is bang on. He almost always shoots the puck within a fraction of a second of getting it or dumps it in. When he does try to pass, you can bet it gets picked off. He also can't handle the puck at full speed but he always tries.

Honestly, I think there is some merit to the mismanagement angle though. The team was so fixated on making him a center but he doesn't play the game like a center. Yeah, I realize he was drafted as a center out of junior (played on the wing half the time in Kingston though), but some, if not most junior centers, end up playing wing in the NHL. He isn't good at faceoffs, can't pass, and prefers to enter the zone from the wing.

Then the Flames move him back and forth. They should have just put him on the wing right out of junior and left him there, or put him in the AHL to get eased into the role better.
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