Personally I don't blame Bennett for asking to move to new pastures, in fact I applaud him for it. Once again we have seen the team singing his praises, telling anyone who would listen that he will be getting a go at Centre because he played so much better there. Not only do they not put him at centre, or even give him a try at C, but he watches as Simon and Leivo swan into the dressing room and instantly get full games with JG and SM! Sam is once again shoved down to the bottom two lines without even a hint of opportunity.
Please don't drag out the "he hasn't earned the right to play on the top lines" narrative, are you telling me that Simon or Leivo have!! If ever there was aline that needed some snarl and crash some bodies to create space it was that line, I don't see SM doing any of that. I really think it was seeing this that was the final straw for Bennett.
I get that alot of people are disappointed that our highest draft pick didn't turn into Point or Bergeron or whatever top line C you want to use as comparison. There will always be arguements that he did or didn't get a fair crack at the top lines, personally I don't think he did.
Whichever way you cut it you cannot deny that seeing how this season started after everything the team were telling Bennett, that you are surprised that he is fed up with the whole situation.
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