And that's the answer to the "How come he plays with plugs and they put Leivo or Simon on the top line?".
It's because the coaches are sick of Bennett's play-killing and penalty-taking. You can't give the guy more ice time because you can't spend more time on the PK. Same reason you don't throw Lucic over the boards for 30 minutes a night.
Same exact reason Lucic is on the 4th line is why Bennett is too.
I'm sure he asked for a trade last year, I'm sure he's dead sick of Calgary. Who wouldn't be in his place? But that doesn't change the fact that his hockey IQ is not high enough to be a top 6 NHL regular season guy. Playoff hockey is different, and he's more useful and productive there because of it. But other guys change their game for the playoffs, and Bennett has to as well.
So he'll go to whichever team feels strongly about a reclamation, and he'll play a ton of minutes for about a week, and then find himself on the 3rd line again.
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