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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
Sam Bennett could go and get a hat trick in 15 straight games, and it still wouldn’t lead to him getting more ice time or opportunity above JG or Tkachuk. It’s the glass ceiling on LW with the flames that IMO has led to him requesting a trade not that he doesn’t understand his role, I think it’s just frustration that he has no path forward no matter what he does.
He was electric in the playoffs but did he get anywhere near the amount of ice time as JG? The eye test was extremely obvious that he was our best player against Winn and Dal and yet no matter what he did his line didn’t get more ice time than the “1st line”.
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When Bennett was hot in the post-season his ice time continued to grow. He went from a low of 10:47 to a high of 20:52 when he had his three point game. And no #### he's not going to get more ice time than the 1st line. They've proved well beyond a shadow of doubt they can produce, so you have to give them ice time to produce for the team. A large part of the reason that Bennett's line was able to produce was because the 1st line was receiving the attention of the best defensive pair and forwards. Bennett actually took advantage of that and his line produced, although I still contend it was Dillion Dube who stirred the drink and not Sam Bennett. Might be why Bennett and Lucic look lost out there without Dube to provide the speed and puck skill?
Sam "Electric" Bennett. The legend continues to grow. Too bad it's been a massive black-out for him in the 2021-22 season so far.