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Originally Posted by New Era
No. Just no. Stop this building up the Legend of Sam Bennett. Bennett has not been some superstar unleashed in the post-season. Bennett has been Bennett. The same no skill, no brain, crease crasher that does as much damage as he does good. The difference being this past summer (play-in and playoffs) he had Dillion Dube lifting two scrubs to make a decent line that Winnipeg didn't have an answer for. Once the actual post-season started the efficacy dropped. But the reality was it was all Dube. We said that as that series played on and then again in the post-mortem. There were more than a few of us that were concerned the minute Dube was taken off that line the success would dry up and regular Sam Bennett would return. Funny thing, you remove Dube and replace him with Nordstrom and that line is worse than anything we've seen from any 4th line. Dube has proven to be the player. Sam Bennett is what he is. I wish people would stop trying to create something he isn't.
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Disagree. No one is making Bennett out to be a potential superstar. I am saying he has the potential to be a solid third liner and that he elevates his game in the playoffs and shows flashes of being really good and effective when playoffs roll around. Neither of those statements are controversial or outlandish.
And when the three of them were together last year for that short stretch, Bennett Lucic and Dube were dynamite. Who cares if it was Dube stirring the drink on that line? Those three showed great chemistry, and all contributed and were a super strong line. Why not try it again and see if it can continue? You were maximizing the performance of all three, especially Lucic and Bennett.