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Originally Posted by 868904
Before they trade Bennett, can they just put him on the first two lines RW for 10 games first and see if he can produce?
Put him on either Lindholm or Monahan's RW for 10 games. If he puts up at least 5 points, keep him there for another 10 games.
Just give him some consistency to succeed. He's this organizations highest draft pick ever, just give him the longer leash. Plant his ass in the top 6 for a decent sample and see what happens. You aren't getting production from your other options anyways.
It's not like Leivo, Simon and Mangiapane are putting up the points in those spots.
Just give him 10 games and go from there. If he fails to put up 5 points, you gave him the opportunity, he failed, and trade him or at least you can show him that he just isn't top 6 material and he can be happy being a glorified bottom 6 forward.
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You're asking them to potentially anchor down their top offensive producers for ~20% of the season just because you might like a guy who has never shown up in any circumstance during the regular season.
As others have pointed out, the Bennett doesnt get a fair chance on the team arguments can all be easily dismissed by showing that Mangiapane and Dube overcame similar hurdles by actually boosting the play of the bad players they were forced to play with, thereby playing their way up the lineup. Bennett has only ever played his way into the penalty box when given more minutes.