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Old 02-02-2021, 10:10 AM   #818
Lanny_McDonald
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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder View Post
huh??? If i recall from every hockey game i've ever watched, when any player comes in from wing to take draw it means their centre got kicked out. The opposition centre wouldn't change so not sure how you can claim that Bennett is facing weaker competition unless you are implying that flames centres only get kicked out against lesser opponents.
Used to be that both centers got tossed and the wingers would come in and face each other, a time honored strategy in beating tough centers. They stopped that a couple years ago when they tweaked the faceoff rules and have gone to the much more annoying first to flinch gets tossed approach. Bennett has been good in the dot as a second. I'm giving him credit. But as a center he has not been good, which I thought was Tranny's point, and what the data supports.
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