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Originally Posted by united
Often forgotten or outright ignored when talking Bennett and rates:
First and foremost, he’s known for taking bad penalties, and frequently taking them in the offensive zone. Over the last two seasons only four forwards have taken more penalties-per-60 than Bennett: Antoine Roussel, Evander Kane, Nick Ritchie and Miles Wood. He doesn’t draw enough penalties himself to compensate for that and ranks in the bottom 30 in penalty differential as a result.
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Ordinarily I think “X always takes bad penalties” is a myth. But the Jets have a really effective power play and it turned the tide last game after a good start by Calgary. Not that they were on Bennett, but penalties need to be avoided tonight.