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Originally Posted by Boreal
Bennett’s role on this line is physicality on the forecheck to cause the defence to make mistakes.
He has to prove he has enough hockey sense to make/execute plays.
At a bare minimum he has to be useful.
His quotes about being a healthy scratch bother me.
He didn’t know why he wasn’t in the lineup?
He thinks they might be playing games?
What?
On what planet is this adequate player engagement?
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I think "games" was a poor choice of words from Bennett, lack of communication sure, but from a coaches standpoint Bennett likely has not been communicating with them enough... So now they did not communicate with him about the reasons behind his benching; I wonder why?! Lesson learned..? We will see!
What Bennett doesn't realize is if he played like he did in the playoffs the coaches would have no choice but to move him up the lineup. He seems like a passive guy, he probably holds a lot of his feelings in but then vents to his agent!
Pretty sure the coaches would love Bennett to get mad, vent have it out with them. He has to be a leader, take action, communicate, fight for a role he thinks he deserves on the team. Until last night he was still waiting for it to be handed too him.