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Originally Posted by Sandman
I remember the highlight videos that were going around in the year before Sam was drafted-video after video of him doing everything himself. Driving wide around the D and crashing the net, toe drags, dekes, etc. Looked like a One man gang. Problem is, he’s still trying to do the same stuff in the NHL, and he hasn’t learned that he can’t get away with it anymore. I’m a huge Bennett fan, and I have advocated plenty of times in the past for more of him on a better line, but he’s got to use his linemates better-and like a poster said above-he has the IQ enough to do that.
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I can't help but think this goes back to him being rushed into the NHL right from junior and not being developed longer. The things he lacks are the things they teach prospects in the AHL or things that the NHL team that drafts them gets them to work on in junior after being drafted. The expectations were probably unrealistic. The team traded development time for immediate dividends. Now he is just playing the only way he knows how.