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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
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.
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A poster said earlier that Bennett reminded him of Gary Roberts, which is a good comparison, but the one guy that he reminds me of is Jamie Lundmark. Both players are roughly the same size, same position coming out of junior, both are extra truculent, both are physical, both are good skaters. Hell, both have remarkably similar stats in their draft year (each had 91pts-Benny in 57 games, Lundmark in 70; 118PIMS for Benny, 121 for Lundmark). One could scarcely tell them apart, if not for the name on the back of the jersey. Lundmark ended up playing the last 8 years of his career in Europe, and never stuck as an NHLer. Both players were one-man wrecking crews in junior that never seemed to be able to get used to using their linemates. Maybe Benny just never developed that skill. I still have faith in him, but he's getting older.....