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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Except Johnny Gaudreau’s career high in assists from just one season (63) almost matches Sam Bennett’s entire 380 game career (66). Of course Tkachuk and Gaudreau are going to turn the puck over, every player in the NHL turns the puck over, even McDavid and Crosby turn the puck over.
The difference is Tkachuk and Gaudreau are the 2 best playmakers on this team so you can live with their turnovers because it generally ends up as a net positive. Regular season Sam Bennett on the other hand is generally a net negative. All the attempted moves that just result in turnovers, then throw in all the goals against right now and it equates to a player not helping, but hurting his team. The Flames margin to win is so razor thin right now, they can’t afford all these basic blunders.
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If I can generalize, Johnny usually turns the puck over when he tries to hit another guy with a pass and it doesn’t work. Sam loses the puck when he ignores his teammates and tries to dangle through two defenders.
He scored a couple goals on that line by coming to the net and taking a point blank shot off of a good feed from behind the net. Great, but not exactly something requiring unique skill. Other players on trying out on that line should look at that and figure they can do it too, because they probably can.
I just don’t like Sam’s defence on that line, which IMO needs a good skating two way player. Lindholm fit the bill, Bennett doesn’t, though he fits better than, say Tkachuk.