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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
He kind of is... Huberdeau and Duclair have been driving play at an elite level all season long. It'll take more than a hyper-productive seven games (with a lot of sky-high percentages) to establish Bennett as a bona fide play-driver when he's playing with two terrific playmakers.
Bennett is having a ton of amazing success so far, but slow your roll if you think the Flames just gave up a 60 or 70-point guy (or even a 40 to 50-point guy). He has a long way to go and he's shown himself before to be a very inconsistent player, even when playing with good linemates.
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So you really think it’s a stretch to think that
- a 24 year old
- who put up 25 points regularly in a bottom 6 blender, with about 13 minutes a night and never with consistent linemates
- who led his team in playoff scoring, pretty much the only time he got consistent linemates and played his natural position .
.. could even put up 40-50 points as a 2C, with great linemates, averaging 18 minutes a night, and with time on special teams?
Geez. That’s tough. I mean he got 36 points as a rookie playing with Backs.
His points per 60, underlying stats, a lot of these things were just fine and all that was missing was the belief in the player and the opportunity.
If you want to make an omelette, you need the ingredients. If you give me a stove and a pot and some dog food, I’ll make you some hot dog food.