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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I know you did. I am far more skeptical.
Duclair has provided the Panthers with 8.6 goals above replacement this season (according to Evolving-Hockey). Huberdeau, 9.1.
Bennett came into Florida having provided Calgary with zero goals above replacement this year. -4.2 last year. 3 in 2018-19. -9.3 in 2017-18.
He's in the midst of a ridiculously good stretch in Florida but he's been a poor play-driver for most of his career. I think it's awfully presumptuous to cast him as a Marc Savard-type. I think Dylan Strome is a far better comparison.
Calgary may have developed him poorly but I just don't think a consistent top-six forward is there. I see a great third-line 30 to 35-point guy going forward for Florida.
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When the Flames went into the bubble last year pretty much anybody who paid attention and was following the Flames fully expected him to be one of the Flames top players.
In the playoffs the stakes were too high and his contribution too valuable for the coaches to coach him to standstill.
I would venture to say that Bennett's play will not disappoint in Florida's playoff run this season.
Do you see him as an inconsistent player going into the playoffs?
What does evolving hockey say about GAR for his 30 playoff games as a Flame.... Compared to Gio or basically anyone on the Flames during his career as a Flame.