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Originally Posted by GioforPM
These hindsight scenarios make me laugh. Can you imagine the site if Monahan gets demoted to third line after leading the team in goals as a sophomore (2nd on the team as a rookie, without playing with Gaudreau)? Monahan with Versteeg and Frolik? Someone here just said those two were AHL plugs when Bennett was on their line.
Until last year everything worked with Johnny and Monahan, including adding Lindholm - they looked like that was the “next level” ingredient.
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I also find it paradoxical when people would argue that Bennett was continually saddled with 4th line/AHL level talent and this was holding him back.
2018/19 Andrew Mangiapane cut his teeth with Mark Jankowski and Garnett Hathaway, and he excelled. Had Bennett been placed with this two the sentiment for many would have been ‘why is Bennett being placed with these two dusters? No wonder he can’t succeed here’.