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Old 05-02-2021, 02:08 PM   #1918
GioforPM
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Originally Posted by TOfan View Post
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’.
You don’t have to imagine, because Bennett did play with Hathaway and Jankowski quite a bit. I imagine the thought process was “these two first rounders will grow together like Toews and Kane.
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