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Originally Posted by dino7c
I know that Gaudreau is better at carrying the puck into the zone than Sam Bennett
Not rocket science
Do you actually disagree?
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There's an immense gap between
"Gaudreau, a top ~five player in the NHL at controlled zone entries, is better at carrying the puck into the zone than Sam Bennett"
and
"Bennett can't carry a puck to save his life"
And yes, it's possible for someone to have more success at something without being better at it. Since the Panthers PP doesn't have Tkachuk and Monahan, they are collectively able to enter with a lot more speed and variance in their entries.
Bennett certainly can carry the puck through the middle. And he doesn't need to be Gaudreau tier to be pretty good at it.