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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I get what you're saying, but I don't know that these two ideas are incongruent:
1. Bennett should have had a slightly bigger role in the NHL playing with better linemates
2. Bennett should have gone to the AHL to play top line minutes for a month or two.
Of course, it's really only in his 3rd full season where the AHL would have made much sense (and I believe his last chance to go down without waivers). But that would have required a long-term view of a key asset instead of plugging an immediate hole in the bottom 6.
Casey Mittlestat seems to be the most recent example of marinating in the AHL after a full season in the show.
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I've seen takes like "After the Colorado series Bennett should have been the 1C".
I agree that I'm exaggerating the incongruity. But I've also seen "Bennett needed to be with Gaudreau and Monahan on RW for a season", Bennett should have been on Backlund's wing like in first year" and "Bennett needed to play centre (which would have meant' 3rd-4th line deployment)"