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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
The only players holding back Bennett and Tkachuk are Bennett and Tkachuk. If they want to whine about their performance, they should be looking internally, not whining about the players they have been "saddled" with. When you are drafted top four and top six respectively, you are expected to make those players around you better, not the other way around.
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A lot of what you have posted is true, but I remember a time in the distant pass when Fleury came into the league they saddled him with Peplinski and HUnter and asked him why he didn't pass more.
At the end of the day, the players you are put with do make a difference. Even Johnny didn't hit his stride this year until they moved Monny off his line.