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Originally Posted by TOfan
Nope. He’s not a better player than Lindholm or Backlund. Otherwise he would still be a Flame.
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Apples and oranges in the evaluation processm
Lindholm was never asked to play his offwing. And even if he's a better winger than Bennett, that does not mean he's a superior center in the areas of driving play down the middle. And even dating back to before we acquired him, Bennett had better 5v5 point rates than Hurricanes Lindholm who only had icetime and opportunity in his favour.
Backlund looked horrible at RW with Gaudreau and Monahan too. And Bennett has shown under Quennville how strong his 300 foot game is.
Bennett never centered Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Mangiapane, etc. Lindholm never not centered one or more of those three.