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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
His "two" points were about as Sam Bennett as you would expect. A secondary assist on a bump back to the point from the half wall, which resulted in a shot (going wide) that was tipped in. The other point was on a shot from the point that hit him in the pants and the puck went to Huberdeau for a wide open net. Same game he always plays but with some fortunate results. In the third period he got bailed out by his goaltender after some really shoddy board work and being soft on the puck. You're not going to see some huge transformation from the guy. Give him a season and see what he does, which is likely to be very similar as he performed in Calgary. He's not going to get smarter, or become a better passer, or develop an NHL level shot.
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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
The proper move for the Flames would have been to trade for Huberdeau, so Bennet could "turn" into a hockey player. Unfortunately, Huberdeau was not available for the Flames to acquire, so Bennett was never likely to turn into anything of value for the Flames. I know there a few fans who have boner for Bennett's production right now (a hattrick and single goal), but do you really believe this is sustainable? Zero assists to go along with his four goals? Pretty obvious outcome IMO.
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So adorable.
No, zero assists is not sustainable. Thankfully you described in Quote A how meaningless it would be if he did get assists, because you'd mental gymnastic out of acknowledging them. Even though he still has more assists as a Panther than he has goals.
But do tell how he scored four goals without an NHL level shot and no smarts.
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I might also point to the Bennettdictines, that Florida has a young kid by the name of Anton Lundell. How soon does he get bumped up from third line to second line, and Bennett slides down to 3rd line center?
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You're the expert! Tell how soon!! None of us are smart enough to see Bennett for the 28 point player he really is, but you are! Give us the timeline! Then we can bookmark it!
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Do you honestly think he's going to continue his scoring without Hubereau?
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Literally an argument that could be made about every player in the league. Of course players' point productions benefit from good linemates / powerplaymates. Huberdeau has an assist on two of Vennett's four goals this year. One of those two is a wraparound goal Bennett scored. The other one is a wrister Bennett scored from the top of the slot where Huberdeau picked up a secondary assist, Huberdeau's actual pass to Ekblad before Ekblad gets it to Bennett isn't even on the highlight.
Do you honestly think McDavid's going to continue his scoring pace without Draisaitl? Because he has 11 points and Draisaitl was in on 6 of them.
Do you honestly think Ovechkin's going to continue his scoring without Backstrom and Kuznetsov? Because the greatest goalscorer of all time has still had some sweet passers centering him.
Do you honestly think Lindholm's going to continue his scoring without Gaudreau AND Tkachuk? Because all three of his goals have been elite setups by one or thd other or both.
Do you honestly think Point's going to continue his scoring without Kucherov? Actually we have the precedent right here - 92 in 79 with Kucherov, 48 in 56 without kucherov last year (but still some fantastic teammates and powerplaymates). So yeah, it's almost as if playing with great teammates inflates production. And no one argued otherwise, contrary to your assertion.