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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Honestly I'm not even really sure what we are arguing here
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I suppose what I am arguing, is that if Bennett were afforded the opportunity here that Lindholm were afforded in Carolina (which may even have been something as straightforward as a Mangiapane - Bennett second line pairing, maybe with a Dube or Lucic on the opposite wing) then the return for Bennett would have been a
lot more fair, even if he did blow up in Florida as Lindholm did here.
heck, they could even have tried to spread out the talent more sensibly without handing a top line role on a silver platter:
Gaudreau - Lindholm - Leivo
Tkachuk - Backlund - Dube
Lucic - Bennett - Mangiapane
Nordstrom - Ryan - Ritchie
not saying that's some elite top 12, but at least you're putting the players in a position to succeed.
We saw what Bennett could do in the top six on his strong side, way back in his rookie year.
We saw what Bennett could do at centre, once removed from Brouwer, in his sophomore year, and then again in 2020 during the bubble.
yet the only so-called opportunity he got here in the top six was on his offwing on a line centred by a hobbled Monahan