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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
They kept playing him in a 3rd line role, and sure enough, he became a 3rd line player. The talent was there, the desire weas there. He should have been playing in a top 6 role with better line-mates, and if he was, he'd still be here.
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I don't think that's how it works -- Mangiapane didn't stall out earning his way up from the fourth line to the third line to the top six, and Dube is starting to do it this year.
The one thing I do wish they did more was play him on special teams. I think Sutter started to give him PK minutes, and I recall him getting some PP time in the bubble, but Florida did both. I think the problem with Bennett was that he would try to do too much in the 12 minutes he got each game with the Flames, whereas with 17-18 minutes a game in Florida he was more engaged and could just play without thinking as much.