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Originally Posted by Bingo
It was both, those picking the player only or team only are using a pretty tight lense.
He played the most time up front between 2018-2021 (three seasons) with Mikael Backlund, Matthew Tkachuk was 4th on his most frequent list in that time frame.
The player didn't get it done with the opportunities given to him as well.
I don't think Neal and Jankowski did him any favours but he got long looks with other players as well.
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This has been beaten to death.
A quick spot check on 2017-18
Bennett’s top ES line combo was Jankowski and Hathaway at 27 percent even strength time. Next was Janko and Jagr at just over 10 pct
Ferland had 71 pct ES time with 13 and 23. That’s a long look
He got 27 pct ES time as a W with Backs and Tkachuk in 2018-19. (Spoiler: he is a C)
2019-20? Top 5 combos
Bennett-Janko-Rieder (13 pct)
Bennett-Ryan-Looch
Bennett-Dube-Lucic
Bennett-Mang-Ryan
Bennett-Quine-Ryan (7 pct)
That’s not long looks.
Alan Quine shows up before either Backlund or Tkachuk
That’s a lost year of development that ultimately led to devaluing and losing an asset.
Either way, another case of ‘both sides, many sides’…. Sorry, no, it’s just not true. The org mishandled him, full stop