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Originally Posted by Bingo
One season in particular they gave him multiple looks in Frolik's place but the line didn't produce.
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Yeah that is a bit of the kicker...
Frolik-Backlund-Tkachuk was better than Bennett-Backlund-Tkachuk during that 2017-2020 time frame.
And the 3rd line was a lot more effective with Bennett on it, than when he was bumped up to the top 6 with Backlund and Tkachuk. So that didn't help Bennett either.
Still think there could have been more tried to unlock Bennett in Calgary...but once again with the team always in win-now mode they didn't really experiment much. Always went with what gave them the best change to win that night, instead of potentially long term.