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Originally Posted by blankall
Bennett still has tunnel vision. He's far from a complete top line centre. What he does do, he does well though. I disagree with the premise that he needed to be a defensive forward, because he's more of a 50 point than a 100 point forward. Bennett is clearly a very effective pest/physical presence type player. He was never consistently used as a top 6 centre in that role.
Looking back on things, the makeup of the Flames was always just wrong. It was one offensive line, a shut down line, and some bottom six grinders. Opposing teams shut down the offence line in the playoffs, and the Flames had no answers. They clearly needed 2 offensive lines and then a shut down third line. They had the right guys for the job but never figured it out.
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Do teams still construct shutdown lines? You need your top players to play against the other teams top players.
That was the issue. OUr top guys never showed up, and got slapped around in the playoffs.
You need 3 lines that can score.