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Originally Posted by Buff
I would guess probably not. Sutter started to use him properly and Bennett was happy to stay with Sutter as coach but Treliving honored his initial wishes and traded him after a small handful of games with Sutter as coach.
Bennett was eager to play for Sutter after talking to him before Sutter could join the team.
Sutter said he wished he could have had more time with Bennett, he thought Bennet was great and would have seen huge improvements with Sutter.
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I think Bennett would have been the ultimate Sutter-type center. They were a match made in heaven, but just too late for it to happen.
Maurice plays a very similar style to Sutter: man to man defense, high intensity forecheck, dump and chase when there's no play, defense first and high energy skating style. The only place where they differ is that Maurice let's guys play with creativity when it becomes possible. Sutter was too stringent in that regard.
Either way, Bennett is becoming the player he was meant to be, and that's great no matter what team you cheer for.