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Originally Posted by Jaydee
except any time he played in the playoffs for us, or his first year
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You don't get playoff Bennett if you don't make the playoffs. Those teams weren't making the playoffs by using regular-season Bennett as a top-six centre.
Bennett played for the Flames for six full seasons. In that time, he never scored more than 36 points in a season. Backlund, over the same six seasons, never scored less than 45, and did it while facing opponents' top lines, killing penalties, getting a high percentage of defensive-zone starts, and often while mentoring a rookie on his line.
What would make any coach put Bennett higher up in the lineup than Backlund?