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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I agree, he's a very good playoff performer. In the regular season, he can't play the style that makes him most effective.
He's best suited for a team that could just as easily make the playoffs without his help. A bubble team (which the Flames most often were during his time here) can't afford the luxury of having a second-line centre whose best plays put him in the penalty box.
But saying that people who know hockey don't care about counting stats? That's lunacy. I hope you're not defending that position.
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My thought isn’t exactly that, but regular season point getters don’t typically have the same success in the playoffs, or they hit a wall in the level of competition at some point. Guys like Bennett score no matter what in the playoffs, and that’s worth a lot.
His comparable at the draft was Gilmour, and I’d say that it’s an apt comparison in some ways. He had another gear in the playoffs but also had the skill to do it in the regular season. Bennett is about half the player killer was in the regular season.