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Originally Posted by blankall
Bennett was a great depth piece, but far from Florida's #1 centre. He was, no where close. The Panthers had an insanely deep centre group, where they rotated in various centres into the #2 and #3 spot. In terms of actual time playing centre, Bennett was behind Barkov, Lundell, and Reinhardt. By the end of the playoffs, Bennett was largely playing wing to Rodrigues.
The Flames definitely F-ed up, as Bennett/Tkachuk is a legit combo. The Flames had both and didn't significantly play them together. Bennett was and never will be a legit #1 centre though.
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I think you may need to rewatch the playoffs and interviews
Bennett was playing C but Rodrigues was taking draws due to injury
I can’t think of too many C’s who would displace Barkov, nothing wrong with being a 2C on a Cup winner