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Originally Posted by Bingo
And even that isn't entirely true.
Bennett and Tkachuk spent 20 less minutes together than Tkachuk and Lindholm.
They tried it. It never worked.
Bennett was the fifth most frequent linemate for Tkachuk from 2017-2020 ... he was on average 55.6% xGF% with the top four but only 51.03% with Bennett.
They just didn't click.
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Bennett wasn't playing in the middle as I recall. If they were together it was for stretches with Bennett on the right side of Tkachuk-Backlund. I imagine that had something to do with it, as did confidence, coaching, etc. which we've discussed ad naseum.
Calgary never did get acquire a decent play-driving top-six right winger that could play with those guys or anyone else either as those years were the tail-end of 3M and then James Neal (woof).