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Originally Posted by Mathgod
He played hardly any games with Sutter as coach. Besides, Mony was struggling at the time because he was trying to play through an injury, and Sutter had yet to split up Johnny & Mony. Bennett should have been tried as the center between Johnny & Chucky for at least 15-20 games before giving up on him and shipping him off to Florida.
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He had several games with Sutter who didn’t move him up the lineup or try him on the first unit. Sutter used him on the 4th line. As LW with Ryan and Leivo.
Whenever Ward put Bennett on the top line, the numbers sagged.