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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Its early but imo Bennett is getting ice with good players like backlund and Mangiapane and has been bad. If you want to maximize your upside keep the cheap depth and trade Bennett soon. Gains cap space for deadline and eliminates an tough rfa signing this off season. I'd wait until dube comes back and give the 3rd line more time but Bennett is just not getting it done again. Why pay him around 3 mil next deal maybe more for what he brings
Simon and leivo are close enough to Bennett at 700k
Id take a 2nd at this point.
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He's been okay with Backlund and really his struggles have come away from Backlund this year when playing with some combo of Lucic/Ryan/Nordstrom
In his 33 minutes with Backlund he's 57% Corsi For, 56.5% Scoring Chances For, and 30% High Danger For (The high Danger is weird and likely was from one flurry in front of the net or something)
Away from Backlund though it's been bad:
In 12 minutes on that "4th line" he's 24% Corsi, 28% scoring chances, and 33% high danger.
- but everyone who has played with Lucic/Nordstrom/Ryan has had those issues this year.
When the lineup is healthy I think Bennett-Backlund and whoever of Dube/Mangiapane isn't on the Lindholm line will be able to make up an effective third line.