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Originally Posted by oling_roachinen
except when he was put in a position to succeed.
The players you mentioned weren't the only players he played with. He got time with all the good players at some point, including pp, and never really looked great. A passenger on a good line was the best he has every looked for an extended amount of time really. The flames had every incentive to want bennett to work out, if he doesn't, it's on him.
Yeah, if he got to play with crosby and ovechkin he's probably putting up a lot of points. Doesn't mean he would actually be as good as the points suggest.
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Let's look at Year 2 for Sam Bennett, and who he played with (from frozenpool):
20.8 bennett,sam -
brouwer,troy -
versteeg,kris
13.5 bennett,sam -
chiasson,alex -
gaudreau,johnny
11.3 bennett,sam -
chiasson,alex -
versteeg,kris
6.8 bennett,sam -
chiasson,alex - stajan,matthew
5.4 bennett,sam -
brouwer,troy -
monahan,sean
5.3 bennett,sam - ferland,micheal -
versteeg,kris
4.2 bennett,sam -
bouma,lance - chiasson,alex
3.8 bennett,sam -
brouwer,troy - tkachuk,matthew
2.8 bennett,sam -
brouwer,troy -
gaudreau,johnny
2.7 backlund,mikael - bennett,sam - frolik,michael
Red = players so bad at 5v5 that they hurt almost everyone they played with, or played their way out of the league.
Purple = player was productive on the PP, not a good 5v5 player, and they were on their way out of the league
Bold = good players
Green = look he played on a full line!
Brouwer, Chiasson and Versteeg were bad enough that they couldn't be carried to success by Monahan and Gaudreau, yet it was on Bennett to produce with those three 5v5 clowns. Hell, Brouwer was so bad he couldn't even produce with Monahan and Gaudreau while playing 5v4!
There's a difference between trying to hold a player accountable, and willfully ignoring circumstances as if they don't matter when they truly actually do.