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Old 02-07-2018, 02:35 PM   #1
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Default Sam Bennett Value: Have the Flames held on TOO long? OR is he awesome?

Last night, just 9 minutes of icetime for bennett who took 2 minors, was a -1 and had only one shot on goal.

In his last 15 games, just 2 goals, 0 assists, 19 mins in penalties. Just 21 shots in his last 15 games.

Last night's 9 minutes is the lowest amount of ice he's seen this season, but it's also the lowest amount of time he's played in his pro career. His average icetime per game has declined since he came into the league. His icetime has been cut in every situation, down about a minute of PP time per game from his first season, but also down slightly this year in Even Strength and shorthanded icetime as well.

Bennett has now played 212 games in the NHL, is a -35 and has scored just 81 points. To put this in perspective, over the same time period, Joe Colborne played 137 games for Calgary scoring 72 points. Matthew Tkachuk has played just 127 games for the flames and produced 84 points. Tkachuk has been a +13 over those 127 games whereas Bennett is a -34.

While i agree plus/minus is a flawed statistic, Over the last 3 seasons Bennett is far and away the worst Calgary Flame by that category, a -34 with his next closest competition being TJ Brodie at -19.

Bennett's shooting percentage has declined roughly 3% per year he's been in the league down to just over 7% this year.

Things have only gotten mildly better for Bennett since his move to the wing, but here's a segment from an article in November:

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The Flames have also improved, with their average forward being involved in only 4.6 scoring chances per 20 minutes in 2015-16, to 5.1 last season, to 6.4 this season. When you look at the context, this makes Bennett an above-team-average offensive forward as a rookie, but below average the last two seasons.

Getting in tighter to the net isn’t the only area Bennett needs to work on though, he’s also not aggressive enough without the puck, as only Matt Stajan and Johnny Gaudreau on the Flames remove the puck from opponents less per minute than he does, and he has the highest offensive-turnover rate on the Flames, with 33.8 per cent of his plays in the offensive zone leading to puck possession for his opponents.

Bennett is also tied for the lowest success rate for his offensive-zone plays at just 50 per cent, meaning half of what he’s trying to do with the puck fails.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/w...d-sam-bennett/

I'd appreciate if someone wants to contribute some more advanced statistics, hero charts and whatnot.

Have the Flames held on too long to a quickly depreciating asset?

What could one reasonably assume might be the starting point for Bennett's trade value? A 2nd round pick?

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