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Originally Posted by Monahan For Mayor
Reinhart worked his way up and earned the icetime by playing with worse linemates. He wasn't just gifted the ice time. Bennett has never been able to push himself up the line up, and when he's had the chance hasn't capitalized. Reinhart has 140 points in 3 seasons, Bennett has 89. One had 25 goals last season the other had 11. Let's not just pretend that Bennett is as good as a player as Reinhart. Before I get targeted as a Bennett hater, I actually wanted Bennett way more then Reinhart at the draft. One has just developed much faster then the other.
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Reinhart wasn't competing with Gaudreau and Tkachuk on the left wing depth chart. But he was given first line minutes right from the start. He was almost always paired with O'Reilly, and the other wing was split equally between McGinn and Kane in his first full season.
At this point, there is no question that Reinhart has outperformed Bennett, which he should have, given that he was selected ahead of Bennett. But the gap between them is largely dependent on the situation in which each player was placed.
