Is there still a glimmer of hope he might live up to his draft pedigree? He's had quite a few crappy seasons but still only 24. He adds Hits and PIM so in those leagues he does offer more than just points but what about points? Can he be a 60-point player?
I can't promise I'll try but I'll try to try.
I think he's still living on the 4th overall currency and I also think Florida overpaid for his services.
He's a bottom six guy. That's all he's going to be.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
That bad? he's never been that good (40pts)
that said, I'm not sure what happened. After his 1st season of 18-18-36pts things looked good for him going forward. Who knew that would be his only 30pts season
He's un-owned in almost every pool I'm in so I can hope he finds his feet in Florida and get into that 40-50pt range.
At 24, there's still hope he can get there.
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Bennett is the kind of player Q LOVES. If he plays his playoff-game, he'll get a long leash. As a Bennett owner, I'm cutting bait if he doesn't make it in Florida.
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
Thing is, if Bennett gets the minutes, clicks with skilled top 6 players, he has skill himself and could get some Hyman-esque deployment. If all goes right, sure he could hit 55ish points. The kid is only 24.. he's got time, and the way he models his game, he could be effective anywhere. Maybe this is the right situation for him.
One day people are going to realize that NHL aging curves are much earlier than anyone wants to believe. Sam Bennett isn't "only" 24, he is already 24, he's played over 400 NHL games, he has received ample top 6 deployment and never done anything with it. He absolutely does not have the hockey intelligence to be a Hyman-type player.
I promise very few people have been a bigger Sam Bennett supporter than me since he was drafted, but he just doesn't have it. He would need full season deployment with McDavid to reach 55 points in a season, and he would never be given that type of run on a top line role because of his deficiencies. It's more likely Bennett is out of the league in 4 years than it is he ever reaches 50+ points.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
Will he even make this team?
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."