Benson is going to be ruined playing with Cozens and Quinn. He does all the dirty work on that line and is the only one that earns his ice. The other two get ice by default, we have nothing else.
I don’t have that expectation. Never did.
His ceiling is 25 goals and 50 points with solid two way play and 2nd line PP. He is not an NHL All Star, and not even close to a team designee to attend an All Star game.
Thompson, UPL, and Greenway are missed but this is a completely terrible showing. No leadership. Makes me think the real leaders are the ones injured.
This is the 18th game. They remain on the lower boundary of a fringe team.
Relax. Benson and the other guy are the same age and they know each other and they are competing. Konecney did a normal thing and protected a teammate. He probably understands what’s going on. It was nothing.