Sam Bennett, by many respects, has all the necessary inputs to be an NHL forward who provides an impact. Whether he truly reaches the expectations and ceiling perceived when he was drafted in 2014 is still up in the air given this past season’s struggles. That said, with those prerequisites, fans shouldn’t give up just yet.
Another season under Glen Gulutzan next season, with the linemates that will help rather than drag him down, and we might see a shade of Bennett that we haven’t seen before.
2016-17 season summary
To say 2016-17 was a frustrating year, both for Bennett and for fans, would be an understatement.