Yeah Bennett has always been a much better player than Fred. That’s an extremely optimistic ceiling for Trent.
It’s too bad becuse he would have made a badass fourth liner. Don’t need him to be a 20 goal scorer. Be a fourth line wrecking ball who will pot a few and throw down every now and then. IMO, as he showed in his earlier days, that was his true calling in this league. Now he’s just stapled too high in the lineup and is mostly a plug.
Monty has said he favors “quality over quantity” which really isn’t what most NHL players need to hear IMO.