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Originally Posted by btimbit
I see a goalie of that quality way more beneficial to Calgary than Bannett.
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To what end? Does adding Murray make our team a contender? IMO no, Building around a goalie as the centerpiece just doesn't work especially with the stupid trapezoid rule in place.
Regardless of how Bennett actually turns out, he's simply our best chance at a true elite center. The risk isn't that Bennett "lights it up with the Pens" it's that he doesn't it light it up with the Flames.
Goalies can steal you a series, we've seen Halak do it, we saw Tim Thomas do it, we almost saw Talbot do it, we've seen
Elliott do it just a year ago. But to me a #1C or two and a #1D or two are still the fundamental pieces to a contender. Malkin and Crosby (and Letang). Bergeron and Chara (and Krejci). Doughty, Kopitar, and Carter. Neidermayer, Pronger, (and Getzlaf/McDonald). Lidstrom, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg. Without those core pieces you're just the Colorado Avalanche or Montreal Canadiens.