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Originally Posted by TheDebaser
Hard not to be impatient with a player this good, but we should be thinking super long term right now. What's best for Bennett 5 years down the road?...
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Of course, this has to be the priority for this organisation, but that line of thinking should not preclude the possibility that Bennett does in fact end up playing games in Calgary this season. As has already been noted, he DID make the team out of camp, and had arguably just as impressive a camp as did Gaudreau—injured wing and all.
I think he does a conditioning stint in Adirondack. He is such a competitive kid (which is likely part of how he worked his way into a position to crack the opening night lineup in the first place); I suspect that he will be focused on doing whatever he can to force the Flames' hand in this instance. Even if he ultimately does return to Kingston this Spring (which I think is most likely), a few games in NY or Calgary will not hurt him in the long term.