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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Or maybe people HAVE given it consideration and have come to their conclusion.
Based on many of his comments this season, I believe Treliving is determined to take a slow and cautious approach. Which I respect.
However, sometimes you have to recognize the situation and have the balls to make a decision. This is one of those times IMO, and if he wimps out with the safe approach, I think he will have made a mistake here.
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I bet the decision is not Treliving's alone mind you. Also, the Flames brass is making the decision with a lot more information than any of us on here have, either way, so if any side has a drastic reaction to this decision, whatever it might be, it will be un-warranted, and that is what I think has me posting so adimently about it.
Best case scenario and worst case scenario here IMO is that Bennett makes this team mildly better over the next for games, midly worse, or even. I don't think there is any chance that Bennett comes in and fully ####s the bed, but I also don't think there is any chance he comes in and drastically makes us a better team before the playoffs starts. So the Flames should make the "smart" decision, whatever that is.
Many posting on here are giving the sense that they are instantly expecting Bennett to walk in and potentially be our 4th best forward at minimum, based on comments and just "how much" of an upgrade they think he's going to be on some of our Top 9 forwards. I'm hopeful that's going to be the case if he had a full season to play, but over the next 4 games I doubt it, and people seem to be thinking we'd be adding another JG or Monahan to the line up with 4 games left to play. That scenario is the extreme best case scenario, and if the Flames don't call him up we shouldn't be treating it like a missed opportunity to do so, because that outcome occurring in short order is a very low probability.