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Originally Posted by nemanja2306
Nobody said he shouldn't earn it. You said Bennett didn't do anything in the playoffs and that Flames don't reward failure. Which to me says you think he failed against NB.
There were multiple reasons why Kingston got swept, Bennett wasn't one of them.
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Fair enough. I did not intended to be overly harsh on Bennett (and bring out the pitchforks), but the fact is his team failed badly in the playoffs.
CSW stated above that the panel put it (right or wrong) the way I actually intended it - that you take care of the 20+ guys who have earned you this opportunity (at NHL playoffs) before you reward the guy who's junior team just got swept in the OHL playoffs - otherwise Bennett is, in effect, rewarded for his team failing - at the expense of the guys who got you here.
And that seems, to me, the perfect decision on their part.