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Originally Posted by Vinny01
That HF thread has some horrible idiot logic by a couple posters. Seriously arguing we are hurting our long term goals by playing Sam now. If the Flames intentionally benched him it would be an absolute disaster. Sam likely would remeber this and force his way out sooner than later. The kid is a gamer and a huge part of our future while being a key part of our present.
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The problem is that most people online forget that this isn't Eastside Hockey Manager - it's real life with real human emotions. On paper, it's perfectly logical to say that Bennett should sit out for the rest of the playoffs. But it would seriously damage the relationship of the front office with Bennett and his agent as well as be a big slap in the face to the rest of the team during a second round playoff series. It is impossible to quantify those elements.
As soon as Bennett stepped into the lineup game 1 against the Canucks and started contributing this was a non-issue. If you didn't want to burn a year of Bennett's ELC then he wasn't going to play a playoff game period. And if that happened there's a very real possibility we are watching a Ducks/Canucks game tonight.