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Originally Posted by FlamesFan68
Puleezzzzzz. The Flames are famous for not developing players correctly since the 80's. Fleury tore a new hole in the AHL. Toronto sent Mitch Marner back to junior and in my opinion was the lynchpin on the line with Tkachuck. They did this not because they desperately needed scoring now but because they wanted to develop the player correctly. He's now an early rookie of the year candidate.
Where is Bennett? Mired in inconsistency and bad penalties.
Could Backlund have used a few years in the AHL, of course. Not all players are here for scoring, Backlund was initially, but he developed more defensively then came around offensively when he became comfortable.
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So you are suggesting sending Bennett to the minors?
Backlund was no where near Bennett is at 20 years old. My point is Backlind struggled to hit his potential prior to turning 25 so that is why it is too early to worry about Bennett not being a superstar at 21