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Originally Posted by Hes
He was in College for 4 years and then is a rookie in the AHL. It is better to let him get top line Minutes in the AHL rather than 4th line NHL minutes. The Flames are trying to develop Bennett as a Center, so there really was no room for him with the big club. If he has a good camp i would not be suprised if they shift Bennett back to wing and slide Jankowski into 3C.
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You can make an argument that playing in the AHL is better than playing bottom six minutes, but the Flames org doesn't seem to share that philosophy.
They broke in most of their players like Bennett, Monahan, Ferland, Brodie, Granlund etc playing on the bottom of the roster.