[bigrangy]

Last rant


Also Bennett has been awful but the difference between missing and making the playoffs for these playoffs is going to be minimizing the negative impact of the AHLers that somehow draw NHL paycheques. That's all the Flames will need to do to make the playoffs. They have the talent and a passable system.

The difference beween the Flames being an also-ran and a contender will be Bennett breaking out into an impact player. Only Gaudreau and Backlund can make their own offense and that's not enough to contend imo. Just one more threat would add such an extra dimension to this team.

It's easy to criticize Bennett because he's been bad but fixing that is not easy. Heck it might never get fixed, he might stink forever. But fixing the bottom of the roster could be done literally over frickin night and it would make a huge difference to this team.