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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
I'm most afraid of looking like chumps if he's traded and becomes a star.
I'll wait.
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On the flip-side, you also have to worry about him never becoming a star here and eventually not getting anything for him. I think Bennett will stay a Flame for this season but I think next year the Flames are going to have to really look at trading him. I fully understand he's a young player, but this is his third season. At some point he has to start showing progression which he isn't. He's been here long enough now. Time to turn it up.
I look at Baertschi. He was never going to become what he did here. Had the Flames kept him any longer they wouldn't have gotten anything for him.
Obviously Bennett has more potential than Baertschi did, and that's why I and the Flames are affording him a little bit longer of a leash, but he's running out of time. I like how he's been playing recently, but if it doesn't translate into results it might be best for both him and the Flames to cut ties.