I don't think that this early on you can say Flames held on to him too long. What were the flames going to do? Trade 19 year old Sam Bennett when he was ripping it up? Back then it looked we had a surefire prospect. Even if he never pans out to anything, you had to keep him for at least a few years. It might mean you get nothing back for him. Prospects work that way. You hope your first rounders work out (they usually do), that your second rounders are useful players (they sometimes do) and that your later rounders turn into something useful or better (Gaudreau anyone?).
Will Bennett have better days ahead of him - too hard to tell.
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