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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The backlund comparison doesn't illustrate what people championing it think it does.
Are you willing to wait 5 or 6 years for Bennett to turn into something? Do we think this team is waiting for gio to be 38 or Gaudreau to be 30 before the flames are legitimate contenders?
Is the argument really that flames fans and the organization should be happy to wait 4 more years for Bennett to break 20 goals?
A backlund style development curve for a 4th overall pick would be considered a bust in my opinion. Bennett is not a couturier level defensive player that you hope develops some offense. You can't play him as a heavy minute defensive player, and he has clearly demonstrated an inability to produce offense that would justify playing him in a top 6 role at C, so where do you play him?
The penalties are a serious issue in my mind because they reflect one, two or three if the following: poor skating, poor hockey IQ, poor positioning.
I really hope he turns into something but there is not much to go on right now to suggest this is just a slump. There are 85+ games of him at centre at this point and he is just not getting it done, poor linemates or no.
Eventually this potential has to turn into something tangible.
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Kent Wilson, bringing the noise.