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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
Honestly would be nice to just see him given a chance in a top6 role. It would require switching either him or tkachuk to RW since he can't seem to get bumped up top 6 ever and he never gets a full stretch of time say 5 games with competent line mates. Brouwer is awful and is almost solely responsible for a lot of bennetts hardships. Not to mention he's the guy that gets moved up the lineup when there's an opening
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Honestly would be nice to see him
earn a spot in the top 6.
He was aweful against Chicago the other night and next to invisible tonight. Aside from a spike after his move to the wing he has been consistently bad all year.
Here's to hoping the Flames can make a move to make the third line a stronger unit and prop Bennett up because apparently he needs it. I'm not seeing many encouraging signs here, in fact it's looking pretty grim.
Seems like many want to say Bennett is a victim of circumstance, but the player has to accept responsibility for his own play. He creates very little for himself or his linemates. To think some supposed linemate or a new coach is going show up and sprinkle some magic dust on Sam and he's going to suddenly turn into the second coming of Doug Gilmour is a little misguided. It's looking more and more like what we see is what we get.
Again, Hope I'm dead wrong here. I'll gladly admit to it when the time comes. All the moves the Flames have made seem to suggest they also thought Bennett was going to emerge. If they thought he was going to be this ineffective, they would not have traded the picks/future assets they did.