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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I'm disappointed but I can't remember a team ever giving up on a top 5 draft pick before he even turns 22. We all expected better but it's laughable how over the top fans are in regards to his struggles.
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The team isn't giving up on Bennett. But is it really that shocking a lot of fans are? High draft picks sometimes bust. And sometime it doesn't take until they're 24 to recognize that they're busts. Brett Connolly. Griffin Reinhart. Ryan Strome. Thomas Hickey. Nail Yakupov. It happens.
The only reason we have to be more optimistic about Bennett than we are about Virtanen or Dal Colle is we're Flames fans. How many of us would lay down $100 on either of those latter guys hitting 300 career NHL points?