[Max Cow Disease]

I've always been kind of curious about the prospect of Stewart in a Flames jersey despite his warts and assuming the price was right, so I'll take "free" any day of the week (even though some are now interpreting the acquisition cost of Stewart as being the mental stability and career prospects of Sam Bennett...).

The outcry at what's literally just a starting line-up sheet - and therefore something that's likely to change within a period or two or even a few shifts - is a little over the top, particularly when the decision's been lended context by an explanation on the part of GG that this is just part of an ongoing shuffle in the pursuit of chemistry (not, as some have assumed, part of an ongoing campaign to spite Sam Bennett). As has been mentioned, I wouldn't be surprised if he's out there to help protect Johnny as well, and I also concur with Textcritic's point that this change doesn't necessarily need to be viewed as a demotion for Bennett.

The perception that this would sewer his development strikes me as a concoction of pure fan paranoia and hyperbole. Or, who knows, maybe this will be the night that resonates in his memory this summer when, furiously and after three bottles of Big Bear, he calls up Treliving to ask for the trade.