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Originally Posted by The Fonz
The top lines fancy stats were better with Bennett up there than they were with Ferland... and Bennett gets replaced? The only logic being that he's not as intimidating/truculent as Stewart?
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Off the top of my head here are just some of the reasons why the Flames would potentially want to try Stewart.
- On paper he shares some of the attributes that Ferland has, such as being a big body that can win battles to win pucks. Sean/Johnny don't do that. They also may benefit from having a big guy on their wing
- They want to get him off to a good start and re-build his confidence
- They want to spread the offensive talent across 3 lines. Having Sam on the top line puts a lot of eggs in one basket
- Putting Sam on the top line put Johnny on the other wing, which he's less effective at
- The team wants to try Stewart out on a few lines to see where he fits best
Lots of rational reasons why to try this.