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Originally Posted by GioforPM
In fairness to Treliving, the expectation was:
Bennett (neck and neck with Reinhart and Draisaitl in rankings, with sky-high predictions)-Monahan-Backlund-Jankowski
Treliving quite fairly thought he had centre worked out, and turned to filling out the D and goaltending. Because the actual common wisdom is that it's down the middle and D that wins. Look at Nashville. Their C depth is good but not great, but they have stellar D and elite goaltending.
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I appreciate your point, I don’t want this thread to become a referendum on Sam Bennett, but I did mention prior that Sam Bennett being, what looks to be, a total bust really hurt the competitive development of this team and as you illustrated put a significant wrench into Trelivings plans. Its become painfully obvious though that the depth on this team in centres, wingers and goaltending is painfully thin. My earlier post was more showing how far away the Flames are from actually competing.