It's easy to say "put him with NHL calibre players". But to elevate him meant putting Ferland (who was killing it most of the year) or Tkachuk onto the third line. I wouldn't move Frolik from Backlund either - they work too well together and I'm not putting Bennett against top lines yet. Basically, the Flames weren't in a position to experiment much this year.
Not to mention Jankowski is supposedly a top young player on this team as well. And they had Bennett with the GOAT as well.
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