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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I think this is quite accurate. But equally befuddling to me are the people who lose their minds at the mere suggestion Bennett could be traded. The Flames have had an awfully good look at Bennett and if they see him as a career third liner they may well move him to a team who sees more there. Kind of like the Senators and Lazar, although he was a lesser player to begin with.
I’m in no way suggesting the Flames need to trade Bennett but 3rd liners switch teams constantly. Right now Bennett’s contract is cheap so there’s no reason to do anything unless someone out there is banging your door down.
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I think there are two different animals.
The trade Bennett camp is fine, as long as it's not a fire sale. He has value to the team because he's productive for a third liner and doesn't have a salary that exceeds that production ... in fact it's discounted. If a team pays up for that potential and they feel he doesn't have it ... trade him.
The other animal and the one that gets most of the ire is the "he's a bust" or "he's an offensive blackhole" camp, neither of which are grounded in reality at all and honestly show more butt hurt about a player not becoming what he was drafted for to see what he his now.