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Originally Posted by Bingo
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.
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Would you not agree though that Bennett is a bust in relation to his draft position?
I don't think a lot of teams go into a draft with a top 5 pick and come away thinking "we got ourselves a good 3rd liner" and are satisfied with that.