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Originally Posted by JD
Yeah I don't know exactly what people mean by "giving up" on Bennett.
If you mean you cut bait and trade him, I think that would be a mistake. He's an effective 3rd liner and you still have the hope that maybe he figures it out. Let him develop, he's not hurting us. At least the bad penalties seem to have stopped this year. If you trade him, what do you think we would get back? Not much, another project or maybe a second rounder? It would be a lot like the Baertschi trade.
If you mean that you just give up hope that he can be a true impact top 6 player, well, yeah, I think that's reasonable. But I think Sam Bennett can be a meaningful contributor on a winning team. And who knows, you're in the 2nd or 3rd round of the playoffs and things are tight-checking and every goal matters, maybe he heats up and gets 2 or 3 key goals for you.
It looks unlikely that he'll live up to his pedigree but I do think Bennett can be a big part of the Flames' success playing the way he is right now.
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I whole heatedly agreed with you before tonight, but after that penalty shot tonight and watching his post game interview I change my view. He looks defeated, I think he needs a change.