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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Is it not abundantly clear by now that Springtime Sam Bennett is not the same player as Winter Bennett? We have seen this now each and every season the Flames have played in the playoffs since 2015—Bennett plays fine in the regular season, but then turns into a post-season monster. Yeah, he is still young and maybe there is some room to grow, but I am today fairly unconvinced that he will be a viable second-line option for the Flames in September. He remains a VERY important player for this team because of what he brings when the playoffs start, but I still believe what we see from him each regular season is what we will get in the future, and that's okay.
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To some degree Sam benefits from lax reffing in the POs. The stuff he gets nailed for in the offensive zone especially is the stuff they let go in the POs.