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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
I don't disagree, Flash.
For me personally, when I watch Bennett I see a lot of potential still.
I wish we could go back in time and not have two years of GG trying to turn Sam into a checking forward and beating all of the creativity out of him.
After that awesome no-look assist to Andersson in the first round, the HNIC panel was praising his offensive instincts, and I think it was Kypreos who said something to the effect of Bennett is a guy that would potentially explode on a new team.
Sam's underlying numbers with Backlund and Tkachuk were good. As were the numbers of that entire line. I would like them to try it again for 20 games or so. If it doesn't work after that, I guess I'm wrong. But I feel the organization owes it to itself to give the highest draft pick in team history some legitimate line mates for more than handfuls of games.
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My point though is that he has to fit into how the team is built now and that means if he doesn't score as many points because he doesn't get the icetime because they have better options, that's just the way it's gotta be.
He's not going to beat out a legitimate 2nd line talent for that icetime.
Frolik is probably gone and maybe Bennett gets that icetime because of the tkachuk cap crunch and maybe bennett scores 35 or 40 points. If that's the case I think it's probably because the situation exists where the team isn't good enough and then what does Bennett scoring those points done but potentially price him out of calgary on his next deal.
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really like Bennett and i want him to be successful, but I also want the flames to be successful. I think for both to find success means bennett playing 10-14 minutes a night.