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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
And that’s because people underrated Lindholm and Hanifin because they assumed they were done developing. That was a real bad assumption. It’s an assumption some posters continue to make about players like Bennett and Hanifin who still have room to grow, improve and develop.
Sometimes the fresh start helps. It seemed to help Lindholm. It may be what Bennett and Jankowski need. But they are assets and it would be foolish for Treliving to give them away for too little.
I’d say some fans here definitely underrate the value of some of our players. It could be for the following reasons
1. The poster tends to view things negatively in general
2. The poster puts too much emphasis on current play and not enough emphasis on career play or future upside.
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Nobody is being short sighted on Bennett or Jankowski at this point. You're now talking about players who have played several seasons, under different coaching staffs and systems. They haven't shown anything close to offensive growth by now and they more than likely not going to. Can they be useful players, sure. But let's not act like it's a certainty they are going to go somewhere else and start putting up 70 plus points a year.
Lindholm is a completely different case. He had actually consistently put up 40-50 points a season, which is something Bennett and Jankowski certainly have been unable to do. For me, that's at least a baseline figure that shows some degree of offensive potential. If the Flames can land a significant piece by throwing one of these guys into the pot with more significant assets, you jump on it at this point. They're worth more to the franchise that way than alone imo.