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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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OK, you have made it abundantly clear that you think I am one of these people.
Current play = 4th line grinder with almost no offense but hasn't hurt the club with past propensity for taking penalties. Playing no special teams because there literally better options all over the roster. Has been most effective playing 12 or less minutes a game. Agree?
Career play = 3rd/4th line grinder with some real jam in his game and very limited offense, but also takes to many very dumb penalties. Played some PP but could not ever figure out how to contribute significantly to it and has never been smart enough to PK. Played 2nd/3rd line minutes most of the time but did not produce numbers to support that continuing.
TOI among forwards who played 50 or more games
15/16 - 6th - (tied with Colborne)...... 36 pts
16/17 - 6th...... 26 pts
17/18 - 7th........26 pts
18/19 - 9th (just behind Frolik).......27 pts
19/20 - 10th (just behind Dube_...on a
14 pt pace
Now extrapolate out of that (future "upside") and tell me how it will be anything different than a 3rd line maybe, 4th line likely winger with almost no offensive abilities but who will bang and crash and do some of the board work. Will not be an option on special teams because he simply is not good enough to do so.
All I see and all he has shown thus far is a 10-12 minute a night guy who doesn't do much of anything....literally dozens and dozens just like him all over the NHL and AHL.
If BT can get anything of value for him, it has to be done. He is a super expensive 4th line winger at this point and this club has enough guys not worth their existing contracts that paying someone 2.5 times what a replacement player could command, is asinine.
So in essence what I believe is that BT cannot be worried that Sam is going to "pop" and start producing if he is dealt as there is NOTHING to indicate that will happen. Could it happen? Sure, anything is possible and there are always exceptions to the rule. This team simply cant be concerned about that however.