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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Hard to blame Treliving for Bennett not working out, as he should be our #1C right now. Unfortunately that's how it goes sometimes, I don't think there is a person in hockey that would have passed on Sam at 4th OA.
Who knows, if Treliving hadn't just been hired right before that draft, maybe the Flames take Point somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd round instead of the big Burke-like plugs they did mostly take because in the drafts since the Flames have been gambling more on skill and upside than BIG and STRONG with picks like Mangi, Dube, Fox and Phillips, etc.
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Basically that boils down to life not being fair. But he had a chance to trade for a 1C in O'Reilly, and he chose not to or wasn't included in negotiations or felt the ask was too high. I personally think they could have beaten that offer fairly easily and he should be a flame today. It made so much sense. O'Reilly would've been the perfect ying to Monahan's yang.