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Originally Posted by Textcritic
What makes you think so?
I for one have long been a proponent of moving Gaudreau this summer in an effort to maximize his value. I am also not convinced that Bennett is a top-six player, and I most definitely do not believe in the conspiracy theories regarding his poor development.
It's ridiculous when posters draw X=Y correlations like this on this site.
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I'm not saying Bennett is totally the Flames answer and we should immediately give him a top six role (although there are a couple options I'd like to see tried at least) but I am saying he is better than how he is being used and I think the logic is there to think that Bennett on the third line and Ryan on the fourth makes us a deeper team.
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Bennett has looked good there in two intra-squad scrimmages, and he looked alright in two games against marginal teams while Ryan was sidelined. And I don't think Ryan's age has anything at all to do with this decision.
The reason to continue to play Ryan on the third line is because the coaches know it works. They seem to be open to trying things out with Bennett there (so far), but I don't think a couple of intrasquad games are proof of anything significant.
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I have to admit I thought it was a couple more than two games that Ryan was hurt but still we shouldn't discount what we are seeing just because it has been a couple scrimmages and a couple regular season games. He has looked good in that role. Worth trying it out, especially if that means we see Ryan giving a boost to the 4th line.