What a brutal article. Any lineup that has Sam Bennett in the top six is destined to miss the playoffs and get both the coach and GM fired, and for good reason. I don't care what Bennett did in the post season, that has to be offset by the fact he scored 12 points in the regular season. You cannot take the incredible small sample size of the post season and think for a second that means the "core" problems are solved. A third liner is not a core player and you cannot slot him up the lineup, thinking that solves the problem. The core doesn't change until the players in question step up and prove they can shoulder a load. So far, we have no proof of that. The core is still exactly what it was, and suggesting otherwise is being nothing more than Calgary's version of David Staples.
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