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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Having said that I don’t see the team trading Backs. Depending how the season goes he may be exposed in expansion but that is the only way I see him leaving the team. The organization absolutely loves him and he loves it here. One of the best guys in the community. Treliving spoke how he would take a bunch of the leftover food to the homeless shelter on his way home from the game. He is a class act and the type of player this organization covers for his skills and character
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Precisely,
There's a couple other threads where fans are adamant that a (arguably) 4th line winger be protected over (arguably) Calgary's most important centre. The contract and age factors has quite a few posters openly hoping for Sam's progression and Mikael's regression.
Mikael Backlund will likely be the next Captain and will probably still be a Flame when Bennett, Gaudreau and Monahan are long gone.
I still think Sam Bennett gets his wish and gets a chance to be a top six forward on another team.