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Originally Posted by Hells Bells
No one is arguing that Bennett is better than Monahan, Lindholm or Backlund.
Simply that the lines could perhaps be mixed up so that Bennett isn't playing with two offensive black holes.
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It's the annual Flames cycle
1) Bennett is our best player in the playoffs, scoring on the PP, taking advantage of superior linemates, generally touching every area of the game while our so-called stars are invisible
2) Treliving and the coaches talk up how they need to use Bennett more, and better.
3) Preseason hits and Bennett gets the Brouwers, Jankowski, Rinaldo, Nordstroms, Lucics
4) People talk about Bennett never earning the chance to play with better players because chance numbers don't equal points
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6) after a whole season of asinine usage, coaches yet again realize that Sam Bennett is a useful player, qnd use him half-decently in the playoffs, repeat cycle.
As for Oliver Kylington? Not a fan of the organizational mishandling of the player dating back to two years ago when we acquired Fantenberg. He's still young for q defenseman and could easily have a Duncan Keith-esque trajectory going forward.