Bennett’s biggest problem is confidence. The Flames playoff run the year after he was drafted was probably the worst for his development.
The NHL isn’t a developmental league and with Gaudreau & Monahan emerging as stars in 2015 and then the Hamilton trade, the team was in win now mode. The rebuild was over quick. He should have been placed in more situations to succeed and learn from his mistakes, maybe even spend some time in the AHL to mature his confidence.
If you swapped him & Draisatl in that draft it would be interesting.
Either he would be a different player alongside Connor or wilt into the gristmill of Oiler developmental failure like Pujujube.
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