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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I also don’t really understand some of the hate towards him. He’s given us some pretty great moments in his time with the Flames, even if they were few and far between, and he was a player that you had to route for until you couldn’t (whenever that was for certain people).
If this is the final stretch of Bennett games, it’s disappointing. Not because we won’t be able to replace him, but because it closes the chapter of our highest draft pick in a pretty sad way.
He may not deserve much love or admiration, he’s a guy who just couldn’t put it together and if it was a specific type of opportunity he needed to succeed (like it the playoffs) something he just couldn’t consistently earn or hold on to. But he’s done nothing to deserve hate. And for the few dishing it out (not lumping those in who don’t care, for the record), it’s a pretty embarrassing look as fans.
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It doesn’t help that a replacement level player with zero leverage is asking for a trade.
He’s like an old pair of hockey pants. He’s worth more to the existing owner than he is anywhere else.