[Loyal and True]

Originally Posted by Red

I heard it. Ward has talking to the press and seemed offended that Bennett wanted to leave. He said that they had talks with him and he was given a choice where to play.

Heres the video.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/w...?show_id=13373

I agree with Bingo there is way too much drama in this story, but my point is that Ward is creating it or at least escalating it and that is bush league.

The full 8 min pre game interview (Feb 1) is on the Flames website. First 3 mins are other topics.

Then the Bennett question from Wes Gilbertson was "did/will you discuss with Sam that the situation won't be a distraction". The first half of his answer was a perfect and professional response. Then he goes a different direction all on his own.

There was nothing asked about playing Sam at centre/wing or anything like that. Ward put that out there to ward off any criticism of his deployment of Bennett.

Seems defensive and insecure from the Head Coach. If nothing else this feeds a media story and thus increases the noise surrounding the team.

Then the healthy scratch and separation from the regular group sends the media in a complete tailspin and creates all kinds of drama.