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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
I am also of the opinion the Flames ruined Sam Bennett. Hartley talked about the importance of playing young skilled stars as much as possible even if they make mistakes.
Sam Bennett is not the same player he was in 2015-16. We see shades but not the confident blossoming player. I've said it before but Gulutzan seemed like he was always experimenting with hockey idea's, He had no business developing Sam Bennett as a player. As a team we have wasted a lot of years with these foolish coaching hires! The players we have will most likely move on and we will have to restart this process with new players.
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Thing is - play him with who? Tkachuk was better, and a better fit with Backlund. Ferland made the top line and looked good. Frolik was about at his peak and had great chemistry with Backlund that year. Backlund was also on shutdown duties and no way Bennett could handle that. They put him with Brouwer, who was supposed to be good, and Versteeg or Chiasson.
GG’s primary job was to win, and he went with the best players in the top 6.