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Originally Posted by GioforPM
So Frolik had a better year is what you are saying. The Backlund line was a shutdown line. Talk about throwing him to the wolves. And Frolik proceeded to have the best year of his career.
What did they do? Improved on the preceding year by almost 20 points and made the POs. And going into the year everyone thought Brouwer was a quality player. They put Bennett at C like everyone had begged for the previous year, and between two veteran guys who supposedly could score. That’s more responsibility but in a sheltered role.
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That's not true, and it became very apparent within the first few weeks that he wasn't even an NHL player. They could "supposedly" score. That's not the reality of it at all. He was strapped to anchors and tossed into the friggin' ocean, it doesn't matter that Treliving thought Brouwer was good - he was wrong, and really couldn't have been any more wrong than he was.
Bennett played with Backlund in his rookie season, but couldn't do it in year 2?
This team banked on a foolish, stupid coach who made foolish, stupid decisions with a roster loaded with garbage. They did not put Bennett in a position to succeed, and in the end they got exactly the results they deserve.