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Originally Posted by soulchoice
There hasn’t been a player whom I wanted to succeed more than Benny. But, I just don’t see it anymore. His career is starting to remind me of someone like Bryan Bickell with the playoff prowess. Much closer to that type of player, than a top 6 guy.
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I feel the same way. Drafted fourth overall but rated as the top pick in some lists, I really wanted him to turn into the second coming of Doug Gilmour for the Flames (but without the trade to the Leafs!)
But it's just endless disappointment mixed with super-brief flashes of what might have been.
I know it's a next-to-useless stat but as I type this, Bennett has the 13th worst +/- in the entire league at -14. (If you take away all the Buffalo players crowding the bottom of that list, Bennett is in 6th place.)
There are a lot of Flames with a negative +/- given our anemic offense this year. But again, Bennett seems to be more harm than help overall as one of only two Flames (along with Rasmus Andersson) with a double-digit minus rating.