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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Look, people need to get over the Bennett thing. One draft pick, 7 years ago. And it’s not like they are eating a lot of cap with his contract.
Some picks like Gaudreau pan out unbelievably well, some like Bennett don’t.
Hamonic was acquired for three chances for something else to pan out.
What is this Tkachuk kid?
Why is Tre spending 4.5 M on Rasmus?
Lots of moving parts and death by a thousand cuts with Tre.
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Bennett was the one chance at a top 5 pick this team has ever had. Ever. He should have been a blue chip C and he wasn’t. That ain’t on Treliving because Bennett was the consensus pick - it’s on Bennett. What is the single biggest missing element on this team? A true #1C. It ain’t Monahan or Lindholm, and that’s nothing against them.
Rasmus will be worth 4.5M over the life of his contract. Tkachuk - we’ll see. But he’s already many times better than Bennett.
Bennett was 7 years ago, but the ripples of not getting that 1C are still being felt, because that’s the only way to get one unless you get really really lucky.