While I’d like to see Treliving leave, I think bad luck has had a lot to do with where the Flames are today.
Sam Bennett killed the current version of this team. By all rights he should have been a solid 1C. You really can’t argue with the pick. He looked like a can’t-miss prospect. But he was a miss and instead the Flames have been stuck using Monahan as a 1C and he’s just not good enough.
Had Bennett actually turned into the player he should have been, I really think the Flames would have been a perennial contender instead of the bubble team they’ve been.
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