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Originally Posted by Jore
Did Bennett ‘earn’ time with Huberdeau? Quenneville, one of the best coaches of the past few decades, put him there without ever having him on his team. Why didn’t Q put Bennett with Lomberg and make him earn his way up?
As for the bolded, it’s a massive indictment on the Flames that they did not recognize what kinds of players Jankowski and Bennett are and tried to groom Bennett on the wing of a fourth liner. And I feel like I don’t really have to say much about the wingers that ‘scored before,’ if you don’t think that putting him with Brouwer and Neal were detrimental to his development I’m not sure what else there is to say. Btw it’s also a huge indictment on BT that those were the best winters he could summon with his 5 mil AAV contracts
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Under this logic Caufield will also be a bust cause hes playing 4th line minutes with Jake Evans and Lehkonen. Cozens playing with Bjork and Caggiula? You're acting like the Flames are the only team that actually make their top prospects earn top 6 spots. Brouwer and Neal have been much more productive players in their careers than the linemates just mentioned. A good player will find a way for coaches to use them more. Bennett just didn't do that here.