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Originally Posted by ComixZone
It’s also pretty easy to point at the culprit.
Gulutzan. Peters. Ward.
Three absolutely garbage hires by a GM that has proven himself to be a big pile of “bleh”.
Sutter got a lot out of Sam as a 4th line LW.
Quenneville is getting a lot out of Sam as a 2nd line C.
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This is 90% of it but the other 10% of it is that the Flames have slow players like Lucic, Tkachuk, and Monahan. It's impossible for us to be a great checking team when teams can get pucks past these three regularly. And that's not to take away from their hockey sense, because obviously all three have great hockey sense. But they're slow.
I've contended for years, even going back to his rookie year, that Bennett plays best with a fast player on his line (guys like Mason Raymond and Austin Czarnik - not exactly our most talented players but simply our fastest) or two.