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Originally Posted by ComixZone
It’d be easier to take if the players we banked on weren’t the players they are.
Monahan and Backlund at the picks we got them are effectively found money. It’s neither of their faults that this team slotted them both incorrectly, and didn’t properly develop Bennett.
Monahan and Backlund are good value picks for where we got them. This team thinking they were good enough to win with though, that is inexcusable. The lack of opportunity given to Bennett in favour of Backlund and Monahan is inexcusable. It’s one of many reasons why this organization hasn’t won anything. They bank on players that aren’t good enough to fill the roles given to them. Poor talent assessment all over the place.
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Maybe.
That's all I can say. I'm sure we all saw the same thing most nights from Bennett, so it's not like he was beating down the door and forced any tough decisions. Perhaps Backlund, but don't forget the massive success of the 3M line. Perhaps Monahan, but don't forget the ridiculous success of the Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm line a couple years ago.
The only real opportunity was last year, and that was a stupidly crazy years for the Flames:
Peters involved in racism scandal
Brodie collapses on ice
COVID emerges and shuts down the league
It's perfectly understandable that they forget to think if Bennett needed a better opportunity to play. To me, it was never that obvious that he needed to play a LOT higher than he was, but it was also stupid that he ever ended up on the 4th line. That's how you kill a good player's confidence.