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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Here’s the dilemma. Half of the posters say he needed to play his natural centre. But that would have meant displacing Monahan or Backlund if you want him in the top 6. And you have to remember Monahan as he was, not as he now is. People can say it all they want now, but you’d be hard pressed to find anyone advocating moving him off the top line.
The other half say he should have been the winger on the top 6. Except Lindholm worked so great it was hard to do that, and Tkachuk was a fixture on the second line. Bennett has never looked great on RW. But even then he had Mangiapane blossoming and filling that spot.
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They could have worked things out part time. Give Bennett time between Lindholm and Tkachuk and then shuffle the other top three lines for a few games.
If the Flames truly have given away year elusive #1 center, this is a major disaster for the franchise. It shows their whole system needs an overhaul. I think this is potentially worse than anything that's gone on with the franchise in the last 10 years. That being said.. it's still very early. Lots of strange things going on this season. Let's see if Florida's success continues into next year. Everyone on Florida is killing it this year.