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Originally Posted by blankall
To add to this.
Both of those top line combinations you mentioned imploded in the playoffs two years in a row, while Bennett exceeded. Surely Bennett earned some top minutes somewhere there?
I've always found it very odd how the Flames seem to give so many chances to their guys, and then shun or pigeonhole other players without any rhyme or reason. In the past I've always chocked it up to management knowing more than I do and getting a better chance to see the talent perform.
However, ppg centre vs fourth line grinder is a massive gap and missing that is something no one who does, what the Flames management does professionally, should ever do.
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By the “he did well in the PO” argument, your other best players are Dube, Lucic and Monahan (from previous POs). Not sure who the new top line is.