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Originally Posted by Bingo
First off loved the Newhart reference.
The rest is just the same old Sam Bennett argument. It's not his fault. It is his fault.
I think both are plausible.
But no he's not heading to the top of the league in Florida or anywhere else.
But I guess time will prove it one way or another. I'd be laying my chips down on a return to his average on ice shooting percentage.
Where are you and your other brother Darryl placing yours?
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I and the Darryls would expect that Bennett would have a better season coming up than Carter Verhaeghe who was drafted a year before Bennett. Carter had a 15.8 Shooting % with Tampa and a 16.8 with the Panthers last year.
Are you writing off him as well as he would likely regress to a norm? If so Florida might be in for a tough year.
Bennett is finally a shiny new thing that somehow he wasn't after 2016.
Somehow the Flames had an excess of players that were given more responsibility and leeway to be the core players with the Flames.
2016-17 Tkachuk took over as the shiny new thing, Along with Hamilton moving up to #1 pairing
2017-18 Hamilton became the #1 d and Jankowski was on his way to living up to his billing with 17 goals
2018-19 Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson and Ryan and Gio the Flames were loaded with shining new things. Gio was so much better he became a shiny new thing as a 34 year old.
2019-20 Mangiapane and Dube
2020-21 Tanev, Markstom and Valimaki
The Flames never needed or counted on Bennett to the degree that Florida will. There is no doubt the Bennett will be the #2C and that he will have 20-30 game leeway to lose the spot... sort of like Monahan, Backlund and Lindholm have with the Flames.
Just for a comparison the Flames based on Monahan recent production should start him on RW in the Lucic Dube line. See how he blossoms in that role . If he does good in that role maybe let him play 1C in the playoffs.