I remember when Olli Jokinen finally landed here, and the Flames won a game, just crushed the opponent and Olli potted 2, and it felt like "Okay, THIS is what we've been waiting for." and then basically he sucked for the rest of the time here.
I don't expect Bennett to get a hat trick every night. No one does. But the fact that he did score 3, in 3 different ways, and as pointed out it wasn't like he was riding on the coat tails of great players, he was just playing hockey.... yeah it speaks really badly for the Flames as an organization.
Sven Baertschi and Mark Jankowski were rightly passed over. They just weren't what we all hoped. That happens. But if Bennett exels and has a great year in Florida.... boy it's gonna look bad here. Good for him if he does, I was never a great believer in his hockey IQ. But maybe the Flames are just so mediocre he couldn't get going.
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