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Originally Posted by blankall
I don't think anyone is arguing against what you are saying.
However, to state that Bennett is some ppg star who would have solved Calgary's center depth problems is also ridiculous.
Currently Bennett is getting over 3 minutes of pp time per game, playing with the player with the most assists, and getting 76.7% offensive zone starts. How would that have possibly fit into the Calgary lineup? The only way to give him that kind of time would have been on the #1 line, but he's not a very good #1 center. Calgary's second line is expected to play a heavy shut down role.
Clearly if you give a player more ice time they are going to produce more, but there's a massive opportunity cost to giving a center the kind of ice time that Bennett is getting in Florida. It just so happens that they have a Selke calibre #1 centre, who is also a ppg, and possibly the best offensive generating winger in the game, so they can afford to give out lots of opportunities.
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Take Monahan off PP1, put Bennett on PP1 -> Calgary is better off.
Gaudreau - Lindholm - Tkachuk
Mangiapane - Bennett - Coleman
That's a better top-6 than anything we can put out on the ice today. Bennett wouldn't produce at a PPG pace like he has during his time in Florida, but the Flames as a team would be better off. Sam Bennett is notably better than Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund, so him being here pushing both Backlund and Monahan down the depth chart (if they were both still here), would be better for the Flames than what is going on today.