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Originally Posted by ComixZone
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.
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Backlund only really fell off this year. Until recently he was a top defensive centre who put up 45-50 points while making players around him better. So last year the solution to the Flames problems was to give Backlund, who was on pace for 50 points, with a tire for of a team around him way less ice time?
And then what do you do with the expansion draft? We probably expose Dube instead, who looked like a sure fire soon to be second liner last year.
Can Bennett carry a line of Coleman and Mangiapane? That's about as big of a top 6 downgrade as you can get from being stapled to Huberdeau.
A lot of hindsight going on here.