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Originally Posted by bax
Sam Bennett was on Spittin Chiclets today and mentioned that Sutter liked him the best out off all his coaches in Calgary. He loved playing for him and didn’t think he was going to get traded.
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It's hard to go back once a public trade request has been made, especially when the reason for the request is that you feel you deserve more ice-time ahead of another player on the team.
It's easy to use hindsight now and seeing Bennett doing well and Monahan broken down, but I doubt at the time it was great for team morale to have Bennett essentially questioning why Monahan, Backlund and Lindholm were ahead of him on the center depth chart. Even if he was right, I doubt the other three appreciated him going public with that.
When you burn your bridges, the only way ahead is forward.