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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
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.
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Yeah I’m not trying to rehash anything, I just found his comments insightful.
It didn’t sound like he burned any bridges though. He talked lots about his time in Calgary and his great relationships with Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, etc.