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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Bennett was trashed here by plenty. I always felt he was a good player that was misused by the organization. He's a bull in a china shop type of player and the Flames simply didn't understand that he needed to play with skilled players to get the best of him. Gulutzan buried him in the bottom six and Peters/Ward gave him brief opportunities in the top 6 but lacked the patience to let chemistry develop. Darryl being by far the sharpest of the coaches new Bennett was special but he was in the picture too late.
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AKA one of the rarest and most coveted attributes when combined with enough skill to play with good players. Tom Wilson, Wayne Simmonds, Dustin Brown, Scott Hartnell, young Lucic, etc.
I'm sure the key to those guys' success was playing a different position on a different line each week in their early 20s.