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Originally Posted by theslymonkey
Except the Flames also had Monahan, Lindholm and Backlund at center.
Yes, I agree that if you draft Bennett as a center you should give him a long look at center. But then who are they removing at center?
The onlyl real solution at the time was to move either Bennett or Lindholm to the wing. They made their choice.
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If you look at things with a big picture perspective, who the off cares about Mikael Backlund?
Sorry - we didn't have Lindholm yet, and the moment we drafted Tkachuk it should have been:
Gaudreau - Monahan - Tkachuk
Bennett - Backlund - Frolik
or
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Bennett - Frolik
You then deploy Backlund as your checking 3rd line.
Instead they !@#$ing buried Bennett with Jankowski and Brouwer.
The Flames screwed up Bennett's development by slapping him all over there roster and playing him with bad players, and they suppressed Tkachuk's ability by stapling him with Backlund and Frolik.
It's not even debatable. It's why we've had zero success, and it's why our ex-coaches will never be head coaches in this league again.