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Originally Posted by blankall
I don't disagree with a lot of that. Calgary's development program has been abysmal lately. It got worse with Sutter, but started before that. Bennett should have had top 6 time. And, as I've stated in many other threads, the Wranglers have half a dozen players at least that should be getting far more development time on the big team than they are.
For whatever reason this franchise seems to take a liking to a select few players and then fills the rest of the roster with useless vets. Meanwhile certain players, who aren't part of the club, just get F-ed.
As for Bennett himself, Bennett has found chemistry with Tkachuk, and Florida would be crazy to mess that up, so he's not being demoted right now. He's been demoted many times by Florida though.
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No, he really hasn’t
https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/sam-bennett
Last year his top 4 line combinations all involved Huberdeau, and one of Tippett (271 min) / Duclair (115) / Reinhart (94) / Giroux (66)
That accounts for over 50 percent of his even strength time
Any other line combos were 40 min or less
This year similarly his top 3 combos were all with Tkachuk, with the third being Verhaeghe (318 min), Luosteranin (77) and Balcers (62 min)
That also accounts for over 50 percent of his ES time
Florida has paired him up with their top winger and rotated the third
He has pretty much been consistently given a top 6 role there.