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Originally Posted by TOfan
Perhaps, but I do think the Flames wanted Bennett.
Can’t recall who exactly wrote the article but an Edmonton based writer for the Athletic wrote a piece about the Oilers taking Draisaitl over Bennett and it was a huge internal debate. One scout said after they made the pick he looked over at the Flames table and a number of Flames guys couldn’t hide their excitement. Guys were high giving one another.
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I suspect the same debate was going on at the Flames table. The concerns about Bennett that came out of the fitness testing probably dropped his stature among the top 4 from 3 to 4 - and there was a lot of pre-draft positive talk about Draisaitl in Calgary.