I got it from a pretty good source back in the day that Stajan and Giordano both told Treliving (separately) that Hartley was absolutely ruining the Flames younger players, and spoke to Bennett specifically.
That if you wanted to develop your youth Hartley had to go, because his mind games with the younger players.
Bennett stories around telling him why he wasn't playing center or playing with good players (say faceoffs), only to have Bennett work his ass off to fix the issue, and then be told another reason.
Seems to fit the Stajan comments pretty closely.
Clearly I can't vouch for the story myself.
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