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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Bennett was mishandled. But he also wasn't an elite C which is what he was supposed to become. Flames fans thought he'd outdo Draisaitl and Reinhart.
I think having Hamilton and really wanting him to pair with Gio made Treliving go get Hamonic, because on paper he thought it was a good fit with Brodie.
Frankly, while there were mistakes, I don't know if any set of circumstances puts the Flames in a whole lot better position than now. They might, in fact, have delayed a rebuild even longer. They might have been a Nashville.
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Yeah, that 2014 draft was probably one of the worst drafts ever for the 4-10 picks. I also think you are right that after that team missed their window, as flawed as the team was, in a few years we might be looking back and saying that the summer a couple years ago was probably for the best. Conroy is just pulling off the bandaid now.