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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Gulutzan probably gets too much blame - especially when it comes to Bennett.
Peters and mostly Ward had more to do with Bennett's struggles in Calgary than Gulutzan IMO
Gulutzan actually tried to play Bennett at center in 16-17 with some veterans to support him and it just didn't work out according to the management group.
16-17: Versteeg-Bennett-Brouwer / Chiasson - Bennett - Gaudreau / Versteeg - Bennett - Chiasson
Then in 17-18 the line of Bennett - Jankowski - Hathaway found some success when people were calling for him to be moved back to the wing and they stuck with that.
Really it was under Ward that things really fell off.
The real issue was the Flames not hiring a real coach instead of keeping Geoff Ward going into the 20-21 season. Trajectory of this team potentially looks much different if they hired somebody else that offseason.
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The big problem is that all of Gulutzan, Peters, and Ward were terrible coaching hires.