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Originally Posted by Hackey
It's bitter sweet watching Tkachuk and Bennett but realistically the Flames wouldn't have the supporting cast to be replicating the Panthers anyways so it doesn't really matter. We'd probably be blaming them for the mediocre results.
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I think there was a time when the Flames could have picked up Sam Reinhart but a lot of people here didn't think he was that good. The Panthers saw something in him, and they saw something in San Bennett too. I think if we had put Sam Bennett and Tkachuk, together the Flames might have realized they had something. I think we just didn't have the right coaches. I read an interview recently where Mark Messier was raving about how underrated Sam Bennett was on the Panthers, and that he was one of the key reasons why they were going to the finals for the second year.
Calgary just didn't know what they had or what to do with it.