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Originally Posted by dino7c
Bennett asked for a trade and was available for months...nobody offered more. Its not like the Flames were the only team that had doubts.
Hockey is weird, just over a year ago Bob was the Panthers 10M backup going into the playoffs and now he is their best player. Pens beat the Hawks in game 82 they are likely doing whatever it takes to dump Bob's contract last summer.
Oilers top goal scorer drafted by Florida
Panthers top dman drafted by Vancouver
Panthers top goalie brought to the NHL by Philly
Panthers top goal scorer drafted by Buffalo
It isn't unique to the Flames that players sometimes don't hit their ceiling with their first team
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I don't think it was that no one wanted him. It was hard to make deals during covid.
Treliving mentioned this many times, I think he wanted to shake up the roster but it was hard to make deals, especially for Canadian teams.