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Old 06-15-2024, 12:15 AM   #4433
Jay Random
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Originally Posted by flamesgod View Post
Giving your highest ever draft pick a cup of coffee centring in the top 6 is not giving him a chance. There was absolutely no patience or foresight. Huge fail.
Draft position shouldn't get any player a roster spot that he isn't capable of filling. Bennett never showed that he was a viable top-6 centre in Calgary. He's a marginal one in Florida.

Here are some players who have been drafted 4th overall in the last 20 years: Benoit Pouliot, Thomas Hickey, Griffin Reinhart, Jesse Puljujarvi. You're not getting an automatic star at that spot, and you're a fool (or an Oiler coach) if you think you can make a player into a star just by giving him a star's ice time.

Sam Bennett is a very good complementary player and a handy tool to have in your kit for the playoffs. He is not a star.
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