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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Hagens and McKenna.
We need a #1C
Sam Bennett was handled poorly here. He just won a cup.
Larkin is what happens if we do what you just outlined.
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Bennett was a great depth piece, but far from Florida's #1 centre. He was, no where close. The Panthers had an insanely deep centre group, where they rotated in various centres into the #2 and #3 spot. In terms of actual time playing centre, Bennett was behind Barkov, Lundell, and Reinhardt. By the end of the playoffs, Bennett was largely playing wing to Rodrigues.
The Flames definitely F-ed up, as Bennett/Tkachuk is a legit combo. The Flames had both and didn't significantly play them together. Bennett was and never will be a legit #1 centre though.