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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Holy crap, this again?
“Great playoffs Benny. This year we are thinking … 4C or 3W”
lol
Don’t even get me started
There were long threads where people made the case supported by tons of data. And now that they were proven entirely correct, we are going back to defend the Flames side of mismanaging him?
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Great playoffs? Yeah sorry we need someone who can show up for more than six games a year. Flames needed a player who could get them to the playoffs.
If Benny was a first line player in Calgary, he would’ve been a first line player in Calgary.
Love the guy but he is not the same player in Florida that he was in Calgary. Not even close. He’s not the first and he won’t be the last. We’ve been on the winning side of many of those trades and we’ve been on the losing side of a few of them too.
Anyone who thinks that he would be the exact same player with the flames that they see with the Panthers is just dreaming. There are a million things that can go right or wrong and affect how players career develops. Assuming that everything would’ve turned out identical if we would’ve kept him here and just gifted him first line minutes is a fool’s errand.