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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
Definitely Sam Bennett played better when he got to Florida, so was Sam Reinhardt. Florida is doing something that making these players believe in their abilities. I believe Calgary is on the right track under Craig Conroy, they've made some changes, they have a leadership group to build up the young guys, and in the interviews they keep talking about how they believe in each other. I believe they're taking on a bit of the Florida model. Ryan Lomberg, played under the Florida I am sure they have talked about it.
blaming the player doesn't do anything for the Calgary Flames, they're the ones that need to improve.
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Blaming just the Flames and not giving any responsibility to an individual player is just innaccurate, that's all. And some of it was happenstance and where the Flames had players at the time (Bennett just had a hard time getting past Backlund, Lindholm and Monahan for a centre spot). But sure, the Flames likely have the bulk of it, and you are correct that nothing about Bennett has anything to do with making the Flames better now. It's just thatI dislike the "all or nothing" approach to this analysis some seem to have.
That said, there are young players who developed very well in Calgary no matter who was coaching - Mangiapane, Coronato, Zary, Andersson, Ferland, Bahl and, of course, Gaudreau and Monahan. And Ward seems to do well with young players, so that's good.