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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Who said he was "put in a position to succeed"?
You said he was planted in the bottom six. He spent more time in the top six than the bottom under Ward. When I showed that, you bnrought out "but the blender". Yes, the blender was bad. But there were a lot of guys who just plain were playing better. And the problem with playing him at centre was that you had Monahan, Lindholm and Backlund. Should they have tried to shoehorn him an demote Backlund to 4th line at that point?
I acknowledge that the Flames bear the bulk of responsibility. You won't even allow for a fraction of the onus to be on the player.
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It's no secret Sam Bennett didn't have any confidence playing for the Calgary Flames and that's what's being discussed. Maybe Sam Bennett bears some responsibility but at the end of the day he's playing better for someone else. So you have to look at the Flames and say what could they have done better, what was their part in it? I think under Craig Conroy the Flames are addressing it. MacKenzie Weegar was spending time with Zayne Parekh and even talked about his skills afterwards. They are making sure that the young guys are transitioning better into the NHL. They are talking about how everybody believes in each other and supports each other. Maybe Sam Bennett didn't get enough of that when he was here, maybe the line blenders didn't help, maybe he just didn't have any confidence playing here because it seemed like the Flames didn't have any confidence. I just don't believe the Flames knew what they had in Sam Bennett or how to manage him properly. This is just my opinion, and I acknowledge Sam Bennett had some responsibility; But that does nothing for the Calgary Flames because Sam Bennett plays better somewhere else. It's up to the Calgary Flames to self evaluate and improve the situation because, I am sure you agree, they're not going to find those young elite players growing on trees.
My position on this is a little bit different than yours, I acknowledge the Sam Bennett has to take some responsibility, but we can't absolve the Calgary Flames because they're the ones that have to improve. We lost a good player, who didn't have any confidence playing for the Calgary Flames.