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Originally Posted by dammage79
I mean hindsight is always 20/20 but there were more than a few of us who always said the Flames were misusing Bennett. Gully, Ward and even Peters just tossed him around the bottom 3 lines so much he didn't know where he stood most of the time. Confidence is a major thing in player development and I don't think he ever got the opportunity (or earned, to be fair-ish) to grow that confidence whereas when he got to FLA they tossed him in the deep end and lo and behold he bloomed into the playoff beast we all know and love.
I wonder how Huska would've utilized Bennett honestly. I'm having the same kind of concerns with Zary.
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Good to see Conroy admit the Flames messed up. He even acknowledges the issue with the coaches, and the fact that they can't just let players like that go. Conroy owned it, saying it is on the Fames to get it right.
Conroy acknowledges the Flames drafted Sam Bennett to be a center doing exactly what he's doing now... Which means Sam's development should have been an asset for the Calgary Flames and not for a different team.
A lot of people want to put the blame on Sam Bennett but for some reason Sam just couldn't believe in himself on the Calgary Flames and likely as a whole they didn't believe in him. The supporting cast that he needed whether it was the players, whether it was a skilled player, or whether was a coach, was all missing for Sam Bennett to be the player he is now.