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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Bennett may never turn out to be the centre we thought he would be and Jankowski is yet to play any significant role on the big club. Many players like him have not been able to take the next step. You can't dismiss Backlund's value to the team and send him packing for a bunch of lollipops and leprechauns.
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So we waited until Backlund to hit his stride at 26, and show some level of consistency to his game, but we're going to claim that Bennett, at 20, is pretty much done in his development? Backlund is a good player, but let's not get ridiculous here, he's not a core player and you don't make long term commitments to guys who are not core players. I would love to see the Flames keep Backlund long term, but not at the possibility of making it difficult to hold onto Bennett and Tkachuk long term.