Friedman's 31 thoughts - Bennett and Tkachuk content

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5. At one point (maybe the 2016 draft), Bergevin inquired about Calgary’s Sam Bennett. One of my NHL exec friends has a standard line: “You can solve your problem, or you can trade your problem. It’s always better to try and solve it.”

I think that’s what the Flames will do with Bennett, who is moving to wing for Tuesday’s game in Nashville. They want to get him going. Calgary needs bottom-six production, and will try to kickstart it with Mark Jankowski, excellent at AHL Stockton.

6. A lot of talk about penalties in Calgary, but don’t expect the Flames to ask Matthew Tkachuk to change much. He’s taken six, two back of Sidney Crosby for the NHL lead, but has drawn nine, which is best. The Flames didn’t like a roughing penalty Tkachuk took at the 20-minute mark of the second period last Thursday against Carolina, since it was 200 feet from their net. They’d like him to drop that foul, but don’t want to tamper too much with his style.

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