[News] All-encompassing Bennett trade discussions thread

[ben voyonsdonc]

Trade him to the Oilers. We’d never have to worry about playing against him in the playoffs.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Well, okay - Bennett was our best player in the playoffs, and we seem to be on the brink of losing that...so, winning!



Good grief where would we have been without Bennett in the summer?

That's not saying much. The team lost in the first round.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

If Sam Bennett was good enough to be a 1st liner, he’d be a 1st liner. Or 2nd liner. End of story.


For every 100 Sam Bennett types, who people think aren’t getting a fair chance after years of failed chances, roughly 1 goes on to succeed elsewhere. The other 99 are who we thought they were.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Yes, he hasn’t played with great players but, at no point, during the regular season has he really given a reason to move up in the lineup. Great players don’t stay on the fourth line because they show they deserve to move up.

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Does Bennett get a video tribute when he plays his first game back at the Saddledome?

What are they gonna show ? He has like 2 highlight worthy moments in his career.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

If Sam Bennett was good enough to be a 1st liner, he’d be a 1st liner. Or 2nd liner. End of story.


For every 100 Sam Bennett types, who people think aren’t getting a fair chance after years of failed chances, roughly 1 goes on to succeed elsewhere. The other 99 are who we bought they were.

Well, Simon and Leivo aren’t good enough to be NHL’ers, but they’re out there every night.

I’m definitely not thinking Bennett is some 1st line wow player, but the whole going external for spare parts to play them ahead of Bennett after what Bennett did in the playoffs was dumb in my eyes.

I hope it works out for both Benny and Calgary in the end.

[btimbit]

I don't see a trade happening fast. Only a few teams where he'd be worth protecting in the expansion draft, and for all the other teams I don't see them giving up assets for someone just to expose him to Seattle

[flames_fan_down_under]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

If Sam Bennett was good enough to be a 1st liner, he’d be a 1st liner. Or 2nd liner. End of story.


For every 100 Sam Bennett types, who people think aren’t getting a fair chance after years of failed chances, roughly 1 goes on to succeed elsewhere. The other 99 are who we bought they were.

Lol totally. NHL coaches love suppressing talented players and minimizing their minutes. It’s not like they have an idea of what an elite NHL talent looks like.

[CSharp]

That move Bennett just made might just have increased his trade value!

[JohnnyHockey]

Can he do a chin up yet?

[ben voyonsdonc]

He was playing PP minutes tonight. Did you see anything that showed that he looked like he was more productive out there than a replacement level player?

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

Lol literally two posts above an existing Bennett thread

This is actual news though
Certainly thread worthy.
Threads aren’t a finite resource.
I do think it make sense to lock the other one

[PepsiFree]

I also don’t really understand some of the hate towards him. He’s given us some pretty great moments in his time with the Flames, even if they were few and far between, and he was a player that you had to route for until you couldn’t (whenever that was for certain people).

If this is the final stretch of Bennett games, it’s disappointing. Not because we won’t be able to replace him, but because it closes the chapter of our highest draft pick in a pretty sad way.

He may not deserve much love or admiration, he’s a guy who just couldn’t put it together and if it was a specific type of opportunity he needed to succeed (like it the playoffs) something he just couldn’t consistently earn or hold on to. But he’s done nothing to deserve hate. And for the few dishing it out (not lumping those in who don’t care, for the record), it’s a pretty embarrassing look as fans.

[flames_fan_down_under]

If teams are looking for a player who misses the net regularly with open looks then he is their guy.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

This is actual news though
Certainly thread worthy.
Threads aren’t a finite resource.

Well that’s not what Bingo told me. He makes me etransfer him $20 every time I start a thread.

[David Struch]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Does Bennett get a video tribute when he plays his first game back at the Saddledome?

Lol, you can't be serious, did any of the following get tribute videos, Lance Bouma, Chris Clark, Shean Donovan, Micheal Ferland, Garnet Hathaway, Tim Jackman, Paul Kruse, David Moss, Eric Nystrom, Clarke Wilm?

[Camronius]

I was so confused why he was seeing the powerplay today, now it all makes sense.

[Aarongavey]

The Flames are not traditionally a team that competes in the playoffs so Sam is not the best fit. Send him to a team that wants to win in the postseason and he will be fine. Maybe that team has a player that is better in the regular season than the playoffs that they can send back.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Btw, I don’t hate Bennett at all. I’ve watched him consistently hoping for him to show that he is more than a third/fourth liner. He seems like a legitimately good guy and I hope he takes that next step. It just has never happened with us.

[David Struch]

Originally Posted by Camronius

I was so confused why he was seeing the powerplay today, now it all makes sense.

Yup, being showcased.