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?
Negative bonus points for reminding me of Tim Jackman
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In today’s nhl, nobody is trading a decent draft pick for Sam Bennett. Our best hope is a trade for another frustrated failure on a similar AAV contract elsewhere.
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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.
It doesn’t help that a replacement level player with zero leverage is asking for a trade.
He’s like an old pair of hockey pants. He’s worth more to the existing owner than he is anywhere else.
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?
shush.
There's an important narrative that he has never been given a chance or good line mates.
Pointing out evidence to the contrary, especially evidence immediately verifiable today is unacceptable.
In today’s nhl, nobody is trading a decent draft pick for Sam Bennett. Our best hope is a trade for another frustrated failure on a similar AAV contract elsewhere.
Jake Virtanen come on down!!!
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It doesn’t help that a replacement level player with zero leverage is asking for a trade.
He’s like an old pair of hockey pants. He’s worth more to the existing owner than he is anywhere else.
I’ve never really understood this. If a bottom six player who is struggling to find a place on the team or find success feels like it might be time to move on, why is that somehow worse than if a guy like Tkachuk, or Monahan, or Andersson asks for a trade?
To me it seems like it should be the opposite. It’s also a different NHL than it was 20-30 years ago. Guys ask for trades or to “explore trades” all the time, and probably a lot more than we know about.
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Doubt he has much value in trade right now. Flames are probably better off keeping him for playoffs and try and trade him before expansion draft. If not it’s not the end of the world if he is taken in expansion draft.
Seems almost a natural change of scenery trade, but based on what the local radio guys have to say about Virtanen - i.e. that he's unmotivated and may be unmotivatable - it's not a swap i like from the Flames side.
I'd be happy with a solid young 3rd liner whose effort level is never in question, even if he has no real pedigree, but would love if the Flames could package him up in a bigger trade for a real impact player.
I’ve never really understood this. If a bottom six player who is struggling to find a place on the team or find success feels like it might be time to move on, why is that somehow worse than if a guy like Tkachuk, or Monahan, or Andersson asks for a trade?
To me it seems like it should be the opposite. It’s also a different NHL than it was 20-30 years ago. Guys ask for trades or to “explore trades” all the time, and probably a lot more than we know about.
It’s because you’re misunderstanding what OP meant. No one is mad Sam’s asking for a trade. Or at least the flames aren’t. But he has almost negative trade value.
It’s that what we get from him now on the team is without question more than what we’ll get in return from a trade.
Bennett + Rittich for Glass + Fleury (2 mil retained)? This might work as it helps Vegas' cap situation. But Fleury would need to waive to become a backup here instead of vegas, and vegas would need to be willing to give up glass for it.
