The Legend of Sam Bennett

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by memphusk

Why so Bennett sad?

Because this derp was our highest draft pick ever, has the hockey IQ of an eggplant, tried for 40 of the 400 games he played with us, and couldn't do 1 pull up! so sad.....

Too bad it was my cousin, who is an Oiler fan consoling him on Gaudreau's couch that night and not me. I would have yelled some sense into him! hahaha

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

I'm sorry, but what's your point? That I was right about Bennett all along with my constant bumping of this thread?

Lol thanks Johnny Makarov.

are you stupid? this thread wasn't bumped for the entire regular season..
Or were you too busy flying around the US at your young age! lol

But thanks for posting the most absurd, ridiculous post in CP history for some laughs!

[Saqe]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

are you stupid? this thread wasn't bumped for the entire regular season..
Or were you too busy flying around the US at your young age! lol

But thanks for posting the most absurd, ridiculous post in CP history for some laughs!

Dude, maybe take a break. Bennett was good all year long again like last year, he missed time because an injury. And has been on another level in the playoffs. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[AustinL_NHL]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

are you stupid? this thread wasn't bumped for the entire regular season..
Or were you too busy flying around the US at your young age! lol

But thanks for posting the most absurd, ridiculous post in CP history for some laughs!

Considering Bennett had proved me right the previous 1.5 years, I didn't need to continue bumping this thread.

But now that he's willing his team to the Finals with Chucky, the entertainment value we're getting out of you right now is delicious lmao so thank you.

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Because this derp was our highest draft pick ever, has the hockey IQ of an eggplant, tried for 40 of the 400 games he played with us, and couldn't do 1 pull up! so sad.....

Too bad it was my cousin, who is an Oiler fan consoling him on Gaudreau's couch that night and not me. I would have yelled some sense into him! hahaha

Derp is still a thing?

[Paulie Walnuts]

The fumbling of Sam Bennett will be Treliving biggest mistake and hiring a bum coach to bring him along.

Sam was also incredibly frustrating and inconsistent for us. Flipping him from C to W back and forth and with crappy linemates didn't help but he also had a hand in it by not performing for us.

It's good that he has figured his game out and coach Q probably helped him.

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

he WAS a playoff choker. Not anymore. he is the MVP.

But since you love to stalk me you prob remember that I was the only one stating he would have a career year after Gio and his kyitty leadership left. What did you say about it? lol

So you admit you were wrong after calling Tkachuk a choker, so why we should we believe anything you say about Sam Bennett. Sutter, coach Q and Maurice all raved Bout Sam Bennett, yet somehow we are supposed to take anything you say about him with a grain of salt?

What are your qualifications outside of being a fan?

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL

Considering Bennett had proved me right the previous 1.5 years, I didn't need to continue bumping this thread.

But now that he's willing his team to the Finals with Chucky, the entertainment value we're getting out of you right now is delicious lmao so thank you.

No thank you! As much as I dislike the legendary derp, nothing tops your dbag post! hahaha

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by DazzlinDino

So you admit you were wrong after calling Tkachuk a choker, so why we should we believe anything you say about Sam Bennett. Sutter, coach Q and Maurice all raved Bout Sam Bennett, yet somehow we are supposed to take anything you say about him with a grain of salt?

What are your qualifications outside of being a fan?

100% I was wrong about Tkachuk! They beat the best team in NHL history after they were down 3-1. He brought it!

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

The fumbling of Sam Bennett will be Treliving biggest mistake and hiring a bum coach to bring him along.

Sam was also incredibly frustrating and inconsistent for us. Flipping him from C to W back and forth and with crappy linemates didn't help but he also had a hand in it by not performing for us.

It's good that he has figured his game out and coach Q probably helped him.

Not hard for a player to be discouraged, we all saw what happend to Huberdeau. You make some good points in that he wasn't handled very well, just like Huberdeau.

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

100% I was wrong about Tkachuk! They beat the best team in NHL history after they were down 3-1. He brought it!

Step back, this version of Sam Bennett is a lot more confident than the one we had. It is not a stretch to say a large part of it may be an organizational problem. He also didn’t fit here because we didn’t have the right players. Maybe it is not all on Sam Bennett, do we agree?

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by DazzlinDino

Step back, this version of Sam Bennett is a lot more confident than the one we had. It is not a stretch to say a large part of it may be an organizational problem. He also didn’t fit here because we didn’t have the right players. Maybe it is not all on Sam Bennett, do we agree?

Looking at how Bennett looks right now in Florida, I feel a lot of blame should go to the Flames. Gulutzan being the biggest culprit. Bennett is a completely different player down there.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Sam was always great in the playoffs. You can't question his heart he competes.

He's always wanted to play center and we kept putting him on the wing.

Never forget Geoff Ward was tasked with gettimg him going and asked Sam what position he wants to play in camp after play in center on that bubble line with Dube and Lucic.

Ward put him on the wing right away and that's when you could tell this was over.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Bennett and Tkachuk dragging a team that had less points than the Flames to the finals...

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Bennett and Tkachuk dragging a team that had less points than the Flames to the finals...

That ‘less points’ thing is kind of nothing

They had one (1) fewer point than the Flames. Boston had enough extra points - they were 22 clear of the next closest team - to lower the bar for the other 7 getting in, in the east, by that point

Flames stunk and lost to bottom feeders.

Because they didn’t have Bennett and Tkachuk to help win those games

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Sam was always great in the playoffs. You can't question his heart he competes.

He's always wanted to play center and we kept putting him on the wing.

Never forget Geoff Ward was tasked with gettimg him going and asked Sam what position he wants to play in camp after play in center on that bubble line with Dube and Lucic.

Ward put him on the wing right away and that's when you could tell this was over.

Bet Sam felt really discouraged after that. Hard to play for Ward after that when he gave his heart in those playoffs..Florida let's Sam play, believes in him and raves about him, those things give a player confidence and more importantly a team and a home to believe in. We treated Sam like a bit of an outcast and some of that was on the coaching.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by DazzlinDino

Step back, this version of Sam Bennett is a lot more confident than the one we had. It is not a stretch to say a large part of it may be an organizational problem. He also didn’t fit here because we didn’t have the right players. Maybe it is not all on Sam Bennett, do we agree?

Half of his line mates in Florida were linemates of his in Calgary. I think we probably had the right players.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Looking at how Bennett looks right now in Florida, I feel a lot of blame should go to the Flames. Gulutzan being the biggest culprit. Bennett is a completely different player down there.

I think the case of Bennett was that he needed a change of scenery and he's not the first player that just needed a fresh start with another organization. There's no doubt that Gulutzan's mismanagement of Bennett was the turning point in Calgary where things started to go south and Peters/Ward didn't have the patience or commitment to getting him going. Bennett also has to take some blame here as when he did get opportunities to play with better players as brief as they were, he never seized them. It just wasn't going to work out with the Flames with the player unhappy and the organization not willing to provide him a top 6 role. From the moment he put on a Panthers jersey he's just been a happier, more confident, better player and it's likely something that wasn't going to be realized in Flames jersey. Rather than complain constantly about how the Flames screwed up, I'm happy to move on and cheer for the player to have success in Florida as it's a good story. I will say watching him with Tkachuk scoring all those big playoff goals certainly makes one wonder what could have been.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I think the case of Bennett was that he needed a change of scenery and he's not the first player that just needed a fresh start with another organization. There's no doubt that Gulutzan's mismanagement of Bennett was the turning point in Calgary where things started to go south and Peters/Ward didn't have the patience or commitment to getting him going. Bennett also has to take some blame here as when he did get opportunities to play with better players as brief as they were, he never seized them. It just wasn't going to work out with the Flames with the player unhappy and the organization not willing to provide him a top 6 role. From the moment he put on a Panthers jersey he's just been a happier, more confident, better player and it's likely something that wasn't going to be realized in Flames jersey. Rather than complain constantly about how the Flames screwed up, I'm happy to move on and cheer for the player to have success in Florida as it's a good story. I will say watching him with Tkachuk scoring all those big playoff goals certainly makes one wonder what could have been.

Being a top 5 pick on a Canadian team and not scoring 40 goals per on your entry level contract seems to get you labeled as a “bust” pretty quickly. It’s unsurprising to me that hockey players excel in the southern US.

[Paulie Walnuts]

It also feels like Calgary coaches want to reign players in a do it their way only. Not just Sutter but the previous group as well.

You have to be patient and give these players some rope first before you pull them back. Once establish that give and take you can see them shine. If all it is, I'm going to take take players bet frustrated and either do too much to try and showcase themselves or just look lost like Sam did.

That's why this Conroy hiring and him getting hire the coach and the names we have seen are exciting. You don't need to be a hardass or a pushover you can just be a coach who pushes guys in an environment where they can showcase their skills with team success.

I can't believe Paul Maurice is the one doing that right now lol.