conundrumed

Damn, Fla has Spencer Knight. I like the Panthers a lot. You give away Trochek, Dadanov and Hoffman walk, doesn't matter.

I'm surprised that you keep reiterating this. This has gotta be the 5th time. We get it. Stop being bitter, he's a young player given a great new opportunity. Your posts smell like you blame him for the team. Speak your mind and stop alluding to him being junk in the end. It's not fair, be a good sport.

Lol, we're only fortunate Price is out. Are we really good suddenly? We haven't done anything yet.

That's fair. I like Mony and Lindholm at C, Mangiapane and Dube on wing. All else I'd change. Tkachuk until we have to qualify him. So many exceptional players in this day and age, everyone here is replaceable. I hope the org sees that. Sometimes I wonder why this team has to be saddled with perpetual "take what you can get, don't mess with the core".🙄

What I like about Sutter is his soundbites. On their own they can be taken however. Put them all together: Don't play an NHL pace. Too many boneheads not getting skating off the hop. We won't always have a lead. You're not passing the puck into the net... He's saying what most here have said, I believe.

Also being able to talk to Barkov can't hurt. Only a year older, but Barkov is likely the best 2 way C in the game today. Add in the coaching, and Tre definitely have Sam the best opportunity out there. That can't be overlooked either. He really did what was best for team and player.

Fla's next 2 are against the Canes so I'd expect good playoff hockey to watch. Bennett is definitely going to see some tough matchups. I wouldn't really peg him for what he was with the Flames just yet. He's playing with an exceptional talent now, better than any player we have, in Huberdeau. It's too early to call in either direction.

I can get with that. For the Flames they were, I think it highlights where we are now. Call it hindsight, but it's a reality.

Exactly. It was the Baertschi, Poirier Jankowski picks and more. I get BPA thinking at the draft, I just don't agree with it. Monahan is an excellent player, Bennett had to find his own way, but compounding draft headaches made it a problem. I wish Canadian teams would just draft and stfu about it like American teams and not get caught up in glorifying kids.

I don't think that at all, just that they couldn't put players with Bennett that could play a better pace and everything was D first. Not saying he should have replaced anyone. The Flames have always lacked depth. Too many picks went sideways and FA was typically meh. I'm definitely not saying Bennett is a wrecking ball. He can help drive play, definitely not by himself.

And we see improvement in Monahan's 2 way game with Dube and Mangiapane because the pace is balanced. Just my opinion.

I think that's true. Bennett many times would carry the puck quickly through the neutral zone and then have no support. I wonder if this trade will just show that the Flames play just bogs players down? Go hard, no support, go hard no support. So you have to slow it down, and if that's not your game, you suffer.

Nice. Been watching them since they got him. He's winning battles, putting up points, sticking up for teammates and being a responsible C. He's had some good d zone play and separating guys from the puck. He's playing really well. His goals are straight down main Street and Huberdeau and Duclair find him. 2nd PP net presence.

Sandy Bennett with an assist. Aaaand Lomberg scores. What a riot.

aaaand Bennett again😂😭😂

And Bennett with the opening goal tonight.😂

We're not arguing at all. I'm just happy to put the last nail in the coffin of blaming everything but the players. Gaudreau's 2011 draft class, swap Granlund for Kucherov and Wotherspoon for Trochek. The 2011 line. Why not dream when it's in the Satoshi Nakamototer..😂

I completely agree, my only query, really, was he always the first to be demoted quickly, rather than guide him through making mistakes? Where others get constant passes. He got stifled quickly when he made mistakes was always my perception. Not allowed to make mistakes.

My frustration is equal, but I'm okay with Sutter. Peter's left the Canes and they became likely the most disciplined team in the league. Sutter has credibility, our coaches since his last departure don't. In Bennett's Instagram interview he said he liked Sutter and thinks he's similar to Quenneville. The blaming coach game ends here. Sutter's job, for me, is just teach these guys to compete at the NHL level. But he's hardly going to accomplish it overnight, lots to fix.

Certainly agree it's too early. Cheering him on. He needed a change of environment at any rate. It was kinda toxic how he was yo-yo'd around. He got punished for mistakes more than any other Flames

I think there's the eye test that matches Sutter's comment about NHL pace. The Flames seem like they're skating in mud too often. Bennett was as guilty as the rest. Watching Fla they are high tempo and aggressive, hopefully Bennett can be better playing a consistent elevated paced game. Wanted him to get the Howe Hat Trick.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/bennett-jumps-fight-bayreuther-hit-duclair/

Almost his 2nd shortly after on the same type of play. 3 quick passes with Bennett finishing down the pipe. Just watching the Panthers is fun. When they swarm the O-zone, wow, they have a lot of bite. Love watching Vatrano, damn can he fly with the puck. When Sutter says we don't play at the pace of the rest of the league, watching Florida easily confirms it.

15:40 TOI, Hopefully he can turn it around there. I have little doubt Fla targeted him due to scouting and seeing a fit. They've been doing well with reclamations. Nobody sees Montour and Bennett as big TDL splashes, but imo I think they were very precise to round out their roster. Montour scored last night, Bennett assisted. I don't really blame the Flames, he maybe could have started in the A but for the fanfare of being a high pick and the 18 yr old crap. He just never really found his rhythm. It was Sam Bennett's Series of Unfortunate Events.

+3/5 hits. Not a bad start Fla 5 TB 3.