Confirmed with Link: Sam Bennett and 6th (2022) traded to Florida for 2nd (2022) and Emil Heineman

[Dack]

I hope he turns it around there. IDGAF if it would make us look bad, he would never put it together here. He needed to get out.

Yeah me too. The Bennett breakout was never happening in Calgary so it doesn't bother me if he turns into a good player in Florida.

 

[Siignal]

Exactly the change of scenery he needed

Bennett is about to show why we didn't want to lose him

 

[User1996]

I’m not surprised Bennett had a big first game. That’s the type of nervous energy his game would thrive off of. Let’s see him sustain it

 

[DFF]

Hopefully Bennett can have a big final 10 games and playoffs and stick Florida with a big contract. He is certainly capable of it.

The Flames got a good return for him. He was never going to do it here.

Base on his history as a Flames, I doubt he would sustain it long term but you never know. He may find an ideal linemate.

 

[InfinityIggy]

To be fair. Since Sutter had settled the lines down a bit he did have 5 points in 4 games before the trade.

Maybe if we’d started the season with a real NHL coach things would’ve been different for Sam this year.

 

[DomBarr]

Maybe if we’d started the season with a real NHL coach things would’ve been different for Sam this year.

Maybe but as much as I like Sam he has had these stretches before. We will see how things turn out now he gets a new start

 

[Mobiandi]

Maybe if we’d started the 2016-17 season with a real NHL coach after Hartley, things would’ve been different for every single Flame.

agreed

 

[Corpus X]

Great game from Bennett: his line was +3 and was the difference in a tight game against the Lightning. Provides great physicality that complements high end skill of Duclair and Huberdeau

I hope he can keep that pace up.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Maybe but as much as I like Sam he has had these stretches before. We will see how things turn out now he gets a new start

Bennett never had significant stretches of playing centre with actually good linemates in Calgary, so no, he's never done anything like this before.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

 

[Anglesmith]

Bennett never had significant stretches of playing centre with actually good linemates in Calgary, so no, he's never done anything like this before.

As recently as this season Bennett had a few games with the top line in a row. He produced in the first game there. Until you see the next few games, you can't really declare whether anything unprecedented is happening.

 

[Mobiandi]

I'll be a fan of his for the rest of his career. He should've been a Flame for life

 

[Some Other Flame]

As recently as this season Bennett had a few games with the top line in a row. He produced in the first game there. Until you see the next few games, you can't really declare whether anything unprecedented is happening.

Not at center. He's been thrown around at right wing for whatever nonsensical reason even though he's really a center, or left wing at best.

So like I said, this is the first time he's been placed at center with actually good linemates.

 

[Kranix]

Was Leslie drinking a carbonated vodka beverage there

Also Bennett looks happy for the first time in his career

 

[TheHudlinator]

Sam showed flashes of his skill so many times here but he could never build on just flashes. Blaming Sam not playing center on him not producing is pretty lame, he struggled to generate any offensive pressure this year even with Gaudreau, I feel like the bigger problem is he never was given a defined role, he struggled figuring out what he was supposed to do in any given game. He had some terribly lazy games in the defensive zone its hard to justify moving a guy up the lineup that is getting burned low on the depth chart. I'm hopeful a fresh start will be a wake up call for Bennett and he can find some consistency in his effort and results.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

 

[Mobiandi]

Love to see it. Part of me is also internally screaming that this is happening but I'm just as happy to see the egg on this organization's face yet again.

 

[violaswallet]

Bennett just clobbered a Columbus player who took a high hit on Duclair

 

[Mobiandi]

Bennett just clobbered a Columbus player who took a high hit on Duclair.

That's the kind of guy he is. Florida will be runaway winners with this trade; 2 2nds is chump change because they don't make players like Bennett anymore

 

[super6646]

Good for him. Hope he keeps it up

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

That's the kind of guy he is. Florida will be runaway winners with this trade; 2 2nds is chump change because they don't make players like Bennett anymore

It was always a shitty return but I'm happy he's no longer playing 4LW on a team where he's the best center XD

 

[DFF]

f*** we traded a 1C

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Coach Q had Bennett taking huge faceoffs up a goal with the net empty at the other end. Bennett won them both clean AF.

Toews 2.0

 

[InfinityIggy]

Bennett just clobbered a Columbus player who took a high hit on Duclair

Panthers play like a team and play for each other, Sam Bennett will fit right in there. Take note, Flames.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

If Bennett finds success post-Calgary and becomes the player he was projected to be or even better, it wouldn't be the first time.

Not saying he'll be the next Hull or St. Louis.