Agreed. Loved those guys during their time here and I hope they do well in the future, but you guys need to get over it and move on.
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There is a 99% chance that Bennett for Pulju would be helping the Flames rather than the Oilers.
Man that would be a lot of unrealized tools in one trade haha. Personally not super enamored with Puljujarvi, don't like the way he competes, don't like his puck skills, don't like the way he processes the game, and I don't like his total lack of assertiveness in the offensive zone. Still young obviously but those are things that are kind of hard to fix, he does shoot and skate well though.
I know people are sick of hearing this but give Bennett some more time, he just turned 22. Hanifin and Lindholm have had unspectacular careers as top 5 picks up until now as well. Maybe better than Sam, but the main reason people are up on their potential and down on Bennett's is because they're new. Don't get me wrong this is a big year for Bennett, but tonight is only game 4 under Peters and I'm already seeing some encouraging things. Hasn't taken a penalty yet
It's certainly fair not to be enamoured with Puljujarvi, and Bennett does have some good traits he's carried throughout his career (speed and tenacity being the major ones), but he followed an okay rookie season with two straight seasons of struggling, so we're on the road to it becoming a track record rather than a developmental path (see guys like Sam Gagner as examples of what I'm talking about).Man that would be a lot of unrealized tools in one trade haha. Personally not super enamored with Puljujarvi, don't like the way he competes, don't like his puck skills, don't like the way he processes the game, and I don't like his total lack of assertiveness in the offensive zone. Still young obviously but those are things that are kind of hard to fix, he does shoot and skate well though.
I know people are sick of hearing this but give Bennett some more time, he just turned 22. Hanifin and Lindholm have had unspectacular careers as top 5 picks up until now as well. Maybe better than Sam, but the main reason people are up on their potential and down on Bennett's is because they're new. Don't get me wrong this is a big year for Bennett, but tonight is only game 4 under Peters and I'm already seeing some encouraging things. Hasn't taken a penalty yet
Can't find the tweet right now but we're above 50% on draws right now and the last time we finished above 50% on draws was with 08-09 or something like 03, can't remember what the tweet said but it's been a long time since we were over 50%.
After a quick peek on NHL.com.... last time we were over 50% was 2008-09, we were 51.3%.... last time we were over 53% (we are currently 53.2) was 2002-03
That's what he does, he scores in bunches. Even those 19 goals in the first half, saw him score just 2 in the first 10 games. He did the same thing the year prior, had a hot stretch and then cooled off. His inconsistency is very David Moss-ish
