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Originally Posted by Travis
Take it with a grain of salt, this is coming from Craig MacTavish who regularly benched Hemsky early in his career because his defensive play wasn't as good as MacT figured it should be.
The same coach who refused to play Lupul with Hemsky then watched Lupul put up 20 goals in 56 games for the Flyers last year (after 16 in 82 with Edmonton the season prior). Penner potted 23 last year and I'd be amazed if he's not around 25-30 by the end of this season too.
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I actually hope he gets there. I liked Penner when he was here. I think he was a dummy for signing that deal from a career perspective (if not a financial one), but that's just me.
That said, it seems a fitting result given how he ended up there, and all the crap that went on because of it. MacT really does not seem to be all that good of a coach, IMO.