Q: Huska is using Zary as a 4C between 2 AHLers in Lomberg and Klapka, and playing him less than Klapka most nights. How close are we to Sam Bennett 2.0 here?

This is the conundrum facing the Flames and the player right now.

It was clear in the off-season that the team is somewhat ambivalent about Connor Zary. They moved to lock up guys like Dustin Wolf , Kevin Bahl and Matthew Coronato to long-term deals, but negotiated Zary down to a bridge deal just before training camp broke out.

Unlike all of those guys mentioned, Zary simply hasn’t staked a claim to a particular role on the club. To be fair to him, he’s not only been hampered by injury, but he also plays the two positions the Flames are most stocked with at the NHL level (centre and left wing).

While an injury or a trade woul

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