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Trafalgar Sadge Law said:
Sam Bennett at 4.4 million is a welcome addition on any team, and he wouldn't be a 3C he's a bone fide 2nd line forward whose value is greater than his stats indicate. Sam Bennett at 7 million... not so much. He already has a Cup but has never gotten that big bag. I suspect he'll go to the highest bidder and we can't afford to be getting into bidding wars with Bouchard and McDavid needing new contracts soon. Lest we get caught with our pants down on another Holloway/Broberg situation because we wasted 10 million in cap space on Arvidsson/Henrique/Skinner.
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The guy has never hit 50 pts in his career yet hes a bonafide 2nd liner?
 
Interesting to see USA - Canada last night and how it looked a lot like Oilers vs Vegas, the way USA was simply clogging the slot. Canada needed better puck distribution from the points, but also they needed a shooting threat. I would have made a point to get some bombs off from Parayko during the PP. He would look great in an Oilers uniform.

Anyways, it was interesting to see Canada struggle against the Vegas method when Cassidy is the assistant coach.
 
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soothsayer said:
Interesting to see USA - Canada last night and how it looked a lot like Oilers vs Vegas, the way USA was simply clogging the slot. Canada needed better puck distribution from the points, but also they needed a shooting threat. I would have made a point to get some bombs off from Parayko during the PP. He would look great in an Oilers uniform.

Anyways, it was interesting to see Canada struggle against the Vegas method when Cassidy is the assistant coach.
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It's games like these where you need guys that can park in front of the net and deflect pucks or at least cause screens. We have Bouch that can really fire the puck, but we need more guys willing to screen the goalie than just Hyman.
 
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Bryanbryoil said:
As I see it he's fairly skilled, hits hard and is a good fighter. He's a real PITA to play against. We need some of that on our team.
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We do, but he’s going to be paid more than they should for his services. Ideally the scouts find a guy needing a second chance on a cheap contract
 
GhostfaceWu said:
The guy has never hit 50 pts in his career yet hes a bonafide 2nd liner?
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Zach Hyman never crossed 41 points in his career prior to coming to the Oilers too. Bennett has paced for over 50 on multiple occasions but missed out due to injuries (which is a legitmate reason to not hand him a 7 million dollar contract btw, I'm not saying we should sign him).
 
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Trafalgar Sadge Law said:
Zach Hyman never crossed 41 points in his career prior to coming to the Oilers too. Bennett has paced for over 50 on multiple occasions but missed out due to injuries (which is a legitmate reason to not hand him a 7 million dollar contract btw, I'm not saying we should sign him).
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I am a bona fide fan of Bennett now after taking on the Gronkowski of hockey if Gronkowski were dumber, uglier, and way less talented. But Bennet is a $5M to $6M guy to me. I don't doubt he could get $7M plus though.
 
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Oilhawks said:
We do, but he’s going to be paid more than they should for his services. Ideally the scouts find a guy needing a second chance on a cheap contract
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Bennett's point totals are low partly because he gets hurt a fair bit. But goal totals are solid and his IPP numbers are very good. The latter means that he is in on a good percent of the goals scored while he is on the ice. For this to be the case and his assist totals to be fairly modest it means he is typically playing a lot with guys who don't score all that much.

I always liked Bennett going back to his days in Kingston. I actually think Bennett could work well with McDavid.

Bennett McDavid Hyman

would be kind of a nightmare for a lot of teams. The two wingers are both puck hounds and excellent possession guys who go hard to the net. It would not surprise me if playing with McDavid Bennett scored 20+ 5 vs 5 goals on a regular basis.

Bennett is not a straight ahead speedster but he goes at top speed much of the time he is on the ice because of his tireless motor.
 
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Fourier said:
Bennett's point totals are low partly because he gets hurt a fair bit. But goal totals are solid and his IPP numbers are very good. The latter means that he is in on a good percent of the goals scored while he is on the ice. For this to be the case and his assist totals to be fairly modest it means he is typically playing a lot with guys who don't score all that much.

I always liked Bennett going back to his days in Kingston. I actually think Bennett could work well with McDavid.

Bennett McDavid Hyman

would be kind of a nightmare for a lot of teams. The two wingers are both puck hounds and excellent possession guys who go hard to the net. It would not surprise me if playing with McDavid Bennett scored 20+ 5 vs 5 goals on a regular basis.

Bennett is not a straight ahead speedster but he goes at top speed much of the time he is on the ice because of his tireless motor.
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And he runs through guys and throws absolutely bombs. I remember he almost landed a few sleepers on Nurse when they went at a few years ago.
 
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Yeah Bennett would be a great fit beside McDavid imo. He does a lot better with grindy / get-in-the-muck type guys than pure skill guys, usually because most skill guys don't have the processor to keep up with him (other than Draisaitl and RNH)
 
Good news is the cap is going up bad news is the players demands will go up as well.

We have Bouchard needing a new contract this off season and McDavid next.

I do not see us going big game hunting in the off season
 
Jumptheshark said:
Good news is the cap is going up bad news is the players demands will go up as well.

We have Bouchard needing a new contract this off season and McDavid next.

I do not see us going big game hunting in the off season
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That's fine
We really do not need big name additions. Just make some smart adds, keep what we have, and prepare young guys like Savoie and Akey well.
 
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Trafalgar Sadge Law said:
Zach Hyman never crossed 41 points in his career prior to coming to the Oilers too. Bennett has paced for over 50 on multiple occasions but missed out due to injuries (which is a legitmate reason to not hand him a 7 million dollar contract btw, I'm not saying we should sign him).
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and Jeff Skinner was an 80 pt player before coming here. Id be pissed if they signed him to anyother over RNHs caphit.
 
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