Sam Bennett: Contract Negotiations

[pantherbot]

Have pretty high confidence he'll be signing for $7-7.5M x 8 years. Sure it may not age great, but you never know and I don't think we care much about what's happening in years 5-8 that much.

$7.5x8 years = $60M so for a state/province with taxes to match that, they'd have to pay $10Mx7 years which is highly unlikely and even then, why would Bennett want to leave if its basically the same offer.

Its the same math Verhaeghe made when he signed his contract "below market", and Reino, and Forsling...

 

[Chaos2k7]

Swaggy-ish money IMO

 

[KW]

I don't know Benny or have any inside information but I do listen to the words people say and Benny sounds as if he IS home.
He is an alpha in "THE PACK" and the camaraderie is important to him. He'll want to get paid and I believe Zito will make it happen.

I misread the last sentence. Thought it said ‘laid’. Which is probably true too. But then I was expecting a different name as the target. Not Zito. Another favorite interviewer. If not her, then at least Jovo.

 

[Chino Oscar]

Listening to Leafs podcast, they are pretty confident Toronto will make Bennett an offer he won’t refuse. I think we need to keep him at all costs… a la Reinhart.

Would love for Marchand to resign but that all depends on Ekky taking less than before (unlikely) and trading someone’s like Rodriguez away. Mackie due for a raise as well, but him not being effective in the playoffs should keep his raise reasonable

 

[zeroG]

Listening to Leafs podcast, they are pretty confident Toronto will make Bennett an offer he won’t refuse. I think we need to keep him at all costs… a la Reinhart.

Would love for Marchand to resign but that all depends on Ekky taking less than before (unlikely) and trading someone’s like Rodriguez away. Mackie due for a raise as well, but him not being effective in the playoffs should keep his raise reasonable

funny, i heard on a leafs youtube channel today that he was rumored to be ready to re-sign.

there will be a big $ difference, esp if they don't come back in this series and marner walks. but if you're in his shoes, why the hell would you want to go there? you've seen the city chew up and spit out several hometown boys over the past 5-10 years. bennett is the type of guy they need but he's smart enough to know he's not going to fix things by himself.

we need to remember that marchy was asking for 6.2m. his final offer to the Bs allegedly came down some but most people seem to feel that's around his market value.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

if Bennett signs with Toronto , that sucks, but the party for whom that will suck the most... is Sam Bennett

 

[RogerRoger]

if Bennett signs with Toronto , that sucks, but the party for whom that will suck the most... is Sam Bennett

Habs and Leafs fans are salivating at the idea of getting him.

 

[kerrabria]

$8m is the ceiling. And even then, I'd be iffy. Really want something in the $7m - $7.5m range.

 

[Gentle Man]

No more than Vergaeghe

 

[kerrabria]

No more than Vergaeghe

As in no more than $7m? Or no higher than his percentage of the cap, which would be like $7.4m?
If it's the former, then I think he's gone.

 

[Chino Oscar]

Are the salaries in Canadian markets in US dollars still? Would make sense…

 

[Gentle Man]

As in no more than $7m? Or no higher than his percentage of the cap, which would be like $7.4m?
If it's the former, then I think he's gone.

Given that the next Jump in 2 seasons is over 100 mil, I think similar cap% would be fair

We have what, 19 mil for next season?

Whatever Bennett takes is gonna dictate what happens to Ek and Marchy unless Tkachuk hits LTIR for 6 months as reported


And by the way, if that f***er does hit LTIR for that long he better not be allowed to go to Milano