Value of: Sam Bennett

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Nemec plus 2026 1st and 2025 2nd for Bennett. Who says no?

Probably Florida

 

[Captain97]

I wonder what his next contract will look like. He is incredibly okay in the regular season but is a playoff monster.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Zero chance he’s traded

 

[McSuper]

Edmonton 2026 first with 50% retained

 

[Laus723]

Nemec plus 2026 1st and 2025 2nd for Bennett. Who says no?

Just don't like Benny, eh? Too rough for ya?

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Edmonton 2026 first with 50% retained

...for a signed jersey, maybe...

 

[Sticksandsun]

Edmonton 2026 first with 50% retained

Why the hell would Benny wanna go to Edmonton?

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Why the hell would Benny wanna go to Edmonton?

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...revenge on Calgary??...

 

[dgibb10]

Nemec plus 2026 1st and 2025 2nd for Bennett. Who says no?

New Jersey lmao

I'd offer up Nemec+ for an extended Bennett

Shocker that you'd do that.

Also "extended" on a rental UFA isn't a real thing that magically increases value 10 fold.

 

[blankall]

8 million for Bennett is insane and I love Bennett for the player he is and what he brings to the table but 8mill would be an albatross.

Bennett is getting a monster of a contract this off season. He's also turning 29 and is already injury prone. IMO whoever signs him to that 7-8 year contract will regret it, and I can't see it being for less than $8 million per year.

It might make sense for Florida to let Bennett walk in the off season, but it makes zero sense to trade him. Bennett is a playoff monster and the Panthers are in the middle of a window with a team that won the cup last year and went to the finals the year before.

 

[blankall]

In no way is Bennet going to come close to Reinhart's $8.6 million cap hit.
Bennett's max for Zito would be 7 years x $6.5 to 7 million per in Florida.

Bennett has his cup. He spends summers in Toronto, so he's not taking a discount to stay in the city of Miami. The market for Bennett will be huge, and many teams will have the cap space to bid, with the cap going up. Every team that gets knocked out of the playoffs will want that physical playoff performer with intangibles.

Bennett is injury prone, and he knows it. He'll be looking for his retirement contract, and it's going to be well north of $7 million.

Players like Bennett always cash in big in free agency, and the contracts always end up looking horrible almost immediately. Bennett seems like the prototypical type of player for that kind of contract. He's bound to slow down physically as he gets older, and his hockey IQ isn't exceptional.

 

[Sticksandsun]

Bennett has his cup. He spends summers in Toronto, so he's not taking a discount to stay in the city of Miami. The market for Bennett will be huge, and many teams will have the cap space to bid, with the cap going up. Every team that gets knocked out of the playoffs will want that physical playoff performer with intangibles.

Bennett is injury prone, and he knows it. He'll be looking for his retirement contract, and it's going to be well north of $7 million.

Players like Bennett always cash in big in free agency, and the contracts always end up looking horrible almost immediately. Bennett seems like the prototypical type of player for that kind of contract. He's bound to slow down physically as he gets older, and his hockey IQ isn't exceptional.

I'll bookmark it and we can discuss "well north of $7 million" in July.
Is that meaning $8.5 million in your opinion?