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Value of: Sam Bennett
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Captain97
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I wonder what his next contract will look like. He is incredibly okay in the regular season but is a playoff monster.
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Sticksandsun
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New Jersey lmao
Shocker that you'd do that.
Also "extended" on a rental UFA isn't a real thing that magically increases value 10 fold.
blankall
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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
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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
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I'll bookmark it and we can discuss "well north of $7 million" in July.
Is that meaning $8.5 million in your opinion?
His value will be between the Chandler Stephenson contract and Elias Lindholm contract. 6.25M to 7.75M per year. I'm going to guess it comes out to be 7.5M x 7
SteveCangialosi123
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Why the hell would you do that when you can just offer him a contract in the offseason?
He can't stay in Miami, mostly cause he doesn't live there. Neither does the team, everyone's about 45 to an hour north. So, we're good.
Benny also knows what it's like to play on a shitty team and not be used correctly. Florida's one wonders for Bennett and he loves it here. We'll see. But, he doesn't live in Miami. Definitely not in the city.
blankall
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One nobody cares whether I called a city in the Miami metro area Miami or not. Two, I think Bennett would stay with the Panthers, just that it will cost a lot and the Panthers may decide not to do it.
People are going to be pretty blown away, generally, when they see the cost of highly sought after free agents in the next few years.
Yeah I'm with you on that. Would love him on my team, but that contract will most likely be a disaster. For a win now team near the end of their window, maybe. Like, I could see Tampa or Vegas going for him.
T REX
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He'll get more in FA...and you traded Hubie for that same reason...not paying a 30 year old that money into his mid 30's.
I respect his play in the playoffs. He reminds me of how the Lightning played before the cap dismantled their team.
As a native, I care. Miami is well south of us and I sure af don’t identify as being from Miami. Further, many people think the Panthers still play in Miami and don’t realize that they don’t. No one I know calls this Miami metropolitan, it’s South Florida.I avoid the city like the plague.
That aside, sure. They may decide to move on, but he’s a prime part of the Panthers’ identity and Zito recognizes that. Further, he ain’t making more than Barkov, Tkachuk or Reino. He’ll likely come in just north of Verhaeghe.
I agree.
No, that’s only part of why we traded Huby. If Huby had the playoff prowess Benny does, or if he just showed up more and didn’t go to strip clubs, he may still be here. But, Chucky was and that’s the biggest reason we moved Huby.
Petes2424
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Too many fans keep seeming to forget what’s going to happen with the cap, and how that’s going to effect players like Bennett. The Panthers will have the cap space. Now, having it and using it on certain players are two different things.
Good bet he gets a deal done to stay in Florida though. It’s just like we see in every thread… people talking about retention, or attaching assets to gain cap space. We’re going to start seeing far less of that. Just like 3Cs are going to start getting $5-$6 million again, and 4/5 dmen are going to be $3.5-$4.5.
The Star players have been taking the cap increases every year recently. In fact, teams have cut back at other positions. We’re going to see that correct itself, and it probably starts happening this deadline with trades and extensions.
Good bet he gets a deal done to stay in Florida though. It’s just like we see in every thread… people talking about retention, or attaching assets to gain cap space. We’re going to start seeing far less of that. Just like 3Cs are going to start getting $5-$6 million again, and 4/5 dmen are going to be $3.5-$4.5.
The Star players have been taking the cap increases every year recently. In fact, teams have cut back at other positions. We’re going to see that correct itself, and it probably starts happening this deadline with trades and extensions.
Bennett is a guy teams go after for a playoff run, he’s not a guy a contending moves on from to ensure they have “proper asset management.” Worst case, Benny is our own deadline acquisition.
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In my opinion if Bennett leaves it's due to him just wanting to play either closer to home, or his childhood team(for example). With the 8 year option, I don't think Florida will have an offer that is subpar.
And sure, 5 years from now the deal may be ass, but with the cap blowing up and the team set to compete the next 2-3 years, it's a risk I wouldn't mind the team to take.
And sure, 5 years from now the deal may be ass, but with the cap blowing up and the team set to compete the next 2-3 years, it's a risk I wouldn't mind the team to take.
