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View Poll Results: Total AAV value? Ferland+Bennett+Lazar+Kulak
3-4M 2 0.71%
4-5M 12 4.24%
5-6M 61 21.55%
6-7M 111 39.22%
7-8M 71 25.09%
8-9M 18 6.36%
9-10M 5 1.77%
10M+ 3 1.06%
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Old 07-03-2017, 04:49 PM   #41
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Flames will push hard for 3 years for Bennett, so I can see that upping the AAV. But it is a bad idea to have him and Tkachuk be on the spotlight for an expected raise in the same offseason.
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Old 07-03-2017, 04:58 PM   #42
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Those are some high numbers.
Dont think they are far off. Guess we will find out. Hope they come in lower but I doubt it.
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Old 07-03-2017, 05:01 PM   #43
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I am hoping Bennett signs for 8 years, 31 million dollars.

Ferland I could easily do 4 years 9 million

Lazar a bridge.
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Old 07-03-2017, 05:26 PM   #44
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Bennett scored 26 points last year. That's only two more than Alex Chiasson. I'm still high on Bennett's potential but I don't think he's earned a cent more than $2mil/year. I think he winds up with $2.5mil AAV for 3 years though. I think Ferland comes in between $1.5m-$2.0m AAV for three years and Lazar around $1.0m AAV for two years.
2.5m for 3 yrs Bennett (if we can twist the agents arm)
2.1m for 3 yrs Ferland (similar to Bouma arbitration deal)
1m for 1 yr Lazar (prove it deal)
700K for 1 yr Kulak (one way good for him since might play in AHL)
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Old 07-03-2017, 05:38 PM   #45
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These are all really hard contracts to pin down. I'm glad it's Brad making the choice and not me. On one hand, you don't want to have to pay Bennett $8m in the future if he pans out, on the other hand, you don't want to pay a ~30 point player $5m...

I think I'd go cheap short term for now and if Bennett becomes a 1C, then that's a good problem to have to deal with.
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Old 07-03-2017, 06:04 PM   #46
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$3MM for Bennett, $2MM for Ferdaddy, and $2MM for Lazar and Kulak combined. $7MM for the lot - likely two year deals for Bennett and Ferland.
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Old 07-03-2017, 06:28 PM   #47
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Ferland reminds me of a Rene Bouque. I would be wary of giving him more than 2 years. He had what 15 goals and 24 points with lots of top line ice time? I don't see a reason to pay a huge premium for that level of production. I think he's a guy who needs short term to keep motivated.

Bennett the worst deal is 5 years. I'm fine if the team is in tough to pay him and Tkachuck in two years. It means they got their games to another level. Right now Bennett is carrying a bigger name than anything. You want more, go get it.
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Old 07-03-2017, 06:31 PM   #48
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Assuming the kid is confident in his own abilities, my guess is Sam's camp wants a 1 year deal. Anything more than that and the Flames basically have to decide how much they want to pay for potential. 2 year deal might be the perfect middle ground.
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:05 PM   #49
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Anyone who thinks Ferland is only getting 2 mil should watch his highlights video. 3-3.5 x 4 years would be a bargain... He's just scratching the surface of how good he is. I wish we had 6 Ferlands on the team
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:09 PM   #50
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:15 PM   #51
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Seems like as a group we'll collectively be pleased if the RFA group signs for Marleau money or less, but be alarmed if the group signs for Thornton money or more.
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:16 PM   #52
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Anyone who thinks Ferland is only getting 2 mil should watch his highlights video. 3-3.5 x 4 years would be a bargain... He's just scratching the surface of how good he is. I wish we had 6 Ferlands on the team
Geez that would be an overpayment. I like Ferland but don't see much beyond what he already is. He has great moments that can be showcased in a highlights package but consistency is what you get paid big bucks for and what he also lacks
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:27 PM   #53
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We should be trying to score our own Jarnkrok / Klefbom type deals. waffling about with a bridge just means underpaying these kids for a couple years and then getting hit with a Matthew Tkachuk Cap Crunch
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Anyone who thinks Ferland is only getting 2 mil should watch his highlights video. 3-3.5 x 4 years would be a bargain... He's just scratching the surface of how good he is. I wish we had 6 Ferlands on the team
You can watch that video until your eyes fall right out of your head, it still won't make Ferland's on ice performance to date worth a contract of that size.

And I'm a big fan of Ferland.
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:45 PM   #55
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We should be trying to score our own Jarnkrok / Klefbom type deals. waffling about with a bridge just means underpaying these kids for a couple years and then getting hit with a Matthew Tkachuk Cap Crunch
With a player of Bennett's pedigree, I'm assuming Sam and his agent see him as a 6-7 million player in the future. I don't expect a long-term cheap deal.
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Old 07-03-2017, 07:56 PM   #56
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You could make an argument for any number of years but I'm seriously doubting that it'll start with in the $3m range even as a one year deal.

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Bridge deal.

3 years, 2.85M per season seems fair value.

Comparables:

Nazem Kadri - 2 years, 2.9M per season
Brayden Schenn - 2 years, 2.5M per season
Sean Couturier - 2 years, 1.75M per season
Ryan Strome - 2 years, 2.5M per season
Alex Galchenyuk - 2 years, 2.8M per season

I think you take Schenn's deal, add a year and a slight bump in AAV. I think ending up at 2.85M per for 3 years is a fair bridge deal.
Adding in Galchenyuk as well since he was in a similar situation as Bennett (bounced between wing and centre, was bridged after his ELC)

Comparing point totals in their years leading up to the bridge deal:

Nazem Kadri - 98GP, 26G, 37A, 63P (0.64PPG)
Brayden Schenn - 183GP, 40G, 45A, 85P (0.46PPG)
Sean Couturier - 205GP, 30G, 51A, 81P (0.39PPG)
Ryan Strome - 189GP, 32G, 64A, 96P (0.50PPG)
Alex Galchenyuk - 193GP, 42G, 62A, 104P (0.53PPG)

Sam Bennett - 158GP, 31G, 31A, 62P (0.39PPG)

Naturally there are still loads of other variances and differences between each of these young players (time spent playing C vs W), linemates, year to year development and overall game outside of offensive production.

I can say that almost all these players produced their best season, around 40pts in their last ELC year with the exception of Strome. Bennett and Galchenyuk are the only ones to go straight full-time NHL and not spend any AHL time.

The Bennett camp will likely be looking at 1 or 2 years. 5 year deal straight to UFA is obviously out of the question. It's obvious that Bennett doesn't have much in the way of negotiation so anything short to get to the big dollar deal (assuming Bennett turns heads consistently starting this season) is ideal.
The Flames will want to push for a 3 year deal. While there will be a key player with an expiring deal every year (Backlund 2018, Tkachuk 2019, Brodie 2020, Hamilton 2021), in 3 years it'll be a combination of Brouwer (4.5M), Frolik (4.3M), Brodie (4.65M), Hamonic (3.85M) and Stone (3.5M) which gives this team incredible flexibility to reassess and readjust depending on how the next three years go.

A 2 year deal lining up with Tkachuk's extension which could easily be a big one might be bad but would require the best case scenario. Even with Tkachuk earning a potential 4-6M per year long term deal, Bennett would have to perform at a 2nd line C or better over the next two years before the Flames have to really start sweating about the cap. Buying out Brouwer at that point is a possibility (save $3M for 2019-2020) but there's so many if's and but's at that point that it's hard to really say especially with so many long term question marks at goaltending. There's roughly a $5M difference in which the Flames either end up regretting the two year bridge deal, again potentially mitigated by a Brouwer buyout (costing 1.5M on the cap for 2019-2020 and 2020-21).


Lots of words, basically the same summation as before: Flames want 3 years. Bennett wants 2 or less. Deal highly unlikely to be anything past 2.5M even with the 5% increase in salary cap since 2014-15 unless the deal is super long (6yrs+)

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Old 07-03-2017, 08:07 PM   #57
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What I'm hoping for

Bennett - 3 year 3 million
Ferland - 3 year 2 million
Lazar - 2 year 1.1
Kulak - 1 year 750K (1 way)
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Old 07-03-2017, 08:20 PM   #58
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Bennett will get a 3 yr deal for $10 million, Ferly will get a 3 year deal for $ 9 million, Lazar will get a 2 year deal for $2.5 million and Kulak will get a 1 year 950,000 deal.
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Bennett will get a 3 yr deal for $10 million, Ferly will get a 3 year deal for $ 9 million, Lazar will get a 2 year deal for $2.5 million and Kulak will get a 1 year 950,000 deal.
Don't we have three defenceman coming up for UFA contracts in three years? Seems kind of short sighted to add two RFA forwards to the list of contracts that need to be worked out that summer doesn't it.
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Bennett will get a 3 yr deal for $10 million, Ferly will get a 3 year deal for $ 9 million, Lazar will get a 2 year deal for $2.5 million and Kulak will get a 1 year 950,000 deal.
Huge overpayment on every contract IMHO. Lazar is potential and nothing more. >1 m / year, possibly 1m AAV if 2 years or more. Ferland and Bennet are roughly comparable in my mind, both for current value and potential. 2-2.5m/y on 2 years, slightly more on 3.
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