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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
You're dreaming if you think $2.5M is enough on a 4 year deal. A 2 year deal is probably going to be in the $2.25 - $2.5M range.
So 4 x $3.5M means something like $4.5M for the 3rd and 4th years. And those would be peak pre-UFA years.
That would be a great deal for the Flames.
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I think you are right, that Bennett would be foolish to sign a 2.5Mx4 contract when he has so much untapped potential.
By the same measure, Treliving would be taking a big risk to pay for potential and sign a 3.5Mx4 contract. Bennett has been undisciplined, and hasn't been able to show he's more than a support player the calibre of Versteeg or Ferland.
He's so young - Brad could be convinced he's going to blossom into a superstar, but he hasn't had that straight upwards trajectory that Monahan and Gaudreau experienced.
Bennett is such a tough nut to crack for me. Is he Getzlaf in training or is he Zach Kassian?
I think It's a short term deal. 1x1.75-9 2x1.9-2.1. I just can't see him having any leverage to ask for more.