This doesn't make much sense. Bennett's deal should be one of the easier ones to make since it will be a bridge deal. Perhaps the Flames are pushing hard for a 3 year deal and the Bennett camp only wants 1-2 years?
A 3 year deal works best with the Flames current cap stucture. If the Flames sign him for 2 years and he breaks out they could require upwards of $15M in cap space to keep Bennett and Tkachuk in 2 years. That would mean they would have to dump a few of Frolik, Brouwer, Stone, Hamonic, or Brodie.
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