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Originally Posted by Vinny01
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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I don't get why people continue to say this. If anything, Bennett's contract is one of the more complicated precisely because his value is so difficult to nail down. More than likely one of the two sides will be disappointed with the outcome of this contract upon its completion—either the Flames will feel they paid too much or they will be frustrated that Bennett's next deal will be too expensive, or Bennett's camp will feel as though they left too much money on the table when all is said and done.
There is nothing terrible "easy" about this situation.