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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
For a pending UFA that is more than fair. I would hope that we could trade someone else other than Bennett like a Mangiapane. I think he would play well under Ottawa when he could potentially find some middle 6 LW ice time, something that he won't get here with Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Dube (I know he is a C too) and Bennett up front.
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The other thing about offering up Bennett in a Stone trade is that, with Stone (and assuming we had him re-signed) our top 6 wingers are:
Gaudreau (25)
Lindholm (24)
Tkachuk (21)
Stone (26)
which is easily the best set of top 6 wingers in the league. There is zero chance of Bennett ever cracking the top 6 with those 4 in front of him. So the cost, from the Flames' perspective, is a 3rd line winger (no matter what Bennett becomes). From the Sens' perspective, he is a potential top 6 winger.