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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
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.
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From our point of view though he is the guy who moves up anywhere when someone gets injured and also insures that we are not a two line team. When Bennett is on his game he shines, and we could still need someone like him in our line up. I would push hard to move Eatbread or even Dube before I move Bennett.