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Originally Posted by New Era
Which is exactly why you trade him. With the rest of the roster, you can't afford to make many mistakes in salary. Overpaying Bennett is no different than over paying Lance Bouma (past) or James Neal (current). The difference between those two players is a track record, which Bennett does not have. I agree that Bennett will be able to find a NHL job, but not for the dollars being floated. Bennett is a slightly worse version of Charlie Coyle, and the Wild were trying to dump that $3.2M salary for some time. The Flames need to be very careful with Bennett. If he wants to be paid for potential, you ship him out of town. He's way past that point in his career.
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You don't have to keep him. You don't have to pay him.
But this isn't a potential issue.
Bennett is the 199th ranked ppg forward that has played a minimal of 40 games. Forward #199 made 2.9M this year. So that's the market.
I think Bennett is the $3M range with inflation is right where he's at. If he wants $3.5 you say no.
And he's 22 ... he's not way past potential unless he's trying to get paid as a 4th overall player.