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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Johnsson and Kapanen are both better players than Bennett, so if this is the bar we’re probably looking at around $2.5 million.
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I don't want to start this conversation too much, but let's compare quality of linemates/opportunity before going down this path. Broken down by quarters from Frozen Pool, most common linemates:
Kapanen:
KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
KADRI,NAZEM - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK
HYMAN,ZACH - KAPANEN,KASPERI - TAVARES,JOHN
KADRI,NAZEM - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK
KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
KADRI,NAZEM - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
KADRI,NAZEM - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK
KAPANEN,KASPERI - MARLEAU,PATRICK - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
Johnsson:
BROWN,CONNOR - JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - LINDHOLM,PAR
GAUTHIER,FREDERIK - JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - LEIVO,JOSH
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KAPANEN,KASPERI - LINDHOLM,PAR
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - MARNER,MITCHELL - TAVARES,JOHN
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
BROWN,CONNOR - JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - LINDHOLM,PAR
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
GAUTHIER,FREDERIK - JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - LINDHOLM,PAR
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KADRI,NAZEM - NYLANDER,WILLIAM
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - MATTHEWS,AUSTON - NYLANDER,WILLIAM
JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - KAPANEN,KASPERI - MATTHEWS,AUSTON
BROWN,CONNOR - JOHNSSON,ANDREAS - NYLANDER,WILLIAM
Bennett:
BENNETT,SAM - JANKOWSKI,MARK - NEAL,JAMES
BACKLUND,MIKAEL - BENNETT,SAM - TKACHUK,MATTHEW
BENNETT,SAM - NEAL,JAMES - RYAN,DEREK
BACKLUND,MIKAEL - BENNETT,SAM - TKACHUK,MATTHEW
BENNETT,SAM - JANKOWSKI,MARK - NEAL,JAMES
BENNETT,SAM - RYAN,DEREK - TKACHUK,MATTHEW
BENNETT,SAM - JANKOWSKI,MARK - NEAL,JAMES
BENNETT,SAM - CZARNIK,AUSTIN - JANKOWSKI,MARK
BACKLUND,MIKAEL - BENNETT,SAM - TKACHUK,MATTHEW
BENNETT,SAM - CZARNIK,AUSTIN - JANKOWSKI,MARK
BACKLUND,MIKAEL - BENNETT,SAM - TKACHUK,MATTHEW
BENNETT,SAM - CZARNIK,AUSTIN - RYAN,DEREK
Kapanen and Johnsson got much more opportunistic minutes due to how Toronto's depth worked out. If Bennett were in a similar spot, I think you'd see some similar numbers being posted.
For Bennett's new deal, I imagine Sam will want to keep it as short as possible. 2 years, 2.5-2.75M AAV makes a lot of sense. With Frolik moving on, and Treliving talking about slotting players better - I think we'll see Bennett with more opportunistic minutes, and higher numbers.