[united]

Pretty much a perfect deal for both sides.

Bennett has settled in as a winger at this point but I thought he made big undercover strides last season in the small details of the game, and especially in the discipline department reducing his non-offsetting penalties by 30%. While he still isn't the best forechecker (unless locking on to blowup a target), he at least isn't getting puck fixated and chasing into bad spots, or worse yet doing so and taking a poor penalty too.

I want to see him get a trial on his off-wing, perhaps even on the second line. A bit tougher in his own end, where he isn't great anyway, but off-wing will allow him to drive the net more which he does like nobody else on the team can.

He's also a good pro and absolutely loved by his teammates. The only real criticism is he could do a bit more in the gym (no, not related to the pull-up bull#### which is meaningless), but that's being awfully picky.

No-brainer to keep Bennett around for a long time, and I suspect his salary will be at least doubled two years from now after two seasons where he's cemented himself as a 50-point winger who can bang when the Flames re-sign him again.