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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Never happening.
1 - Marner & Matthews are worse players when he is not on their line (eye test, no fancy stats)
2 - He is 1 of the few guys on that team that crash & bang
3 - They expect him to take a home town discount next contract
4 - Hyman is Bennett with better totals
5 - TML has their centers, why would they want Bennett - a player who has complained that he wasn't playing center.
Lastly - Hyman is currently the home town darling. He has been named by many fans (on news and in conversations) as their current favorite. He is too many community events to count. He represents a whole ethnic community with in the city (the Jewish kid who went to Jewish schools and became an NHLer.)
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If they want Bennett, that's the price. Otherwise, bugger off.