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29 Year Old Stanley Cup Champion Sam Bennett > 32 Year Old Stanley Cup Champion Nazem Kadri

I'm not saying that with any shade whatsoever on Kadri. You also have to remember Kadri had himself a crazy contract season in that final year while he won the Stanley Cup.

Sam Bennett is now in that contract year, is 3 years younger than Kadri was at the time, and hey...has 3 points in the first 2 games of the season.

Look out. Sam is going to get paid, and I'd expect it to be in that $8M range (or slightly above), and yes - he is absolutely worth it. Only way it ends up in the 7s is if it's an 8 year deal with Florida. If we're talking a 7 year deal, it'll be above $8M (assuming he has a decent contract year).

Bennett is everything you want in a player, unless you're the worst coached team in the league and management trusts their horrendous coaching hires.