I have thought if Bennett gets to July 1 the Flames will be calling like they did with Monahan last summer. Most of the Florida roster are on team friendly deals and signed recently like Tkachuk and Reinhart. Benny might be willing to stay there for $6-6.5M but I suspect he could push for $8M if he gets to free agency. If things go poorly in Toronto this spring I can see Treliving using some of those Tavares/Larner funds to go after Bennett/Ekblad.
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