Sam Bennet: Your Top-2 Center Comment and Rate!

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Created by: alexgoodyear

Team: 2017-18 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 14, 2018

Published: Feb. 14, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

If Montreal is going to trade Patioretty its obvious they need to get a center in return. Of course Patches wont yield a #1 center, or even a number 2. That being said it is possible they could acquire a young unproven center with top 2 potential. Enter Sam Bennett.

On top of the moves made here montreal can go try to find a more suitable 2nd-3rd line center in free agency and will likely get a dynamic D or winger in the upcoming draft. Also wouldnt be suprised if alzner , schlemko, morrow and jerabek (not all of them) are traded to give Juulsen and or Lernout a shot. Similarly expect Carr to be traded if they dont plan on giving him a full time spot next year

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Brook, Josh		4	$650,000

Trades

MTL

Bennett, Sam
Välimäki, Juuso
2018 4th round pick (FLA)
2019 5th round pick (CGY)

CGY

Brook, Josh
Benn, Jordie
Pacioretty, Max
2018 2nd round pick (WSH)

MTL

Martin, Paul
Ryan, Joakim
2019 2nd round pick (SJS)

SJS

Plekanec, Tomas
2019 3rd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Montreal can retain as much salary as SJ wants

MTL

2018 5th round pick (ARI)

Additional Details:

5th round pick becomes 4th if Niemi Starts 4 Games, 3rd if he starts 8

PHI

Niemi, Antti

Buried

Paul Martin: $3,825,000 ($4,850,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$75,000,000	$62,662,142	$0	$607,500	$12,337,858

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 6	Bennett, Sam $1,950,000$1,950,000 C UFA - 2	Galchenyuk, Alex $4,900,000$4,900,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3
Lehkonen, Artturi $839,166$839,166 LW, RW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $912,500$912,500 C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Hudon, Charles $650,000$650,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2	De La Rose, Jacob $725,000$725,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Scherbak, Nikita $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) LW, RW UFA - 2
Carr, Daniel $725,000$725,000 LW UFA - 1	Byron, Paul $1,166,667$1,166,667 LW, RW UFA - 2	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 5
Deslauriers, Nicolas $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Shaw, Logan $650,000$650,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Hemsky, Ales $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Välimäki, Juuso $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 4	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 9	Lindgren, Charlie $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
Mete, Victor $748,333$748,333 ($182,500$182K) LD/RD UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Price, Carey $6,500,000$6,500,000 G NMC UFA - 1
Alzner, Karl $4,625,000$4,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 5	Schlemko, David $2,100,000$2,100,000 LD UFA - 3
Jeřábek, Jakub $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1	Morrow, Joe $650,000$650,000 RD UFA - 1

Feb. 14, 2018 at 9:18 p.m.

Price_is_the_goat

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sam bennet is actaully a very good player to target. though mtl shouldnt add in that trade, and calgary should give only a 2nd or 1st rd pick

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Feb. 14, 2018 at 9:24 p.m.

alexgoodyear

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Feb. 14, 2018 at 9:25 p.m.

alexgoodyear

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Quoting: Price_is_the_goat

sam bennet is actaully a very good player to target. though mtl shouldnt add in that trade, and calgary should give only a 2nd or 1st rd pick

Felt that it gave Montreal a Chance to get rid of Benns contract, also Brook is MTL's top D from the 2017 draft and is outperforming expectations this year in Moosejaw so I figured if they're going to take CAL's top D prospect CAL will want a solid one back

Feb. 14, 2018 at 9:30 p.m.

Price_is_the_goat

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Quoting: alexgoodyear

i wouldnt trade brook. there is a market for benn, as teams want depth d-men. also calgary might not trade valimaki, but probably kylington. he could jump right into our top 4

Feb. 14, 2018 at 10:00 p.m.

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Edited May 17, 2021 at 9:39 a.m.

Feb. 14, 2018 at 10:31 p.m.

vinniletieri

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Quoting: Price_is_the_goat

sam bennet is actaully a very good player to target. though mtl shouldnt add in that trade, and calgary should give only a 2nd or 1st rd pick

I agree. a great trade idea would be something like:

Montreal Canadiens

Sam Bennett
2019 first round pick
maybe a B prospect?

Calgary Flames

Paccioretty

Feb. 14, 2018 at 10:38 p.m.

The_Architect

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Unfortunately Bennet has been slotted as 3rd line LW. It seems that he's more comfortable there. I like him alot and he's young, but I personally wouldn't want to try to develop another C. I want to mention that according to rumors I've read, CGY is looking for a RW to play with Bennet and Jankowski. So I'm not sure Pacioretty is what CGY is after. I've read somewhere they might be targeting Gallagher.

Feb. 15, 2018 at 12:50 a.m.

Billy739

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Jankowski not Bennet and its a deal
no one wants Bennet the Bust no matter how many pieces you add in

Feb. 15, 2018 at 9:25 a.m.

alexgoodyear

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Quoting: Jaykegil

Great that you targeted Sam Bennett to be your first line centre but he’s actually a second and you also have allot of bad contracts left A.Shaw,Alzner,Petry,Schlemko.

Im not saying hes a first if you would have read the description, its just that they need to get a center for patioretty and its pretty much impossible to get a 1st line center so MTL have to settle for a second liner, also i mentioned that they can try to clear out some of those bad contracts i just didnt know where to put them

Feb. 15, 2018 at 9:26 a.m.

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alexgoodyear

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Quoting: Billy739

Jankowski not Bennet and its a deal
no one wants Bennet the Bust no matter how many pieces you add in

"Bennet the Bust" ?? are you kidding me?? what are you basing this of of? He has just as many points as patioretty did at his age and has great offensive upside

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Feb. 15, 2018 at 9:28 a.m.

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alexgoodyear

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Quoting: The_Architect

The difference is that Bennet is for sure a C, unlike Drouin who is a winger... he may not be comfortable there but thats because its a big time position for a young player to fill in the NHL. Bottom line is that he for sure has the ability to play C and just needs time and experience

Feb. 15, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

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alexgoodyear

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Quoting: vinniletieri

I agree. a great trade idea would be something like:

Montreal Canadiens

Sam Bennett
2019 first round pick
maybe a B prospect?

Calgary Flames

Paccioretty

I dont see the harm in giving up a D (Benn) plus a a mid-late round 2nd plus a bottom 2 D (Brook) for a potential top pairing guy in Valimaki. juyst my opinion

Feb. 15, 2018 at 11:45 a.m.

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Price_is_the_goat

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Quoting: alexgoodyear

"Bennet the Bust" ?? are you kidding me?? what are you basing this of of? He has just as many points as patioretty did at his age and has great offensive upside

agree. he's 21. we tend to think that if a top 5 draft pick isn't putting up 70 points by the time he's 20, he's a bust. thats just not true. he has mad skills. crazy skills. scouts loved him. you just need to be patient with him. and i think it'll do him better off on another team, as calgary's depth down the middle is very good with monahan, backlund and jankowski. he needs an opportunity to prove him self. he's only 21. come on. i just watched a calgary game a few days back, and the plays he was making. oh man. he looked like a top 6 center. he just needs time

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Feb. 15, 2018 at 2:18 p.m.

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The_Architect

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Quoting: alexgoodyear

Like I said, I like him alot. I just don't have faith in the current management to develop him properly, like they did with Galchenyuk. But he's playing LW as we speak. And I don't think it makes sense for CGY to trade a 21 y/o C/LW, with the possibility of Backlund testing free agency this summer. Without Backlund, at least Jankowski or Bennet can replace him. And I'll just mention again that the rumors I've read indicate that theyre looking for a RW. Personlly I'd trade Drouin for O'Reilly and try signing Backlund in the summer 5.5/yr for 5-6yrs. ROR-Backlund-Danault top 3 Cs

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