Quoting: Larkinisking
Probably way too much for a rental in Wayne Simmonds, But Simmonds to Calgary makes so much sense. They're the perfect team for him.
Very true, they make good trade partners, not too sure Philly needs another young defensemen. They have Provorov, Hagg, Sanheim and Gotisbehere (is in his 4th year), with Myers, Morin and about four other mid level guys.
While Philly would have interest in a good top 4 vet dman, Calgary wont be dealing one of them, the only defenseman which Philly might go for is Rasmus Anderson, (maybe Hamonic) but its still not what they need. With youngsters like frost, farabee, Radcliffe and a ton of mid-level forwards arriving, a solid vet who can play multiple positions on the 2nd/3rd line is what they need.
At 1.95mil, an RFA who is between 25-35 pts in his career is Sam Bennett. Simmonds would easily replace bennetts size and strength and then some. Bennett probably doesn;t get a massive raise based on his play, but if Calgary does offer what I think he should get 2.7-3.2mil a year, he'll be offer sheeted in a second.
SImmonds helps Calgary now and they'll need the cap space next year.