Quoting: Marino4Norris
No need for a goalie coming to Pittsburgh but I assume he would be easy to move elsewhere. Pens fans also don’t view Bjugstad as a cap dump, he has low but positive value to the right team. Big 3C or 2RW on Calgary so they can move Mangiapane back to his natural left. His only issue is staying healthy but he’s worth his contract when he’s 100%. Honestly don’t value him that differently than Bennett as both players have 40 point upside, but I’m sure Calgary fans disagree
I agree a healthy Bjugstadt would be a great fit in CGY. Big body, right hand shot, can play RW or C and like you said, good for around 40 points when healthy. Checks a lot of boxes for sure. But coming off of a 13 game season and surgery for a herniated disk makes his $4.1 million most assuredly a high risk cap dump to most (if not all) teams in the league, I would say.
As for Bennett/Bjugstadt comparable value, I have to lean to Bennett having more to be honest.
Bennett costs half as much.
Bennett is more likely to play more games.
Bennett is under team control, where as Bjugstadt is a pending UFA, so if both have great seasons, Pittsburgh still controls Bennett where as the Flames have no control over Bjugstadt.
You're right, Rittich could probably be traded somewhere else in another deal.