Calgary would never, and Thornton just is not impactful enough to play 3rd line centre

Assuming Calgary does for a second, You could move Bennett to 3C and Marroon or Barabanov up to 3rd wing and put Thornton 4C. The bottom 6 looks nice and can be rotated a lot.

Calgary might consider this. Kerfoot puts up way more points than Bennett (this offseason as an exception). Plus they upgrade to a nice pick in this years draft. They may not be pumped on the retain, but it is only one year.

We like Bennett’s effort on a nightly basis, he’s always working and plays hard, even if he doesn’t always get points. He’s also shown chemistry with Lucic so if he can make that situation any better that’s a plus for us, and Kerfoot isn’t that much better. Bennett is cheap and team controlled for a while (1 year until RFA) so I really doubt we’re gonna trade him. There’s also not a chance we retain, we have our own cap problems, we’re not gonna retain AND get the more expensive player lol

Only reason Kerfoot put up more points than Bennett is because Bennett has played wing for the last 4 seasons, and on Jankowski's line too. When you are literally surrounded by talentless pylons its pretty hard to produce.