Underpay for bennett, at least a cap hit of 11M

I get that you're joking, but the much more hilarious joke is seeing people think that players will take a 64% pay cut to sign an offer sheet.

He'll be a UFA when Calgary doesn't resign him; no chance they sign him to 2.55m+. He's also from Toronto.

So is 25% of the league. Doesn't mean they're signing in Toronto for the league minimum.

I could see him signing for $1.5-$1.8, id be suprised if he gets more than $2.5

Oh for sure. IMO, he's a non-tender candidate, but yeah, $1.5-$1.8 is a much more reasonable bet than 900K

While he’s underperforming as of late, he’s definitely worth more than jimmy vesey, and should clear the $1.5 mil threshold.

Don't think it's unreasonable that he wouldn't take a pay cut to contend, play for his hometown team, have a chance to play with guys like Matthews-Marner, Tavares-Nylander. He performs well it could bring up his value for his next deal, he's gotta be at an all time low right now. Bogosian isn't from Toronto area but he signed 1m deal there, Thornton & Spezza signed actual league minimum 0.7m to contend for their hometown team; Spezza has signed 0.7m twice now, Simmonds did for 1.5m down from his last deal of 5m to do the same. Brodie is from the area and signed for a very reasonable 5m. Think Dubas would have to pitch him that he'd get the opportunity to play with either Matthews-Marner or JT-Nylander at least initially.

League minimum is 750k for next season btw and it'll still be a COVID market.