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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 15, 2023 at 2:33 a.m.
Thread: Bennett
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TrueNorth</b></div><div>I read an article that he was being shopped to clear cap space. Hockey writers.com</div></div>

Just speculation by Seravalli. No basis to it at all. Look at it from a logical POV. Barkov has missed quite a few games this year due to injury and if they move Bennett they have a real problem with center depth if he goes down again. They aren't rebuilding any time remotely soon with their lack of picks either so they have to just take this as an off year and regroup next year.

Right now Florida is like Vegas from last year. They gutted theor depth for what was essentially not a significant upgrade in Huberdeau to Tkachuk. However it will benefit them long term. This season they were very cap strapped due to buyout cap hits and the Hornqvist contract in it's final year. However next year, even with the Knight extension they will still have a relevant amount of cap space to address the core problems with their current roster (namely the defense). Vegas didn't sell off core players last year and neither should Florida
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 11, 2023 at 9:02 a.m.
Thread: Pay the price for Sam Bennett
it's weird that the title of the post is about paying the price for Bennett and then you don't - he's averaged 29 goals and 61 points per 82 GP since getting out of Calgary and onto the Panthers, and is signed for two more years at $4.425M. The most similar trade in recent memory I can think of for a guy with that kind of production/term combo was Calgary trading for Tyler Toffoli - the Flames gave up an arguably better (or at least less injury-prone) prospect in Emil Heineman, they had the 1st and aa pair of mid-round picks, and they sent back less cap. And that's for Toffoli, a guy who was 3 years older than Bennett and played the wing, not center - so by all metrics, a less valuable player. Toronto would probably need to include Matthew Knies in this deal if they wanted any hope of it happening.