How Much Will The Florida Panthers Will Pay Sam Bennett To Keep Him
Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period was on TSN Radio in Montreal and was asked about Sam Bennett and the way negotiations are progressing with the Florida Panthers. Pagnotta states the Panthers need to keep him, but things won’t get done until after the season is over.
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Host: “Dave, we saw Florida on Saturday night on the Bell Centre, and Sam Bennett is a pending unrestricted free agent. How do you’re thinking that that each one plays out? It’s a really interesting case where you have got a player who, within the regular season, doesn’t produce a ton. He might get some profession highs this yr, but he’s a 50-point player. He’s just dynamite within the playoffs, which is, which is worthwhile, but you recognize, the 82 games that you just pay him for could also be less. So, like, how do you’re thinking that all of it goes in the summertime for Bennett?”
Dave Pagnotta: “Yeah, I mean, this type of guy is, you mentioned the intangibles that Brady Tkachuk brings. Sam Bennett brings a big amount of that as well. And yes, he doesn’t produce at the identical point level, but with the group that they’ve in Florida and the best way that he’s deployed, he doesn’t must be.
They’ve got other weapons on that squad that may focus more on the offensive side of things, in comparison with while you need the gritty, muck style of play that Sam Bennet brings, even within the regular season. The sport that they played here in Toronto earlier within the week, on Thursday last week, excuse me, like that had a playoff vibe to it, and wasn’t just Bennett. There have been a number of others, but Bennett specifically was playing at that form of pace, it’s almost a little bit of message sending as well to a divisional rival that’s chasing you for top seed within the division.
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Those negotiations were ongoing across the time that Carter, at first of the season when Carter Verhaeghe signed his deal, they usually tried to maintain that going. It died off just a little bit. They’ve resumed discussions. They usually’ll carry it out. I believe they understand, especially with the group that they’ve got there, led by a management group, excuse me, led by Bill Zito attempt to in the event that they can’t figure this out now, all right, just let’s pause and get back to it for them, they hope for the tip of June.
Just like how they handled Sam Reinhart last season. I don’t know the particular dollars that Bennett is on the lookout for, but I believe it would be just like what Verhaeghe ended up getting. Now Verhaeghe signed for seven per. I believe Bennet might be above that. We’ll see exactly where that gets to. Can he get to the eight mark? I believe in the summertime, if he hits open market, he can probably be in and around that.
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Florida, again, has the profit, like few teams, of no state tax, so that may factor into the ultimate number if he does stay, because it did with Verhaeghe because it has with a variety of their other guys, but I believe Florida will do all the things that he can to attempt to make it occur and to maintain him.
But Zito is a shrewd negotiator, so and he understands each, being a former player agent as well. So we’ll see form of how this evolves. But he’s, almost a useful piece to a cup-contending roster. And if Florida wants to maintain things going, I believe they recognize the importance of keeping them along.”
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