Sportsnet 590 The FAN: Analyst/broadcaster Ed Jovanovski on The FAN Hockey Present present speaking about Florida Panthers’ pending free agent Sam Bennett.
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Matt Marchese: “What they’ve created right here is a company the place guys need to keep. You recognize, Matthew Tkachuk needed to go to Florida. They’ve been capable of preserve some guys like Carter Verhaeghe signed an extension to remain there. He might have gotten more cash on the open market. Anton Lundell signed an extension. I do know he was an RFA.
The place do you assume Sam Bennett matches into that dialog? As a result of it is a man who, by all accounts, is without doubt one of the, one of many unicorns of the NHL. Not solely can he rating, he can struggle, he’s bodily, he can play a number of positions. Like he’s a man you need in your staff who would receives a commission some huge cash on the open market.
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Do you assume he’s a type of guys that appears and says, I need to keep right here as a result of I actually like what we’re constructing right here, and I like enjoying for this group?
Jovanovski: “Yeah, no ifs and buts about that. I feel Sam Bennett, , needs to be a Florida Panther. You recognize, there’s, , what we’ve been listening to clearly, , contract talks have began with him, and I feel, hopefully, it’s progressing in the correct path.
Sam Bennett is a type of gamers such as you stated, he’s sort of is that unicorn kind participant the place he’s not afraid. He’ll, he’ll struggle, he’ll get to these soiled areas. He’s good at F1 stepping into there and separating participant from puck. He’s not afraid. And he’s a type of guys that sticks his nostril and every thing.
And whenever you take a look at a participant in a scenario, you may have Carter Verhaeghe and Matthew Tkachuk in your wings. I imply, what’s the worth, like what’s the value to depart?
I imply, whenever you whenever you take a look at that, you may have the success in a spot proper right here, your Stanley Cup champion. I take a look at their final video games towards Dallas, who Vegas has them up there as Stanley Cup favorites as properly. We took care of them fairly good. Second recreation was slightly bit nearer. However why would you need to go to a distinct scenario?
And for the staff, you’re going to do your finest to lock these gamers up, and it is likely to be take slightly bit much less, as a result of you may have dumped some huge cash into your core gamers.
And one other man that’s coming as much as is (Aaron) Ekblad, how do you substitute a right-handed defenseman that’s bought the expertise because the Champion now.
He’s, there’s a number of caveats, I suppose, to all this, however going again to Bennett, I hope, as a man that’s overlaying the staff and, and an enormous fan of hockey, watching him play every night time, he doesn’t have a time off. If he’s not producing offensively, which he’s proper now, he’s doing different little issues to be a catalyst for his staff.
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So he’s a tricky man to see, to see stroll in sure areas. So I feel the efforts going to be there from the Panthers. They know the significance of this participant they usually’ll do their finest to lock him up.”
