Confirmed with Link: Blues sign Beau Bennett (1 year @ $650k)

[Alklha]

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[KirkOut]

"Damn, this dude gets injured a lot"

- Carlo Colaiacovo

 

[Blanick]

"We will sign every 4th liner available" - Doug Armstrong

 

[Daley Tarasenkshow]

Actually like this signing. Good depth and has put up relatively decent numbers the last two years for a guy who's going to play bottom six minutes.

 

[Evocable Manager]

He actually could be a decent depth scorer, if he wasn't literally made of glass. Not gonna light up the league but he could produce some offense in a bottom six role.

I imagine he's pressbox bound and fills in when a more offensive oriented player is out of the lineup for a game or two. If not, probably waiver fodder and plays in the AHL.

 

[BlueDream]

I know this guy and Bortuzzo had a serious bromance in Pittsburgh.

Luckily for Edmundson and Fabbri, Bennett will never be healthy enough to even be at the rink to steal Borts away from their love trio.

 

[WiscoBlues]

hmm I like this actually, but that's a lot of depth forwards, no?

 

[PiggySmalls]

This signing really sets up an excellent Halloween couples costume. Bortuzzo will be the "sexy" nurse and Bennett will be the one in a wheelchair. Which by end of October he will already be hurt.

 

[Alklha]

hmm I like this actually, but that's a lot of depth forwards, no?

Berlgund is out for months, and I doubt Bennett is someone that we'll be worried about losing to waivers if it comes to that. Cheap depth.

 

[Oberyn]

Pretty they just signed Bennett to keep Berglund company on the IR

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Our press box is getting full and our AHL bound younger players don't have an AHL team.

Does Doug have another card trick yet to play?

 

[542365]

It's fine for a depth signing. Hopefully he can stay healthy and provide a little bit of scoring from our 3rd/4th lines.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

He actually still plays hockey?

 

[Old Blueser]

FWIW, someone on the Devils board (I check it out occasionally) says "Bennett had elite possession numbers." Then a whole debate ensues about it not translating enough into results.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I'm good with this. He could be a decent buy low option if he can stay healthy.

 

[Alklha]

It's League minimum, if he is terrible in camp then he'll be waived. No risk aside from the small chunk of the budget.

 

[BlueDream]

He likely makes the team because he's a decent 3rd liner player if he stays healthy. And with Berglund out, he gives us a right-handed shot that we can substitute in and at least play in some of the games. It's a pretty solid signing.

 

[joshyhockey26]

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[STL fan in MN]

He's a RW and more importantly, a right shot. Prior to today, the only right shooting forward on the team was Brodz.

He's injury prone but not a bad player. And he's signed to league minimum. Not exciting but not bad at all.

 

[Bleedred]

FWIW, someone on the Devils board (I check it out occasionally) says "Bennett had elite possession numbers." Then a whole debate ensues about it not translating enough into results.

He did.

I really wanted to give him another year to see if they translated to actual scoring results, seeing how much rope we've given other sacks of ****.

I'm completely convinced our head coach doesn't care about possession, nor even knows who his best possession players are and aren't. I'm not even sure why we have an analytics department at this point. I'm also convinced with the recent firings of Tippett, Bylsma and Therrien that we might have the worst head coach in the NHL. He's bottom 5 at the very best. And every cup that Pittsburgh wins just makes him look more like a product of their stacked AHL team (when he was there) than him actually being good.

 

[Majorityof1]

He's a RW and more importantly, a right shot. Prior to today, the only right shooting forward on the team was Brodz.

He's injury prone but not a bad player. And he's signed to league minimum. Not exciting but not bad at all.

Ditto to this. We always sign depth players to buriable contracts. This is the equivalent of Agostino, except he plays RW where we are thinner.

 

[execwrite]

Another good move by Armstrong. Bennett was a 20th overall pick - the talent is there. Could be a late bloomer who just needs to stay healthy.

This guy likes him

 

[Old Blueser]

He did.

I really wanted to give him another year to see if they translated to actual scoring results, seeing how much rope we've given other sacks of ****.

I'm completely convinced our head coach doesn't care about possession, nor even knows who his best possession players are and aren't. I'm not even sure why we have an analytics department at this point. I'm also convinced with the recent firings of Tippett, Bylsma and Therrien that we might have the worst head coach in the NHL. He's bottom 5 at the very best. And every cup that Pittsburgh wins just makes him look more like a product of their stacked AHL team (when he was there) than him actually being good.

It's a shame as the Devils are my Eastern Conference/#2 team generally. I was sort of hoping the Blues would look at Smith-Pelley, who at least on eye test had some good points, good at the net, down low, could score a goal. Or maybe I just caught his good games. Don't quite recall Bennett in particular last year.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Beau is pretty funny.

For context, Beau played for the Pens in 2015-16 but didn't play enough to get his name engraved on the Cup.

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

The memes are strong with this one