Again -- simply saying something, or noting that someone else said something, isn't evidence that it's true or likely to happen. As far as I can tell, whether or not the trade was a good one strategically, Benning paid about what he ought to have paid for one of the best rental forwards on the market. Like most of us, I'm torn between enjoying better hockey now and possibly advancing in the playoffs and wanting to have seen Madden in a Canucks uniform. But the price didn't seem out of line to most people outside of this forum.