BudBundy
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What are you saying? He already is a serviceable RH D.Watch Benning sign with the Flames and then turn into a serviceable dman.
What are you saying? He already is a serviceable RH D.Watch Benning sign with the Flames and then turn into a serviceable dman.
I got to see a lot of him in the last couple years and I honestly disagree.What are you saying? He already is a serviceable RH D.
I got to see a lot of him in the last couple years and I honestly disagree.
And? They don't want to pay him $1.9m. That doesn't mean he can't come back at a lower pay. If the money's not out there, some guys would prefer to just stay home.
For Benning it was definitely the QO. We couldn't afford to have him making $1.9m on our bottom pair. There was very little likelihood he would've earned a raise in arbitration and probably would've been happy talking the QO.It's probably not even the qualifying offer. In most cases, the team is more concerned with the potential arbitration award, should hte player choose to go that route....
Teams usually prefer players who can skate though. Benning will be out of the league soon, as I predicted 3 years ago.About 1.5 mil who knows where. Lots of teams could use a good bottom pair right shot D.
Yeah noTeams usually prefer players who can skate though. Benning will be out of the league soon, as I predicted 3 years ago.
We shall see. He was one of the worst d-men on one of the worst d-corps. Transition is so important in hockey and he's a d-man that can't make an outlet pass to save his life.Yeah no
Why do you think this? Holland already tried to get him the F off this team with the Mike Green acquisition. Its obvious Holland doesnt want him on this team, and for good reason, he really really sucks.I think Holland will try to resign him, just doesn't want to pay 2m qualifying offer.
I have alot of time for Benning, he's a nice 3rd pairing dman
Nothing you said here is at all rooted in realityWe shall see. He was one of the worst d-men on one of the worst d-corps. Transition is so important in hockey and he's a d-man that can't make an outlet pass to save his life.
Why do you think this? Holland already tried to get him the F off this team with the Mike Green acquisition. Its obvious Holland doesnt want him on this team, and for good reason, he really really sucks.
Nothing you said here is at all rooted in reality
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The Mike Green trade was to give the Oilers a puck moving defenseman / someone who could actually man the point effectively on the PP. Two things the Oilers didn't use Benning for.
He's got good fundamentals, I like Benning personally.
I think Holland was just trying to give the Oilers some extra help to see if they could make some noise in the playoffs (see the Anthanasiou / Ennis / Green acquisitions).
If they brought in Green to "get rid of Benning" why did they keep playing Benning then?
If there wasn't a flat cap the Oilers would have qualified Benning forsure
It is though, have you ever actually sat down and counted his attempted outlet passes per game. If you did, you'd see how absolutely horrible he is at that. Not to mention the bambi legs and falling down. We'll see, I know theres lots of Benning loyalists out there in Oil Country, but dude is not a player.
Makes sense for the Canucks if we move on from Stecher. Different type of player, but would fill our 3rd pair D on a cheap deal.I could see that
I'm expecting you will see a fair amount of cases like this this season.If he’d take less than his QO I’m sure the Oilers would like him back.