Speculation: Jamie Benn: already demoted to 3rd line LW

[Magic Mittens]

He also sucked last year.

obv... but it’s not even a week into the season and a team that’s struggling. Not sure why we need a thread on the trade boards

nobody is trading for Benns contract anyways

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Benn has been trending towards suckage for over a year now. This is gonna be a nuclear contract

 

[204hockey]

Claude Julien puts Drouin on 3rd line to balance

no he puts him there because he sucks and is being shelterd.. pls stop trying to make drouin look better than he is

 

[HabsQC]

You've made my point drouin sucks.

Exacy same amount of points as Benn last year and, unlike Benn, has a great start to the season.

You should review your definition of sucking

 

[Harvey Birdman]

Kessel was third line for awhile

That wasn’t because Kessel was a 3rd liner It was because HCMS was dedicated to the idea of a top 9 and bottom 3. Rather than the traditional 6 and 6.

 

[TS Quint]

Hmmm conclusions get jumped to so damn fast on this site

I'm with you, we should make more condescending posts about these people who create discussion based on lineups in practice, in game TOI and comments against our preconcieved notion from 2 years ago.

 

[Ser Grogu]

Maybe ol' Jim Lites can strap them on and show Jamie how it's done?

 

[vanarchy]

Benn has been trending towards suckage for over a year now. This is gonna be a nuclear contract

Perfect time for Jim Benning to trade for him.

 

[absolute garbage]

Perfect time for Jim Benning to trade for him.

Posted this last summer and stand by it:

Eriksson, Tanev, Juolevi and 2nd rounder to Dallas for Benn and Honka.

It just makes sense on many levels. One level being Benning being an idiot.

 

[DuklaNation]

He appears to have slowed down. Sometimes it happens earlier than expected. Overpaid at this point .

 

[JesusNPucks]

For close-to-even salary swap?

J. Benn for L. Eriksson and T. Pearson

 

[Dr Pepper]

It's pretty frustrating watching him go through the motions or just completely botch scoring plays that used to come so easily.

Really hoping he finds his game soon, or else it'll be a long season for this Stars fan.

On the plus side, at least they opted to let Zucc walk in the summer so there's still a first round pick in the deck.

 

[Tripod]

Giroux had a 58 point season and everyone was saying he is done....then followed it with a 102 point season, top 4 in Hart voting, 2nd in NHL scoring.

Maybe Benn has that in him too? Maybe not that high, but a bounceback.

 

[LT]

Giroux had a 58 point season and everyone was saying he is done....then followed it with a 102 point season, top 4 in Hart voting, 2nd in NHL scoring.

Maybe Benn has that in him too? Maybe not that high, but a bounceback.

Kopitar, too. Hell, even Ovechkin.

The early results this season have been less than promising, though. We have a tough stretch through October (the team doesn't get 2 days off until the 23rd). Although I'm of the belief that these guys are paid millions to be in shape and play 82 games a season, plus its early so there aren't many (or really any) excuses for being tired.

 

[COHawk]

Remember when he won the Art Ross?

 

[AKAChip]

Guys like him literally never survive long past 30. He was always essentially a much better version of Andrew Ladd.

 

[AKAChip]

Giroux had a 58 point season and everyone was saying he is done....then followed it with a 102 point season, top 4 in Hart voting, 2nd in NHL scoring.

Maybe Benn has that in him too? Maybe not that high, but a bounceback.

Giroux isn’t an incredible skater but Benn’s skating straight up sucks. Big difference.

 

[Neutrinos]

Benn to Vancouver for Eriksson, Sutter, & picks

 

[Szechwan]

He won't go down, but he'll go down the lineup

 

[Dr Pepper]

Last year Jimmy Lites waited until December to roast his underperforming captain - and a positive change was seen afterwards.

Might not wait as long, this time around.

 

[Yasuo]

what a fast decline.... that contract is so bad lol

 

[DFF]

6 more years at 9.5m

If you are nice, we'll deal you lucic for him lol....on second thought, forget it we can't afford his salary

 

[EveryDay]

no he puts him there because he sucks and is being shelterd.. pls stop trying to make drouin look better than he is

Well he look way better then anyone on the Jets so far this year, probably MTL best player in the first 2 games outside of the 10.5M man.

 

[Cogburn]

For close-to-even salary swap?

J. Benn for L. Eriksson and T. Pearson

I'd do that from the Canucks perspective.

How long does Benn have under contract?

 

[Cogburn]

Benn to Vancouver for Eriksson, Sutter, & picks

Even better. Low picks of course.