Value of: Jamie Benn for free

[JesusNPucks]

Benn to Vancouver for Eriksson, Sutter, & picks

At this point in time, I’d make that trade because of the the cap flexibility it would give the Stars when Heiskanen and Klingberg will each need new contracts.

 

[Mick Jagr]

Is Benn really this bad?

No. Classic HF overreaction.

 

[Unspecified]

Benn and Heiskanen for Habs 2020 1st

Heiskanen is a cheap price to get rid of that god awful contract

Not the worst post i have ever seeen posted on HF, but very close.

 

[Unspecified]

Weber for Benn would be horrible for the habs.

As it would be for Dallas. We would like a non-injury prone defensman who is not passsed their prime.

 

[KingsFan7824]

There's no realistic trade that would make sense for Dallas to do. Not to mention the full NMC. The worst thing they did was hand him that contract after what will likely turn out to be a career season. However, there weren't many other options at the time. Very few teams allow their best players to leave if they want to stay, regardless of what that means for the future.

The Stars knew what they were getting themselves into. They're just going to have to live with whatever Benn is. Likely for at least the next 3 years, after this one. Probably until 2024 at the earliest.

 

[Stealth JD]

Dallas will have to retain ~ $2.5M or so. Benn at $7M may be moveable for a modest asset.
And honestly, moving $7M of Benn wouldn't be a horrible outcome for Dallas, even if they had $2.5M of cap-space lost for the next 6-years.

 

[FrankMTL]

What the heck happened to Jamie Benn?? He's only 30 years old and had 36 goals and 43 assists in 2017-2018. Last year wasn't great but still managed 27 goals and 26 assists...decent stats...if you're not getting paid 9.5 million per year.

Has he really slowed down already, or is this just a blip on the radar?

 

[Junohockeyfan]

As it would be for Dallas. We would like a non-injury prone defensman who is not passsed their prime.

Best you would get is Lucic straight up.

 

[LT]

Jamie Benn already demoted to 3rd line LW

We don't need two of these. Closed.