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You may be right. My opinion is they purposely went lean this year to save some $ and they will open the wallet more this summer. Not sure regarding benning but I don’t see him standing up to the boss. He is pretty docile
See, I really don't see the Aqualini's as being cheap. I have all kinds of problems with their decision making, philosophy, etc., but they don't behave in a manner indicative of a cheap owner. Their wallets are always open to spend to the cap. They turfed Mike Gillis with 4 years left on his deal and brought Linden in - effectively paying 2 presidents for the duration of their contracts.
The only reason the front office is lean is because of the fact Linden was canned after the team had chosen it's direction into the following season. Benning and Brod both prefer not to have any dissenting opinion - which is why all the assistant GM's were canned.
I am hoping that a new President comes in and a proper front office is installed - and a new assistant GM is hired to manage the cap and negotiate contracts. That Aquailini would trust Benning to plan the salary structure of a hockey team going forward is asinine.