I posted this over on the Canucks board. I want you all to appreciate Jim Benning and all his incompetent "glory."
“We think he’s going to be our number one defenceman,” said Benning in a call with the media after the trade.
“Quinn will be better for us acquiring Ekman-Larsson, because he can play now in a different kind of role,”
“He’ll be a top-pairing guy, can play a lot of minutes, PP, PK, can be a match-up guy playing against the other team’s top lines,” said Benning.
"He's competitive in his own end."
“He’s a smart two-way player, right,” said Benning. “He’s a guy who can carry the puck up ice, he’s got a great shot from the blue line, but he’s competitive in his own end. We’re excited to get him because he plays against the best players in the league.”
“He’s still 30 years old, so I think he’s gonna have another five, six good years left in him,” said Benning.