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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 31 January 2019 14:48 |
I agree with you. I don't think they would lose out much if they moved Benning and replaced him with a Jones or Bear. I think Bear might be slightly behind Jones now but he's a righty. But at the same time, Jones has played on the right side his entire time in the AHL. So maybe he prefers is. Regardless, if you are able to put in one of them and save 1.2 mill with little to no drop off in play, you have to look at it. Plus a guy like Jones or Bear can hit a streaking McDavid with a pass, Benning can't. That's worth something.
I personally don't think Benning's contract is that bad. Oilers have a tiny bit of defensive depth. Maybe they could use a Benning and something to get a useable bottom 6 forward. They are going to have to make moves like that to improve.
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I don't agree that puck-moving is one of the real weaknesses for Benning. He's made some mistakes for sure, and has been on the wrong side of highlight reels a few times, but he's a better puck-mover than most of our regular defencemen. On that attribute, I'd rank him ahead of Larsson, Russell, Nurse, Petrovic...
I think Goose's points about Seattle are good ones. If they aren't on the NHL roster, Bear and Jones are less likely to be targets in the expansion draft. They're also less likely to command Benning's salary or more with their next contract.
We LOVE rushing d-men in to the league, and Oilers fans are overly quick to forgive first year foibles, but extremely quick to turn on second year d-men who make those same mistakes. This is a very tough place to play as a young puck-moving defenceman, so giving them an extra year of Oilers fans' forgiveness for their mistakes also has some value.
I'm not deadset against moving Benning, but if I'm trying to figure out how to clear cap space without hurting the team, there's a lot better options. Remember, this team still says they plan to make the playoffs. It gets harder to do that if you trade off players who actually have positive contributions like Talbot, Rieder and Benning.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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