Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign D Simon Benoit (1 year, $775k)

[Cap'n Flavour]

Think the Buds were thinking Hakanpa with Benoit, but that is not planning out.

Good lord, that would have been a disaster.

 

[sittler rules!!!]

Good lord, that would have been a disaster.

Yea, never understood the Hakanpa move.

 

[weems]

Awesome game 6 from Benny.

Throwing big hits, blocking shots, skating the puck, effective on the PK.

Playoff warrior type you need to win four tough playoff rounds.

 

[ULF_55]

Awesome game 6 from Benny.

Throwing big hits, blocking shots, skating the puck, effective on the PK.

Playoff warrior type you need to win four tough playoff rounds.

So don't judge defenders too early.

 

[WillNy29]

was a little shaky to start but sending Marchand to the shadow realm earned Benoit a place in maple leafs lore

 

[GQS]

If Benoit keeps playing the way he's been playing in the playoffs, I would put him on the 2nd pairing with OEL and let Rielly be the 3rd pair guy with Carlo. Right now Rielly has been the weakest Dman in the lineup so far while Benoit has really stepped it up and has played very well for most the playoffs and looks like he easily deserves more icetime than Rielly unless you really need offense from the blueline.

 

[Malachi Crunch]

I still hear too much talk about replacing this guy with another #6 in the trade/FA thread. No! He's a valuable member of our team who steps up in the playoffs. You're not going to find a better #6.

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

That hit on Marchand was art

 

[WillyC]

That Overtime winner has turned Benny into a playoff stud.

 

[DarkKnight]

I still hear too much talk about replacing this guy with another #6 in the trade/FA thread. No! He's a valuable member of our team who steps up in the playoffs. You're not going to find a better #6.

He played more than Tanev last night, over 20 minutes. We roll all 6 d man, he’s been incredible. Once he got away from playing with Timmins this year he looked better, and he’s just solid as f*** this playoffs. His minutes aren’t that of a 6, all situations, it’s great for a coach to trust his depth D like that and he’s risen to the challenge.

 

[Leafsfan74]

 

[IPS]

Will never, ever forget the losers who immediately wrote this guy off / berated him before he even played one game when Toronto acquired this guy from Anaheim. "Terrible 'defensive stats'", "8th D on the depth chart" , "Downgrade from Travis Dermott" (Yes really, they actually said that).

 

[Larcos_Unal]

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[Anthrax442]

Built for playoffs

 

[All Mod Cons]

He played more than Tanev last night, over 20 minutes. We roll all 6 d man, he’s been incredible. Once he got away from playing with Timmins this year he looked better, and he’s just solid as f*** this playoffs. His minutes aren’t that of a 6, all situations, it’s great for a coach to trust his depth D like that and he’s risen to the challenge.

Best 6th dman in the NHL. I absolutely love that the fancy stats community hate him.

 

[DarkKnight]

Best 6th dman in the NHL. I absolutely love that the fancy stats community hate him.

Yes, it's a plus the forever clueless don't get him. It's the same crowd that compared Carlo to Justin freaking Holl lol.

 

[GoonieFace]

Not sure how anyone can’t love the guy

 

[JT AM da real deal]

WARRIOR

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[DarkKnight]

Sit down rat.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

That Overtime winner has turned Benny into a playoff stud.

Seriously, he's feeling confident. A couple times now when he'll start the rush as a pick moving dman

 

[Obo]

Sit down rat.

I like that the camera dips to where it expects Marchand to be. But Marchand has stopped.

 

[DarkKnight]

I like that the camera dips to where it expects Marchand to be. But Marchand has stopped.

Nobody saw it coming lol.

 

[Menzinger]

He's really done a good job of settling his game this playoffs after a fairly meh regular season.. Leafs getting great value out of him

 

[Budz]

Great contract - love the guy