Confirmed with Link: Leafs Trade: Liljegren to San Jose for Matt Benning, 3rd and 6th

[The Iceman]

Lilly never showed a thing in his whole nhl career and was clearly outplayed by Timmins. Benning will now have the opportunity to play on the bottom pair, I like that's he a right shot and another heavy player. The draft picks are nice.

Good trade overall.

I wouldn’t say Timmins clearly outplayed Lily.

I would say the coach clearly preferred Timmins to Lily.

And pretty sure you are the first person to reference Benning as a heavy player. Wait until you see him play. Not heavy.

 

[centipede2233]

This whole situation was handled incredibly stupidly. Pretty much offloaded him at his lowest value

Well it’s better then trading a really good asset like kadri at his best value for peanuts like dubie dubes did lol

 

[PromisedLand]

Holy shit. Someone on this board literally mentioned benning earlier today . Sharks is a great team for Liljegren to go to and grow his game

Whats the cap savings on this deal?

1.25AAV and a pending UFA
Lily was 3AAV for 2 years

3-1.25 = 2.75M 1.75 cap gained with this transaction ;


part of me is a bit sad. I really wanted Lily to work out with us. He might still turn out to be a good D its just the leafs window for contention and Lily's growth to take on the top4 role just did not align. Oh well.....

 

[Jozay]

Really gotta question why they even signed him to that deal

 

[SprDaVE]

Lilly never showed a thing in his whole nhl career and was clearly outplayed by Timmins. Benning will now have the opportunity to play on the bottom pair, I like that's he a right shot and another heavy player. The draft picks are nice.

Good trade overall.

That's not really true at all. He's always done well in bottom pairing minutes. Hell, he did very well in top 4 minutes as well but very limited sample size due to injuries + depth. I didn't like his game in the playoffs last season especially and he clearly struggled mightly this season where the coach didn't play him. I have no doubt he'll do well on a rebuilding team and would not be surprised if he flourishes like Sandin.

As for Benning... he's not very good at all. He's a bottom pairing defenseman capable of playing low end minutes... so I guess it's better than Myers. I don't think he'll draw in many times.

 

[The Best Leafs Everr]

1.25AAV and a pending UFA
Lily was 3AAV for 2 years

3-1.25 = 2.75M cap gained with this transaction


part of me is a bit sad. I really wanted Lily to work out with us. He might still turn out to be a good D its just the leafs window for contention and Lily's growth to take on the top4 role just did not align. Oh well…

At least he is gone.

Also 3-1.25=1.75 mil.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Benning is all kinds of blah but we got a 3rd so whatever.

 

[The Iceman]

1.25AAV and a pending UFA
Lily was 3AAV for 2 years

3-1.25 = 2.75M cap gained with this transaction


part of me is a bit sad. I really wanted Lily to work out with us. He might still turn out to be a good D its just the leafs window for contention and Lily's growth to take on the top4 role just did not align. Oh well.....

I read that Benning was signed for next season too.

 

[Americanadian]

Love this trade. Getting a 3rd for Liljegren is far more than anticipated.

Benning was very good for SJ in 22/23. He was brutal last year in 14 games. Hopefully he can return to form. If not you can bury all but 100k of the deal.

 

[DarkKnight]

Really gotta question why they even signed him to that deal

They could have lost him for nothing? What was the harm and we were always getting something back, despite what the doom patrol was saying. It was an arbitration move, just get it done. Recall talk prior that the team has soured on him.

 

[henryasteroidlionnet]

Good for the player and good for the team. A little less noise. Good luck to him.

 

[DarkKnight]

I read that Benning was signed for next season too.

He is.

 

[The Best Leafs Everr]

Really gotta question why they even signed him to that deal

Isn’t it good that they did? We at least get a 3rd round pick out of it.

 

[ULF_55]

Good for everyone.

Benning is just a body, probably won't play?

 

[TheFloater]

Really gotta question why they even signed him to that deal

My guess is Tre wasn't positive he would get OEL or another top 4 guy in free agency and thought Lily would be an insurance signing with a contract he could trade if necessary.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

I read that Benning was signed for next season too.

I hope not!

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Benning should 100% be waived to gain even more cap space.

 

[PromisedLand]

He'll be figuring it about as well as Justin Holl is my prediction.

to be fair he's played on some of the worst teams oilers, preds, sharks all when they weren't that good

so... here is hoping

 

[The Iceman]

My guess is Tre wasn't positive he would get OEL or another top 4 guy in free agency and thought Lily would be an insurance signing with a contract he could trade if necessary.

Hakanpa insurance. Now Hakanpa looks close to ready.

 

[DarkKnight]

Benning should 100% be waived to gain even more cap space.

Sure and if he goes down he's depth, if he gets picked up, shrug.

 

[dubplatepressure]

Really gotta question why they even signed him to that deal

Bridging and to trade him for some value if they needed to. Pretty simple.

 

[SprDaVE]

Good for everyone.

Benning is just a body, probably won't play?

Hakanpaa and Dewar should be ready to return after Thursday (LTIR over), so I would be surprised if the Leafs waive Myers and Benning, or someone else?

 

[Jacquestrapless]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851766207516463611

 

[Leaf Fans]

I read that Benning was signed for next season too.

He is. Signed until the summer of 26.

 

[PromisedLand]

At least he is gone.

Also 3-1.25=1.75 mil.

LOL stupid numpad 1 and 2 close together. I just hit sent LOL

I read that Benning was signed for next season too.

EDIT. You are right. I looked at the wrong contract