Waived: [TOR] D Matt Benning waived by the Maple Leafs (cleared)
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HockeyVirus
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Color me shocked.
I mean he was never going to crack our D core lol. He was a contract dump from the Sharks. Leafs wanted the capspace and the draft picks didnt hurt.
Of course, my attempt of online sarcasm fell flat. Our D is actually solid for now, no way he gets a spot
Don't do it Barry Trotz. No, bad Barry Trotz.
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My first though was Montreal has to seriously look at adding him and my second though was I wonder if Nashville picks him up.
Why would they pick him if they had the opportunity to pick fabbro just last the waivers
Woo come to Nashville. Cheaper pressbox fodder than Fabbro and without the upside too.
Possibly because Fabbro has literally double the cap hit.
It’s a lot easier on the cap to have your press box black ace making 1.25 mil a year than 2.5.
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joestevens29
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I guess I'm hoping he does get claimed... just so he's not "in the way" occupying the minimal amount of cap that he does when buried.
That being said, you've gotta feel for the guy a bit... he's played 5 AHL games in his career. If he does fall through waivers, he's going to be in really tough to get a callup with the Leafs having 8 defencemen on the NHL roster ahead of him, plus Marshall Rifai, Topi Niemla, and Cade Webber all who the Leafs would presumably like to try and develop / give an opportunity if they got down to #9 on the depth chart.
Also wouldn't suprise me that if he does clear, that he might get traded shortly thereafter, and possibly have minimal value. If you're a team only carrying 7D (due to roster limitations), and not overly happy with your AHL defence; having him as a guy you can call up at some point when you need him isn't the worst thing.
That being said, you've gotta feel for the guy a bit... he's played 5 AHL games in his career. If he does fall through waivers, he's going to be in really tough to get a callup with the Leafs having 8 defencemen on the NHL roster ahead of him, plus Marshall Rifai, Topi Niemla, and Cade Webber all who the Leafs would presumably like to try and develop / give an opportunity if they got down to #9 on the depth chart.
Also wouldn't suprise me that if he does clear, that he might get traded shortly thereafter, and possibly have minimal value. If you're a team only carrying 7D (due to roster limitations), and not overly happy with your AHL defence; having him as a guy you can call up at some point when you need him isn't the worst thing.
SmoggyTwinkles
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Your sarcasm was very well done here. No worries there.Color me shocked.
But, in Canada we spell it Colour. FYI.
Also, I'm best friends with Mats Sundin now and learning a lot about Sweden. Very interesting!
I could see the Ducks claiming him, as Tristan Luneau has been sent to the minors and Radko Gudas is currently the only RHD on the roster.
Not ideal for him to be on the Marlies. They have enough bodies rotating in/out as is (and Mermis at some point will join them). Think your suggestion here is probably what ends up happening. If they got a pick back I'd be thrilled..but likely a 26+year old from another teams system.
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Benning is less mobile than a typical traffic cone. He's an outright awful defenseman who cannot handle the slightest bit of speed - if someone gets just one step on him, it's an automatic 2-1 rush chance going the other way, because he cannot pivot fast enough to stop someone who hasn't even passed him going the other way.
He's not an NHL defenseman, because he's tremendously slow and immobile, and not big enough or skilled enough to make up for it.
Dan Kelly
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Um....no thanx! He's not that good and we already have a handful of d-men who aren't very good !
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