Prospect Info: Zach Benson, LW/C, Wenatchee (WHL), Signed ELC- 2023, 13th Overall

[kirby11]

How had I not seen this video? My goodness, I may have passed out after the pick if I had.

I see some hints of Dahlin with the subtle movements/misdirections near the blue line and along the boards to shake defenders or open up space for a pass

 

[paulmm3]

Looking forward to Benson fooling opponents with his wily carny ways

 

[Gabrielor]

I get he’s high skill…but two top 15 picks on tiny forwards is a hilarious misallocation. It’s about building a championship roster not the highest scoring team.

6'3"
6'2"
6'1"
6'4"
6'0" (goalie)
6'4"
6'1"

 

[Faceboner]

Many upset again about few inches.

I almost feel obligated to make a joke, just a little one, impossible to make it a big joke not a hard joke either, just a small soft joke but i am unenthused currently and the joke wouldn't even be a flop it'd be a flap

 

[Der Jaeger]

If you’re not hyped about Benson enough, watch this and change your mind:

Edit: sorry Jim Bob already posted this.

If you watch this video, you'll see Benson moving the puck to space and through the defender's triangle. The manipulation the narrator is talking about are trained at PEP.

 

[Uberpecker]

Who of our current players/prospects would best complement him and Savoie on a line?

 

[Dubi Doo]

I bet some teams are going to look at Tage Thompson's breakout and try to chase that for themselves. We already have it, though, so there's nothing to chase. Plus Cozens, Tuch, and some big blue liners. We're not a small team, even if you sprinkle a few 5'10"-6' prospects into the mix.

Give me a smaller player with that fire in his belly over a bigger player who lacks that fire.

 

[Husko]

I get he’s high skill…but two top 15 picks on tiny forwards is a hilarious misallocation. It’s about building a championship roster not the highest scoring team.

Relatedly, the highest scoring team does tend to win each game.

I'll show myself out.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

I almost feel obligated to make a joke, just a little one, impossible to make it a big joke not a hard joke either, just a small soft joke but i am unenthused currently and the joke wouldn't even be a flop it'd be a flap

Go ahead, spit it out

 

[DJN21]

Who of our current players/prospects would best complement him and Savoie on a line?

Peterka 2 years from now

 

[Faceboner]

Go ahead, spit it out

I see what you did there, anyways the female fans may be upset cus the youngins have short sticks

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Forton with some very complimentary things to say about Benson, 5-10 talent, 3 D in top 11 pushed him down, just too good to pass up

16:00

 

[Reddawg]

I almost feel obligated to make a joke, just a little one, impossible to make it a big joke not a hard joke either, just a small soft joke but i am unenthused currently and the joke wouldn't even be a flop it'd be a flap

This is literally the moment your username was created for. Don't go all flaccid on us now Faceboner.

 

[Paxon]

Go ahead, spit it out

These jokes are getting hard to swallow

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

These jokes are getting hard to swallow

They're too deep for me.

 

[ckg927]

Now that we've analyzed this pick to death, how about a bit of fun? I KNOW we're going to have to wait a few years, but if the Sabres are still letting the players pick their goal songs by the time Benson debuts here, it'd be a blast to have the person running the audio for the games NOT include the Law and Order "doink doink" sound effect either before the song starts or after it ends. (If you're an L & O fan, you'll probably get the joke.)

 

[Dingo44]

Now that we've analyzed this pick to death, how about a bit of fun? I KNOW we're going to have to wait a few years, but if the Sabres are still letting the players pick their goal songs by the time Benson debuts here, it'd be a blast to have the person running the audio for the games NOT include the Law and Order "doink doink" sound effect either before the song starts or after it ends. (If you're an L & O fan, you'll probably get the joke.)

Three good choices for Benson's goal song:







The last one was a plot point in an episode of the great Columbo-ish show Poker Face on Peacock.

 

[Diaspora]

They're too deep for me.

Is there not one woman here with the balls to make this stop?

 

[HOOats]

Three good choices for Benson's goal song:







The last one was a plot point in an episode of the great Columbo-ish show Poker Face on Peacock.

Give Me the Night would be an incredible goal song even from 0:00 to 0:15. But anything would be better than Tage's mid contemporary country ballad.

Some good culture talk bubbling up from this board these days. Maybe I should unmute the OT threads.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Is there not one woman here with the balls to make this stop?

You think she’d wanna get involved in this sausage fest?

 

[SabresNorth]

I don't know if this has been discussed to death already but the fact he's a 3rs generation carnie is amazing to me. He's going to have some tricks up his sleeve.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

The more I read and see.........I remember a post a while ago talking about levels of "puck-houndedness" in our system.

I feel like Benson is his own tier: "The puck is mine. If I don't have it, I will do unspeakable things to you until it is. And when it is, I will do unspeakable things to you to keep it"

he looks like he'd fit in so well with the way thompson, tuch, and dahlin play in the o zone, and a possible second line/future replacement for Skinner

Im a marner fanboy and hes been getting a bunch of comparisons to Mitch

because of the AHL playoffs hes probably third in my prospect rankings behind levi and kulich

 

[TheStorm]

Everything I see about Benson screams Briere to me. If he could even be like 70 percent of what Briere was that would be amazing.

 

[Fjordy]

Who of our current players/prospects would best complement him and Savoie on a line?

Maybe Wahlberg?

 

[Beerz]

These jokes are getting hard to swallow

Sometimes you just have to take one on the chin