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

[RefsIdeas]

Savoie also dealt with injuries last year, just earlier on, which is why he started so slowly and played his best hockey at the end of the season. Both of these kids were fantastic when they were playing healthy.

He was healthy enough to play in the Sabres prospect tournament and in preseason games. His shoulder was fine at the start of the year. Getting on Bensons line more frequently and getting away from his perimeter play that he was doing at the start of the year helped him more than anything.

 

[Fjordy]

Benson - Savoie line will be a hurricane

 

[Reddawg]

Benson - Savoie line will be a hurricane

They need to put Krebs between them...it'll be like watching a magic show. The Harlem Globetrotters on ice.

 

[zuikan]

They need to put Krebs between them...it'll be like watching a magic show. The Harlem Globetrotters on ice.

Benson - Mitts - Savoie
Power - Dahlin

is the Icetrotters.

 

[Faceboner]

Shoot, are we doing immature double entendred penis jokes? Hope I'm not late to the party, if anything I'm usually too early.

Yes... Yes we are or at least just me... But we'll all come around eventually... Maybe like a hackey sack circle

 

[cybresabre]

Benson - Mitts - Savoie
Power - Dahlin

is the Icetrotters.

 

[Ace]

My God…it’s true.

 

[Dingo44]

My God…it’s true.

I love the idea - but so were Reinhart and J.E.

 

[Ace]

I don’t know if this video has been posted…but woo boy….

 

[Chainshot]

I don’t know if this video has been posted…but woo boy….

At least three times in this thread, yeah.

 

[Intermission]

Just rolling my eyes at how many people I've spoken with irl who wish we had taken Musty.

I wanted him to be a Sabre, but not with Zach Benson there.

Brayden Yager and Matthew Wood had yet to be selected also.

 

[Chainshot]

Just rolling my eyes at how many people I've spoken with irl who wish we had taken Musty.

Slap them.

 

[Chainshot]

I think of the '87 draft and a smaller built guy out of the WHL falling into the teens and yet he was still the class of his draft class.

 

[Ace]

I think of the '87 draft and a smaller built guy out of the WHL falling into the teens and yet he was still the class of his draft class.

Did you know that former Amerks HC Dan Lambert played with him in juniors?

Because I just learned that while cheating to figure out who you meant

 

[Chainshot]

Did you know that former Amerks HC Dan Lambert played with him in juniors?

Because I just learned that while cheating to figure out who you meant

And Lindy's brother was on that team as well, Brent, who died that season in the Broncos bus crash.

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

He should marry a good Buffalo girl named Olivia

 

[Diaspora]

He should marry a good Buffalo girl named Olivia

You pimpin'?

 

[Dirty Dog]

Hot take: I think he pushes for a roster spot this year

Hell, if Savoie is ready….isn’t Benson?

 

[zuikan]

Yeah, but he'd be the too obvious finisher. Mitts is a more adept passer, also.

 

[Perry Tegula]

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Zman5778]

Know how Marchand just has a "punchable face"????

In 10 years, I have this gut feeling that fans are going to say that Zach Benson has a "punchable face".

 

[HOOats]

Know how Marchand just has a "punchable face"????

In 10 years, I have this gut feeling that fans are going to say that Zach Benson has a "punchable face".

100%. Throw in the family's background as carnival entertainment entrepreneurs and how many times Benson said "stoked" on draft night, and I think we have a unique character on our hand.

Other newly punchable items on my radar this week: Reinbacher's nose.

 

[VaporTrail]

Benson is an absolute stud, I lost my shit when we took him. You just can't teach the unstoppable motor and insane IQ that Benson has, he's going to will himself into being a very, very useful forward for this team sooner rather than later. He draws realistic comparisons to players like Point, Marner, even Marchand but without the face licking.

Exciting times to be a Buffalo fan in my opinion, doubters will be proven wrong once Benson arrives.

The question is..Will he be a winger or centerman in the NHL ?

 

[PatLaFontaineASMR]

The question is..Will he be a winger or centerman in the NHL ?

Winger