@doomocrat
Per Dreger Benning upped price, Dallas matched. Benning went for more at deadline, was rejected. Wow.
- Lindenis#1

Pigs can fly, did you know?

The other quote to paraphase was that Dallas circled back and made an offer but it didn't make sense to us (the canucks)
- belcherbd

Could have been taking a contract back that still had term. Just speculating. Benning also said he would have taken picks

Brad Ziemer ‏@BradZiemer now11 seconds ago
"They chose a Calgary player over our player." #Canucks

This is not Bennings or Hamhuis's fault.

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Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC 40s40 seconds ago
Benning says DAL deal for Hamhuis was parallel deal to what CAL got for Russell, but Stars chose the Alberta option
- fiveandagame

Benning's job is to convince them he has the better option.

"Do you want the guy who is demonstratively bad and can't get the puck out of his zone, or the guy who played on the Olympic team?"

He's going to get more than $4 million.
- golfingsince

I meant to write 3.25 - 4 million x 3 years. I would be really happy with that. 33 year old top 4 who can help mentor kids coming up. Why not?

I stopped reading after "per Dreger"
- fiveandagame

He's a poop tier analyst but he's plugged in.

prepping my Jim Benning effigy.

He's a poop tier analyst but he's plugged in.
- Lindenis#1

is this per twitter? Cause I just checked his twitter feed for today and there is no such evidence of this.

Benning's job is to convince them he has the better option.

"Do you want the guy who is demonstratively bad and can't get the puck out of his zone, or the guy who played on the Olympic team?"
- Lindenis#1

Yeah because Nill and his entire staff needed a sales pitch from Benning before making their decision

"It is what it is"

Ohh ya baby, bring it back Benning

Could have been taking a contract back that still had term. Just speculating. Benning also said he would have taken picks
- fiveandagame

Like Cody Eakin or Jason Spezza? hard to find a bad contract that was going to get moved on that roster.

http://www.generalfanager.com/teams/dallas-stars

Did Benning open with saying that the deal didn't make sense and they turned it down, then he said they would have taken the Russell deal.

Which is it, Jim?

I stopped reading after "per Dreger"
- fiveandagame

Russell>Hamhuis

this is most definitely Bennings fault "we didnt recieve any offers" was his quote of the day. YOU"RE SELLING JB, we need a gm that can actually work a phone, Benning is obviously known as a joke in the GM community. Seeing the Russel return actually makes me rage ;.;

is this per twitter? Cause I just checked his twitter feed for today and there is no such evidence of this.
- Codes1087

Benning just admitted that Dallas fired off one last final offer after the Russel trade that just "didn't make sense for the team".

Benning says he expects youngs kids to play lots of minutes from now until the end of the year.

Russell>Hamhuis
- fry

tell me again how he is better?

Benning just admitted that Dallas fired off one last final offer after the Russel trade that just "didn't make sense for the team".
- Whiskey-Tango

Unless it was Lehtonen then this is a lie

Now he just said he would have been fine recouping draft picks

Last week he said the team didn't care for acquiring draft picks

the fact that he couldnt trade Vrbata, "we got no offers", unbelievable.

Benning says he expects youngs kids to play lots of minutes from now until the end of the year.
- Codes1087

That's a plus, going to call up Gaunce.
I would assume Pedan plus a few others as well.

the fact that he couldnt trade Vrbata, "we got no offers", unbelievable.
- Crazybagoham

haha not really... 5 million dollar player, -32

Now he just said he would have been fine recouping draft picks

Last week he said the team didn't care for acquiring draft picks
- Lindenis#1

he literally said noone offered anything for Vrbata (out of 12 teams.... noone offered a 5th? I dont believe it), and the Dallas deal "didnt make sense for the team (so there was obviously an offer, who knows if it was equal to russel).

Popcorn and beer ready for when Benning comes on team 1040. This should be a good laugh

Popcorn and beer ready for when Benning comes on team 1040. This should be a good laugh
- requester47

Hes been at the podium for about 20 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/w...m=hootsuite&utm_campaign=