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Benoit extended, 3x1.35

Touch more than I would have gone with - would have liked him at the $1.15M fully buriable mark - but, otherwise, solid deal
 
Squish it a bit higher for the rising cap. It?s basically fully buriable year 3 or sooner if need be.
 
This contract feels pretty solid. Benoit's rightfully won over a lot of Leafs fans, myself included. Mostly just curious to see how this all fits into a year 2 Treliving defence corp next season.
 
He won me over pretty quickly.
Good contract.
I like stories like this: the guy on the fringes breaks through with good play.
Good for him!
Not a bad way to help make up for a lack of draft picks.
They have to beat the bushes this summer.

I'll may get criticized for saying this but I said to myself several times this season "if they had a Benoit type in each pairing, they'd be better defensively and not give up as much offensively."
Maybe now with Lyubushkin & Edmundson, they do.
We're going to find out in the next few weeks.
 
I don't think Benoit would make it through waivers (Lagesson didn't). I'm not worried about the contract being "buriable".
 
Dappleganger said:
I don't think Benoit would make it through waivers (Lagesson didn't). I'm not worried about the contract being "buriable".
If Benoit is getting sent down it means he isn't very good and the chances of him getting picked up would be  slim. Having a mostly burials contract is still important.
Lagesson wasn't put on waivers because he was bad, Leafs had to make room.
 
Guilt Trip said:
Dappleganger said:
I don't think Benoit would make it through waivers (Lagesson didn't). I'm not worried about the contract being "buriable".
If Benoit is getting sent down it means he isn't very good and the chances of him getting picked up would be  slim. Having a mostly burials contract is still important.
Lagesson wasn't put on waivers because he was bad, Leafs had to make room.

Maybe Benoit won?t be put on waivers because he is bad, maybe the Leafs will have to make room?

Still don?t see it happening.
 
https://jhanhky.substack.com/p/how-nhl-teams-scout-depth-defensemen
Around 2018, my former colleague Troy Bodie (now with the Seattle Kraken) started bringing up the name of a 20-year-old undrafted D plying his trade on an AHL contract for the San Diego Gulls. On video, the player appeared a sound minor-league defender but looked devoid of the next-level skating/skills/sense we looked for under Kyle Dubas? scouting criteria. Troy was confident of the player?s potential after multiple in-person viewings, but we ultimately passed on offering the player a NHL entry-level deal.

Six years later, Simon Benoit signs a three-year, $1.35M AAV contract to remain a Maple Leaf. Not only has Benoit earned TOR coaches? trust with reliable play at even strength and on the penalty kill, but so far with the Leafs he?s moved the puck well enough to break even in terms of expected and actual goals.

It took a while, but Troy was right.
 
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