Benn on verge of signing a deal with DAL

**wendelclark17** · January 17, 2013, 3:52 PM

via twitter:

Nick Kypreos ‏@RealKyper
Sure sounds like #Stars deal with Jamie Benn getting finalized. Latest Dal offer I heard was 33M. Look for cap hit around 5.5M for 5/6 yrs

**bondon** · January 17, 2013, 3:53 PM

BOOM my Benn pick last night feels less shitty and way more intelligent.

Time to pull all my trade offers including Benn off the table lol...

**wendelclark17** · January 17, 2013, 3:53 PM

ya mine too

..... another tweet I liked from Nichols

Chris Nichols ‏@Nichols_NHLPool
#DallasStars hope to lock up RFA Jamie Benn today. Should be single-biggest defining season of career. Jagr+Whitney=PhD at #NHL University.

**MarmotKing** · January 17, 2013, 3:55 PM

That sounds like a good contract for Benn and the Stars.

He should have a good season this year.

**JagrBomb** · January 17, 2013, 3:56 PM

makes zajac signing look even more silly

**bondon** · January 17, 2013, 3:57 PM

Originally Posted by praba

makes zajac signing look even more silly

Hilarious point and all too true.

**metaldude26** · January 17, 2013, 3:58 PM

Originally Posted by praba

makes zajac signing look even more silly

Ripped the words right out of my mouth.

**ericdaoust** · January 17, 2013, 4:02 PM

So the children do their contract one day and then the grown-ups do their contract the next day?

**Carcillo** · January 17, 2013, 4:05 PM

Benn is worth every penny of that. I wouldn't compare it to Zajac though. UFA vs. RFA makes a huge difference and it always has.

Dyz is going to be screwed in UHL, ha!

**bondon** · January 17, 2013, 4:07 PM

Originally Posted by Carcillo

Dyz is going to be screwed in UHL, ha!

He was voicing his displeasure to me regarding this situation not two hours ago lol.

**dyzfunctioned** · January 17, 2013, 4:13 PM

Originally Posted by wendelclark17

via twitter:

God, let this be true. A penny over $5.5M and I'm screwed.

Originally Posted by praba

makes zajac signing look even more silly

Makes it look so bad. Wow.

Originally Posted by Carcillo

Benn is worth every penny of that. I wouldn't compare it to Zajac though. UFA vs. RFA makes a huge difference and it always has.

Dyz is going to be screwed in UHL, ha!

I have two moves I'm looking at making that should let me just squeak by. Next year I'm beyond screwed when Quick's extension kicks in and that cap drops $6M. That's going to be one painful off-season.

**ericdaoust** · January 17, 2013, 4:23 PM

Originally Posted by bondon

He was voicing his displeasure to me regarding this situation not two hours ago lol.

He's referring to Benn, not your marriage.

**Pengwin7** · January 17, 2013, 4:27 PM

Nice, I think I own Benn in possibly 4 of 8 leagues.
My "Benn in Voracekup?" team would be really dumb without him.

And - it makes those of us that advised one OP about taking Benn for Eriksson... well, it makes us all look real good right now.

**NoWayOut** · January 17, 2013, 4:32 PM

This is a great deal for both sides. Good to see them both keep their words and not drag the negotiations into the media.

Missed this earlier as I've been keeping my eyes solely on Heika and Stepneski's twitter feeds today for news on this.

**DaymanFighterOfTheNiteman** · January 17, 2013, 4:35 PM

Excellent! I came on here with high hopes to see if Benn was any closer to signing. Wicked.

And like everyone else said, if the terms are accurate, it'll make NJ look foolish throwing the money they did at a guy who rode the coat tails of Parise, Elias and Kovalchuk. Nothing personal against the guy, he's a good player too in his own right and who can fault him for taking that dough... but still.

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