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Can anyone explain the appeal of Benning and Miller

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs
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Published: Jun. 28, 2019
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Jun. 28, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.
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not sure about Benning, i dont see him as help , as for Miller, VGK is trying to dump, he will come cheap and quality-wise hes replacing Zaitsev who reportedly wants out....
Jun. 28, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.
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Colin Miller's much better than 3rd pair, easily a top 4 d-man, better than everyone in this lineup except Rielly and Muzzin probably
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Jun. 28, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.
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Quoting: Laudan
not sure about Benning, i dont see him as help , as for Miller, VGK is trying to dump, he will come cheap and quality-wise hes replacing Zaitsev who reportedly wants out....


Does he though? Miller has only once been a top 4 defender and after one season was surpassed by everyone else on his team and was a healthy scratch and a cap dump. He's also making close to 4 million so its not much less than Zaitsev who has at least shown he can be a solid defender and PK guy.
Jun. 28, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.
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Colin Miller's much better than 3rd pair, easily a top 4 d-man, better than everyone in this lineup except Rielly and Muzzin probably


watched colin miller in boston. at this point in his career he is wildy overrated. when vegas went through expansion draft he had top 4 potential. Now he looks like a bottom pairing offensive minded defenseman that can maybe slide up a little bit to cover injuries but isnt your everyday 2nd line d. He makes a bunch of mistakes in the defensive end though.
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Jun. 28, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.
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I think the reasoning behind it is:

-Miller > Zaitsev
-Both are cheaper than Zaitsev, and fit into your cap issues a bit better.
-Benning is actually sneaky good-I wouldn't say that he's better than Zaitsev, but he's probably around the same level and significantly cheaper. He's probably a bottom pairing guy, but he can certainly slide up into the top 4.

Miller was a healthy scratch mainly because of the depth of D on Vegas. Aside from Theodore and Schmidt, there's no real super-studs down there, but there was a lot of good players, and Turk likes to play everyone instead of having the same guy sleep in the press box every night (ie. Leivo).
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