Honestly when you look at NHL resume, Benn's pretty accomplished individually. Now whether that stacks up to the other three guys to sign similar deals recently:
Benn's resume as of signing contract:
Art Ross Trophy
1 3rd-place finish in Hart Voting
0.882 career PPG across 508 career games
255 points in last 245 games (last 3 regular seasons)
20 points in 19 career playoff games
First Team All-Star X2
Second Team All-Star
Kane's resume as of signing his:
Conn Smythe Trophy
Calder Trophy
0.957 career PPG across 515 career games
190 points in last 198 games (last 3 regular seasons)
91 points in 93 career playoff games
First Team All-Star
Playoff Points Leader
2 Stanley Cups
Toews' Resume as of signing his:
Conne Smythe Trophy
Selke Trophy
Second Place Finish in Selke Voting
Third Place Finish in Selke Voting
Fourth Place Finish in Selke Voting
0.909 career PPG across 484 games
173 points in last 182 games (last 3 regular seasons)
81 points in 94 playoff games
Second Team All-Star
2 Stanley Cups
Kopitar's resume as of signing his:
Byng Trophy
Selke Trophy
Second Place Finish in Selke Voting
Third Place Finish in Selke Voting
Fourth Place Finish in Selke Voting
0.895 career PPG across 764 games
208 points in last 242 games (last 3 regular seasons)
64 points in 75 playoff games
Playoff Points leader X2
Stanley Cup
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The point was that Kane and Toews earned their oversized contracts with 3 cups. Benn has the oversized contract without any cups.
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We both know Cups are a team accomplishment and even then require luck. Patrick Sharp was there for each and every single one of those cups and
yet got cap dumped while still producing in a manner that would have made him our third best forward this year.
Besides, in terms of percentage of cap impact, this deal is still dwarfed by Iginla's deal way back when.