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Seattle Kraken Take Matthew Beniers Second Overall

July 23, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT | by Zach Leach 15 Comments

Fresh off of the NHL Expansion Draft just two days ago, the Seattle Kraken were back in action early in the NHL Draft on Friday night. The winners of the second overall pick in the draft lottery, the Kraken had their pick of every prospect but first overall pick Owen Power of the Buffalo Sabres. They opted to take his University of Michigan teammate Matthew Beniers as the first draft pick in franchise history.

Beniers is the top center prospect in the draft class and an elite two-way talent. The consensus No. 2 pick, Beniers is a high-IQ, well-rounded forward. A talented skater who plays a 200-foot game, Beniers has excelled at every level in both the offensive and defensive aspects of the game. The dynamic center draws comparisons to Patrice Bergeron and Jonathan Toews, not to mention Seattle GM Ron Francis. Beniers has been a point-per-game player in each of the past three years, including in the NCAA with Michigan this season.

One of four 2021 Wolverines selected in the top five picks, Beniers is expected to join his teammates back in Ann Arbor this season as Michigan chases a National Championship. After one more year though, he should be able to jump into the lineup for the Kraken. Due to his two-way focus, Beniers will be a versatile roster option right away for Seattle and could earn a major role quickly in a forward corps that, as of right now, is not especially deep.

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  1. Gbear

    4 years ago

    Well, Francis did this right at least.

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    • compassrose

      4 years ago

      Sorry he hasn’t lived up to your high expectations in the expansion draft. I am sure you would have done much better in your armchair and your Kokanee light.

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    • Gbear

      4 years ago

      Touchy, aren’t we?

      This is a comment board. People comment on things. Deal with it.

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      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      4 years ago

      And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

      Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
      Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
      Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

      So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

      Thanks :)

      Reply
    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      4 years ago

      You can say that again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

      The Appeal to Authority Fallacy that is being demanded would have resulted in this…

      “Gee, I as a fan who knows nothing compared to the pros think that that Sergei Bobrovsky contract is a touch too long and touch too much for a player with motivational questions, but us peons should just sit quietly while the pros who know what they are doing do their work. Clearly this Bob contract makes sense on level we just cannot understand.”

      Every single fan on every single message board in hockey KNEW before the pen even hit the paper that that was the worst and most untradable contract…meanwhile the pros still did it.

      Remember the summer of David Clarkson? “Real” scouts and GMs flogging each other to sign a disastrous contract that virtually every arm chair GM saw from a mile away.

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    • Gbear

      4 years ago

      A person comes on a comment board to lecture people on commenting and posts the same comment 9 times. It’s like the defense counsel watching the prosecutor implode during trial.

      But that Martin Erat trade for Filip Forsberg really was smart by the Caps. Only armchair dummies would say otherwise.

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      Reply
  2. theloop

    4 years ago

    Can’t wait to see this kid play. What a solid pick.

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  3. Goku the Knowledgable One

    4 years ago

    And we’re commenting back to the plebs out there who are dumb enough to think they’d have done a better job than Francis.

    Good job. You would’ve taken Tarasenko, we get it.
    Some of us also realize that Vince Dunn from st. Louis was the best defender in the whole draft.
    Some of us realize that Tarasenko and Price are STILL and ALWAYS available if you have the cap room to make a dumb move.

    So yes enjoy your arm chair and comments, but please don’t think your opinion matters compared to a HOF GM with real scouts and experience in this league.

    Thanks :)

    Reply

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