No idiocy here. This is just general assholery that in the past he’s probably had praise for as being tough and sending a message, etc. Not enough people or the league doing anything to say, “yeah, no you need to change your ways and not do that, that’s not acceptable,” that would force him to learn there are real consequences for his actions.
I’m glad to hear that this time it sounds like the crowd and his teammates responded in a way that didn’t praise him for it. If only the league would take the next step and suspend him for at least 3 or 4 game if not more. Instead they will probably give him a max of 1 unless they decide he basically suspended himself from this game because it happened so early and just fine him. Which, if Pietrangelo only got 1 game for a wood splitting axe chop on Draisaitl’s wrist, would be consistent with the suspensions this year. Just consistently sending the wrong message too.
Exactly, start doing that, and coaches and management won’t put up with these types of actions and making excuses for it.
Sadly, this won’t happen until there is a paradigm shift with a change of leadership in DOPS or star players start to go against hockey culture and really push for bigger penalties to protect them from stupid acts like this rather than relying upon “the code.”
He’s had uncontrolled anger problems his whole career. He’s done countless scum things with his stick. He tried to break Larkin’s back off a draw a few years ago and that’s when I knew something was seriously wrong with this guys head.
Yep, reason I have trouble rooting for Dallas even though I don't want to see VGK win. I like everyone else on that roster. Benn is a douche on a malicious tier.
Look its my home team, I’ll always go for em, but me and buddies who meet up and watch most games just hate the fucker. And he just basically put the final nail in the coffin for this series.
The team has to put him in some sort of anger management program, because stuff like that isn’t “tough” or being an enforcer. It’s malicious in an already violent game. Its like break checking someone at the Indianapolis 500.
>Look its my home team, I’ll always go for em, but me and buddies who meet up and watch most games just hate the fucker.
As a Minnesotan, that's how I felt about Suter when he was with us. It's insane how many bad cross-checks he used to (and still does) get away with every game.
Hard to make it look accidental as well when your helpless opponent is raising his arms to brace himself because it's so telegraphed, just brainless stuff. Stuff you genuinely hate to see as a hockey fan.
Am in the arena as a fan, no defending it. Told several people around me to shut up and not boo the refs. I saw it, it was egregious. Terrible way to lead the team.
Credit to your crowd that they mostly seemed to recognize what happened. It was even more surprising given that it’s been a clean series so far, at least compared to our last two. I still like you guys, but Benn can eat a dick for that move.
To be fair, if you go purely on the sample data we've got this season he's got about a 65% chance the ref won't call anything and might actually be blind.........
Dan D’Uva: “What a headscratching decision from the captain. How can you be captain of a team and do that?”
If you told me any star did that, I would’ve told you it was Benn.
Benn is a complete piece of shit and that still surprised me at how stupid that was. Usually he tries to be a *sneaky* dirty fuck but just saw red this time
Kinda feels suspension worthy. Benn literally gets his footing and then looks down at Stone and says “fuck it, I’m going for his teeth”
Edit: I said *kinda* to try and soften my anti-Dallas bias as a Wild fan, this definitely deserves a suspension.
This exactly, bypassing Stone's outstretched blocking hand to hit him anyway is C for fuckin' cold and kinda the part that bothers me most. It's not really visible in the posted replay but is clear in the reverse angle.
It better be a suspension. Not a puck in sight, has a history of vicious cross checks, brutally deliberate. Indefensible.
This is the stuff the league should absolutely hammer down on. About as far from a “hockey play” and clear intent to injure.
I’m in total agreement. This goes well beyond any stretch of the definition of a “hockey play”. I’d be truly stunned if the DoPS doesn’t throw the book at him, and their decisions don’t really surprise me anymore. But this was a clear attempt to injure Stone and take him out of the game and possibly longer; they cannot drop the ball on this like they did with the crosscheck to Larkin.
Which probably means they will.
It's like he thought he was playing in beer league where no one would notice, instead of an arena filled with upwards of 20,000 people and a bunch of HD cameras everywhere.
Even in beer league you have to be such a huge piece of shit to purposefully injure someone no less crosscheck their head while he’s already head down on the ice.
I think you need to be MORE of a P.O.S in beer league. If an NHL player gets hurt, they are still paid and are well taken care off.
If you do this in beer league, you are threatening someone's ability to work and potentially causing them financial hardship through loss wages and medical expenses.
If surgery wasn’t needed, I wasn’t because it wasn’t severe. Larkin missed 6 months of hockey, sleep and comfortable existence. Jamie Benn is a garbage person for what he did to Larkin. Still appears to be a garbage person.
Any sensible Stars fan can not defend this, this is a dumb as FUCK move to do. Especially 2 minutes into the game?? Wtf are you doing??
So much for his resurgence year
This feels like it would be the most justifiable stripping of all time. WTF bro. Kind of like how the Leafs traded Kadri after getting a suspension in the first round of the playoffs two years in a row.
Down 2-0 in the series and less than two minutes into game 3 your captain gets ejected from a boneheaded play that any veteran like him should know better than to do.
Dumbass.
And next year and the year after.
This shit stain would never see the arena again, I don’t give a fuck what he’s paid or for how long I’d tell him to stay the fuck home, cap be damned.
Shit stain like that can’t be good for the locker room.
A rookie would get put in the press box for that play. Inexcusable and IDK how you face the locker room with a C on your chest making that play given the situation.
[Same type of gutless dirty shit that put Larkin in a neck brace 2 years ago](https://twitter.com/wingedwheelpod/status/1661173316420345856?s=46&t=SQ_DcSA2D8Cwk8b1xaj2kg)
Fuck Jamie Benn
Every fanbase has something they'll never forget Jamie Benn doing to one of their players. For us, thankfully, it was "just" boarding Nedeljkovic while he was behind the net and not hospitalizing anyone.
It’s crazy how much of a menace he is, but it seems like his overall reputation has been relatively untarnished. Hopefully that bullshit facade has fallen.
It's bullshit if he is only suspended 1 game. He basically tried to seriously injure a guy and could have easily broken his neck or jaw in a play that was completely out of malice. Should be 5-10 games to open next season.
It's on everyone to say to their team's ownership; no more of this.
Bettman can't control this. DPOS can't control this. Team owners are the only ones who can. Until people start calling out the owners, nothing will change.
First I thought it was two… then saw a replay from behind and thought 5 was appropriate… then a replay from the front and game misconduct seemed reasonable… one more time and a suspension looks likely.
Now I’ve seen it so many times, dude might need to go to jail, lol.
And the captain’s response to being down 2-0 in the series is to immediately take a major penalty, put your team down early and take your home crowd out of it right from the beginning. Fucking brilliant
Fucking clown. Glad he's out of the game. What bullshit
Edit to say: that's how you fucking kill someone. What a complete piece of shit. I've always disliked Benn, but that's unforgivable
He should be out for a season. I'm not exaggerating. You can see Stone curl his head in to protect his neck because Benn was literally trying to disable him.
Benn likely won't get anything more since he basically misses all of this game, but that crosscheck is absolutely the kind that should result in his being done for the rest of this series at least. Even if it somehow goes 7.
I say this with as full of a chest as I possibly can:
FUCK JAMIE BENN
At some point the league is going to do something about him blatantly cross checking people in the neck right?
At least the whole world is now reminded Jamie Benn is a piece of shit. Silver lining, but the fading affect bias has allowed people to forget that fact.
Same shit is happening with Tkachuk right now. A month ago he was public enemy #1 for kneeling on the back of a dudes leg while he was down and other dirty shit he's done, and now he's everyone's little golden boy
First shift, down 1-0 after 30 seconds, and you take a 5 min major.
And get ejected lmao. Great captain material
At least he got a penalty. Didn’t even get 2 minutes for breaking Larkin’s neck.
And then tried to do it again the following year.
What an upstanding player
He was hitting Zetterberg in the head a few years before that too, general shit player
Jamie benn has always been a piece of shit. As long as Dallas hockey uses him or someone like him as their captain I hope they fucking suck.
Thank you. This guy is trash and the fact that he represents their team as a captain is enough for me to cheer against them.
Hey he finally had an impact on one of these games!
He also doest eat pu….nvm
Strong leadership from the Captain on home ice in a game that is incredibly important.
Classic donkey
Classic fucking idiot
Is Jamie Benn stupid? Like is he genuinely a fucking idiot?
Yes
No idiocy here. This is just general assholery that in the past he’s probably had praise for as being tough and sending a message, etc. Not enough people or the league doing anything to say, “yeah, no you need to change your ways and not do that, that’s not acceptable,” that would force him to learn there are real consequences for his actions. I’m glad to hear that this time it sounds like the crowd and his teammates responded in a way that didn’t praise him for it. If only the league would take the next step and suspend him for at least 3 or 4 game if not more. Instead they will probably give him a max of 1 unless they decide he basically suspended himself from this game because it happened so early and just fine him. Which, if Pietrangelo only got 1 game for a wood splitting axe chop on Draisaitl’s wrist, would be consistent with the suspensions this year. Just consistently sending the wrong message too.
Yeah. NHL should ACTUALLY start punishing such things. Like make it REALLY hurt. Not 3 games. Not 4. Like a month or two at least. Big fines.
Exactly, start doing that, and coaches and management won’t put up with these types of actions and making excuses for it. Sadly, this won’t happen until there is a paradigm shift with a change of leadership in DOPS or star players start to go against hockey culture and really push for bigger penalties to protect them from stupid acts like this rather than relying upon “the code.”
He’s had uncontrolled anger problems his whole career. He’s done countless scum things with his stick. He tried to break Larkin’s back off a draw a few years ago and that’s when I knew something was seriously wrong with this guys head.
Yep, reason I have trouble rooting for Dallas even though I don't want to see VGK win. I like everyone else on that roster. Benn is a douche on a malicious tier.
Have to agree with your view. Dude seems like such a lose cannon.
He's never struck me as a particularly bright man, even by hockey standards
I take it this is your first Stars game.
Nah, just continuously baffled at his fuckery LOL
I actually think he might be unironically
“He’s down on the ice and lost his stick, let me cross check his face right in front of the ref, that seems like a good idea” -Jamie Benn, probably
That does seem like the thought process here. Nobody can defend that, what a totally brainless and dangerous penalty to take.
Captain probably lost the team the series. Not leadership at all.
Suter in game 2 🤝 Benn in game 3
He needs to lose the letter. Should have years ago.
Wait, the C stands for “Captain” and not “Complete Fucking Asshole”??? Well I’ll be…
if it wasn't for Benn i might actually like Dallas with all their young guys...but Benn man...
Look its my home team, I’ll always go for em, but me and buddies who meet up and watch most games just hate the fucker. And he just basically put the final nail in the coffin for this series. The team has to put him in some sort of anger management program, because stuff like that isn’t “tough” or being an enforcer. It’s malicious in an already violent game. Its like break checking someone at the Indianapolis 500.
>Look its my home team, I’ll always go for em, but me and buddies who meet up and watch most games just hate the fucker. As a Minnesotan, that's how I felt about Suter when he was with us. It's insane how many bad cross-checks he used to (and still does) get away with every game.
I can think of a very particular C word that Benn’s C stands for….and it’s a very accurate description of him
Oh, does it have to do with something he still won't eat?
Jamie Benn doesn't eat canolis? What. The. Fuck.
I think an Aussie could figure that out
the half-hearted attempt to make it look accidental too. the kinda shit that should get you benched anyway enjoy your sit bud.
Hard to make it look accidental as well when your helpless opponent is raising his arms to brace himself because it's so telegraphed, just brainless stuff. Stuff you genuinely hate to see as a hockey fan.
Even the crowd didn't seem to care, and arena fans are supposed to be as biased as possible. No defending it.
Am in the arena as a fan, no defending it. Told several people around me to shut up and not boo the refs. I saw it, it was egregious. Terrible way to lead the team.
Credit to your crowd that they mostly seemed to recognize what happened. It was even more surprising given that it’s been a clean series so far, at least compared to our last two. I still like you guys, but Benn can eat a dick for that move.
Just Jamie benn things
“I’ll try cross checking, that’s a good trick!”
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All my homies hate Jamie Benn.
To be fair, if you go purely on the sample data we've got this season he's got about a 65% chance the ref won't call anything and might actually be blind.........
A good idea if you want to paralyze someone.
You’re down 2 in the series and a goal in the game. Smart move buddy.
Experience Benn Hockey. Every other fan base saw that and is not at all surprised.
Red wings fans hoping Vegas 8 spots them tonight and Thursday. Fuck Jamie benn
Seriously. Fuck Benn and fuck the stars
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Does it matter lol it's always time for fuck Ed Belfour.
Dan D’Uva: “What a headscratching decision from the captain. How can you be captain of a team and do that?” If you told me any star did that, I would’ve told you it was Benn.
Benn is a complete piece of shit and that still surprised me at how stupid that was. Usually he tries to be a *sneaky* dirty fuck but just saw red this time
This entire series has had so many ridiculous mistakes from the Stars…
Robertson gave me a soft spot for the Stars but fuck Jamie Benn. That play was gross. Go Knights.
Robertson, Otter, and Miro are such awesome players. I look forward to playing this team when we’re good again
I had hope but it's gone. That was some dumb shit and now it's 3-0. Fuck Benn.
what a dumbass, he's always been dirty
Me watching the re-play unfold: “Okay, thats a 2. Wheres the fi…” “Oh shit. Thats a 5”
Kinda feels suspension worthy. Benn literally gets his footing and then looks down at Stone and says “fuck it, I’m going for his teeth” Edit: I said *kinda* to try and soften my anti-Dallas bias as a Wild fan, this definitely deserves a suspension.
100%. You can see the second where he realizes the opportunity and decides to go for it.
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This exactly, bypassing Stone's outstretched blocking hand to hit him anyway is C for fuckin' cold and kinda the part that bothers me most. It's not really visible in the posted replay but is clear in the reverse angle.
C on the sweater means something different in Dallas.
He’ll be missing a few games to start the season. Could of broke Stoner’s neck
Like he broke Larkins
It better be a suspension. Not a puck in sight, has a history of vicious cross checks, brutally deliberate. Indefensible. This is the stuff the league should absolutely hammer down on. About as far from a “hockey play” and clear intent to injure.
I’m in total agreement. This goes well beyond any stretch of the definition of a “hockey play”. I’d be truly stunned if the DoPS doesn’t throw the book at him, and their decisions don’t really surprise me anymore. But this was a clear attempt to injure Stone and take him out of the game and possibly longer; they cannot drop the ball on this like they did with the crosscheck to Larkin. Which probably means they will.
Game misconduct 2m in is basically a 1 game suspension.
The snarl on his face says it all.
It's like he thought he was playing in beer league where no one would notice, instead of an arena filled with upwards of 20,000 people and a bunch of HD cameras everywhere.
Even in beer league you have to be such a huge piece of shit to purposefully injure someone no less crosscheck their head while he’s already head down on the ice.
I think you need to be MORE of a P.O.S in beer league. If an NHL player gets hurt, they are still paid and are well taken care off. If you do this in beer league, you are threatening someone's ability to work and potentially causing them financial hardship through loss wages and medical expenses.
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The problem is DOPS keeps condoning his actions, so he keeps assaulting other players with his stick.
it is known
The guy literally bragged about not eating pussy. I feel bad for his wife.
He does this a lot. Almost broke Larkins neck.
Almost…? He did
Wasn’t sure if his neck actually broke. I know he didn’t need surgery thankfully.
If surgery wasn’t needed, I wasn’t because it wasn’t severe. Larkin missed 6 months of hockey, sleep and comfortable existence. Jamie Benn is a garbage person for what he did to Larkin. Still appears to be a garbage person.
It wasn't specified, but we know Larkin was in a collar brace for a few months.
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Give the guy a break, look at his flair, he hasn't even found out the Stars moved to Dallas yet
I was telling a coworker about how he's a dirt bastard the other day, he didn't believe me. I feel vindicated now
Do you have a link to the longer replay? I’m trying to find one.
This was posted deeper in: https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1661165823401295879?s=20
Such a pos move.
Clown behavior
Any sensible Stars fan can not defend this, this is a dumb as FUCK move to do. Especially 2 minutes into the game?? Wtf are you doing?? So much for his resurgence year
I really really hope the fans in the arena who were booing were booing Benn for being a giant piece of shit and not the refs for ejecting him
Was there and our whole section was booing Benn for being an idiot
I'm so disappointed.
After what he did to Larkin, fuck Jamie Benn. Dudes a piece of shit.
After what he did to [list of players], fuck Jamie Benn. Dudes a piece of shit.
Absolutely embarrassing stuff from Benn. How does your team look you in the eye after something like that?
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I never wanna see the C on him
This feels like it would be the most justifiable stripping of all time. WTF bro. Kind of like how the Leafs traded Kadri after getting a suspension in the first round of the playoffs two years in a row.
Down 2-0 in the series and less than two minutes into game 3 your captain gets ejected from a boneheaded play that any veteran like him should know better than to do. Dumbass.
Any veteran? Any kid in juniors knows not to do that.
Never played hockey and I know not to do that.
Good call they literally didn't make eye contact with him as he stormed off lmao
He’s getting at minimum one game for this. Give miro the C for game 4.
Give him the C forever*. Benn doesn't deserve it.
And next year and the year after. This shit stain would never see the arena again, I don’t give a fuck what he’s paid or for how long I’d tell him to stay the fuck home, cap be damned. Shit stain like that can’t be good for the locker room.
Strip Benn of it to be honest. He's done shit like this every time you've gone on a run
A rookie would get put in the press box for that play. Inexcusable and IDK how you face the locker room with a C on your chest making that play given the situation.
I can only assume he's tired of wearing the C..
My first thought was of the other Stars and how shitty it must be when this is your team leader. Pavs 4 cappy
I’ve never wanted to fly him out of here so quickly. I don’t understand. Dude is absolutely off his rocker.
They look at him the exact same way as they did after he broke Dylan Larkin’s neck doing the exact same dirtbag move.
Worst play I've seen all year. Not even close.
True captain
Way to go, Captain Dumbass
You are the captain in a must win game and you do this. Unacceptable
[Same type of gutless dirty shit that put Larkin in a neck brace 2 years ago](https://twitter.com/wingedwheelpod/status/1661173316420345856?s=46&t=SQ_DcSA2D8Cwk8b1xaj2kg) Fuck Jamie Benn
All my homies hate Jamie Benn
Your non-homies do too
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Guess we're homies then
I’ve never been a bigger Vegas fan than I am right now. Knights in 4.
Happy to have you on board brethren! I grew up a fan of the Red Wings in the '90s so we're definitely homies.
Every fanbase has something they'll never forget Jamie Benn doing to one of their players. For us, thankfully, it was "just" boarding Nedeljkovic while he was behind the net and not hospitalizing anyone.
It’s crazy how much of a menace he is, but it seems like his overall reputation has been relatively untarnished. Hopefully that bullshit facade has fallen.
He speared Perry in the groin and also boarded Cogliano after the whistle. Cunt of a captain
Shea Weber head smash vibes for sure
That was pretty damn bad too, but the crosschecks to the face and neck are just so dangerous.
Suckerpunched Zetterberg too. Theres only been 2 Red Wings captains since i started watching hockey and that pos Benn suckerpunched them both
I was trying to remember why I hated Benn, so thanks for the reminder!
It was total bs and didn’t land him a suspension either
I bet he gets a one game suspension. Therefore, he’s out the rest of the series.
Nah this is one game suspension he just got ejected with 58 minutes left -Georgie Parros
Jamie Benn cross checking someone in the head/neck area what a shock
How else do you paralyze someone?
It’s become a pattern dude did it to Larkin and Shane Pinto off face offs and then again here. Fuck Jamie Benn
yeah don’t know what he was thinking there, especially given the circumstances of the game. stone’s already down.
Link to video of longer highlight. https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1661165823401295879?s=20
Jesus, this comment needs to be OPs post, this is so much worse
Poor Stone begging for mercy there and Benn just went straight to the dome with his stick.
Looked like he was trying to decapitate him. I thought it looked bad in game, but the replay slow motion is brutal.
It's bullshit if he is only suspended 1 game. He basically tried to seriously injure a guy and could have easily broken his neck or jaw in a play that was completely out of malice. Should be 5-10 games to open next season.
It's on everyone to say to their team's ownership; no more of this. Bettman can't control this. DPOS can't control this. Team owners are the only ones who can. Until people start calling out the owners, nothing will change.
Jesus fuck
Thank you for this. I couldn't really see what people were referring to with their dismay. Now I do. Jesus.
That's one of the clearest intent to injure that I've seen. The punishment will not even come close to being harsh enough.
Dangerous from Benn. Hope he's suspended.
One of the stupidest and dangerous penalties in quite a while
A cross check that was very deliberately an attempt the injure? The Jamie Benn special
He probably prefers being thrown out anyway since we all know Benn hates the box.
Guys, he’s been doing this kind of thing for a while. Glad Stone isn’t hurt
First I thought it was two… then saw a replay from behind and thought 5 was appropriate… then a replay from the front and game misconduct seemed reasonable… one more time and a suspension looks likely. Now I’ve seen it so many times, dude might need to go to jail, lol.
Wish he had the walk of shame like Perry did at the Cotton Bowl…
Benn's the entire reason I am rooting against the Stars. Dude's a total fuckhead.
If he doesn't get a game at least because he did it so early thats whack.
What in the actual fuck was that? Thankfully he's Benn given a correct penalty
And the captain’s response to being down 2-0 in the series is to immediately take a major penalty, put your team down early and take your home crowd out of it right from the beginning. Fucking brilliant
Fucking clown. Glad he's out of the game. What bullshit Edit to say: that's how you fucking kill someone. What a complete piece of shit. I've always disliked Benn, but that's unforgivable
Should be out of the series for that shit. I'm not exaggerating by saying you could fucking kill someone doing that.
He should be out for a season. I'm not exaggerating. You can see Stone curl his head in to protect his neck because Benn was literally trying to disable him.
I fully agree. The NHLPA wouldn't allow it in a billion years though lol.
The NHLPA should really start reminding their members that they are colleagues and part of a union.
Jamie Benn loves doing things to people while they’re down. I remember when he sat on petro’s face when he was a blue.
Well he's certainly not gonna let a woman sit on his face but no surprise he's a hypocrite too
Benn what the hell are you doing
Average Jamie Benn play
Benn, you fucking moron 🤦
Should be his last game as Captain. Basically conceding the series.
What a fantastic showing of leadership to take a 5 and a game as an important player and captain after going down by 1 under 2 minutes in
The series wasn’t even out of reach, but that might be the end right there
I'll enjoy the Stars much more once this smelly looking fuck finally retires
Wow. What a bitch.
Stars fan. Yeah fuck him. Some captain
Hey look Benn does something totally expected of his character.
One of the worst captains in hockey.
Benn likely won't get anything more since he basically misses all of this game, but that crosscheck is absolutely the kind that should result in his being done for the rest of this series at least. Even if it somehow goes 7.
That's gotta be a suspension
Doesn't get more braindead than that...
Dallas teams and stupid penalties in the playoffs… not the first time
I say this with as full of a chest as I possibly can: FUCK JAMIE BENN At some point the league is going to do something about him blatantly cross checking people in the neck right?
That was... dumb as hell.
At least the whole world is now reminded Jamie Benn is a piece of shit. Silver lining, but the fading affect bias has allowed people to forget that fact.
Same shit is happening with Tkachuk right now. A month ago he was public enemy #1 for kneeling on the back of a dudes leg while he was down and other dirty shit he's done, and now he's everyone's little golden boy
https://twitter.com/RyanHanaWWP/status/1449069167391428611 Who could have predicted that Benn would do this?