{"id":448731,"date":"2024-08-20T16:26:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=448731"},"modified":"2024-08-20T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T20:26:38","slug":"matty-beniers-contract-kraken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/20\/matty-beniers-contract-kraken\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Calder Trophy Winner Signs New Contract With Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeattleKraken\/status\/1825981735735001473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Kraken<\/a> get a big piece of business done for the franchise. Star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/beniema01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Beniers<\/a> signs a new contract with the club. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/10\/kraken-signed-matthew-beniers\/\" target=\"_self\">Beniers<\/a>&#8216; contract has been agreed as a seven-year deal at $7.14M AAV. With this, the Kraken have locked up their number-one centre of the future and right now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeaKraken?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SeaKraken<\/a> have agreed to terms with forward Matty Beniers on a seven-year contract ($7.14M AAV). <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DPsFiHSgN1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DPsFiHSgN1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seattle Kraken PR (@SeattleKrakenPR) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeattleKrakenPR\/status\/1825982099951636516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New Contract for Beniers<\/h2>\n<p>Beniers is coming off a 37-point season, scoring 15 goals for the Kraken. It is a bit of a drop-off compared to his first full season with Seattle. In the 2022-23 season, Beniers played 80 games, scoring 24 goals and a total of 57 points. His numbers were so great that he earned himself the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/04\/30\/bedard-leads-list-of-calder-trophy-finalists\/\" target=\"_self\">Calder Trophy<\/a>, awarded to the best rookie of the season. For that award, he beat out players such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/skinnst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stuart Skinner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/powerow01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Owen Power<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnswy01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wyatt Johnston<\/a>. The Kraken were good enough to make the playoffs that season and in 14 games, Beniers scored seven points, pretty solid for a rookie seeing the NHL playoffs for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the slight negative regression this season compared to the last, there&#8217;s no denying that Beniers is a very talented player. The entire <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/08\/nhl-rumours-update-on-unsigned-rfa-forward-for-the-kraken\/\" target=\"_self\">Kraken<\/a> team wasn&#8217;t great as a whole this past season, so it&#8217;s expected for everyone to take a hit in terms of offensive production. It&#8217;s clear that Kraken management believes in Beniers, and this contract is a representation of that.<\/p>\n<h3>What Does this Mean for Seattle?<\/h3>\n<p>As everyone knows, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/03\/nhl-sweaters-the-best-and-worst-of-the-seattle-kraken\/\" target=\"_self\">Seattle<\/a> are still a very new franchise in the NHL. In fact, this coming season will only be their fourth since their expansion in 2021. A signing such as this one is very significant to a franchise like the Kraken. This shows that they are setting out their foundation for the future, and general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/francro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Francis<\/a> will hope that this will help them become a playoff team again, just like they were a couple of seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>They may not immediately be a playoff contending team with this contract for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/06\/10\/nhl-rumours-seattle-kraken-starting-talks-with-young-centre\/\" target=\"_self\">Beniers<\/a>, but it is a step in the right direction for Francis and the Kraken.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Kraken get a big piece of business done for the franchise. Star forward Matthew Beniers signs a new contract with the club. Beniers&#8216; contract has been agreed as a seven-year deal at $7.14M AAV. With this, the Kraken have locked up their number-one centre of the future and right now. 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