Tri-City G.M. Bob Tory has been a busy man lately, as he swung his fourth trade of the last three weeks today.
This latest deal has the Kootenay Ice sending the rights to '94 defenceman Matt Benning (who was Kootenay's 2nd round pick in the 2009 bantam draft) to the Americans, in exchange for conditional 2012 3rd and 6th round picks.
Since Benning has never committed to the WHL route, it's probably safe to say that the conditional nature of the picks requires Benning to report to the Americans before Kootenay gets the picks.
Benning is the son of former NHLer Brian Benning, and in the Americans press release announcing the trade, Tory says he hopes to sit down with both Bennings soon and "complete the recruiting process".
The other note today, taken from Hurricane Watch, is that the Lethbridge Hurricanes released two 19 year old veteran forwards last week - Ryan Moser and Neil Tarnasky. Both players have apparently already landed tryouts with other WHL clubs, but considering their low numbers over their two year careers, their releases probably weren't a surprise to anyone either.
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