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Benning on Hughes: 'He's an important part of our team moving forward'The Vancouver Canucks are looking to dive into the college free agent market for defensive help.
General manager Jim Benning told the Vancouver Province on Thursday that the Canucks, who have former NCAA free agents Chris Tanev and"We’d like to do more on the back end,” Benning said. “There are guys we’re watching and following and we’d like to sign one more. Some we’d like to be in on are still playing and when their teams lose out - and those players turn pro - we want to be in on the process.”.
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