Benning hopes for Tanev contract extension "sooner rather than later"

Canucks GM Jim Benning was on Vancouver’s TSN 1040 on Thursday afternoon.

On if contract extension talks have started with RFA Chris Tanev’s camp:

"Yeah, we started the negotiation with him. He’s in a little different boat because he’s a restricted free agent. Like you said, he’s played real well for us this year and we want to get - he’s part of our core group moving forward. So we want to get him done. We started negotiation with his representative and I would say it’s gone good so far. We’ll keep down that path and hopefully we’ll get something done here sooner rather than later.”

Source: TSN 1040/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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