Benning confirms Canucks' interest in O'Connor

Vancouver Canucks GM Jim Benning was on Vancouver’s TSN 1040 on Wednesday evening. The interview was recorded that afternoon.

On the Canucks’ interest in Matt O’Connor and if they’re in the mix for him:

“Well, we’ve had him to our development camp. He was at our development camp last summer and he had a good camp for us. We have a relationship with him. So we’re talking to him. Where it ends up, I don’t know. He has a choice to make. There’s several teams that are talking to him about signing him.

“I was in to the Beanpot. The games were real good games. He played well, so we’ll see where it ends up.”

Source: TSN 1040/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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