“Looking back at training camp, I think guys just outplayed him a little bit,” Toronto coach Craig Berube said. “He’s got ability, can skate and move the puck. I wish him all the best. It just didn’t work out here.”
Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly said: “It didn’t work out exactly the way that he wanted it to this year, I suppose, but you wish him the best. He’s a good player. He has a good work ethic. I think he’ll find his way.”
Benning, 30, has no points in seven games this season for San Jose. Selected by the Boston Bruins in the sixth round (No. 175) of the 2012 NHL Draft, he has 102 points (17 goals, 85 assists) in 464 regular-season games for the Sharks, Oilers and Nashville Predators, and five assists in 24 playoff games.
Toronto (5-4-1), which ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 win at the Winnipeg Jets on Monday, hosts the Seattle Kraken on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; TSN4, KONG, KING 5, KHN).
San Jose (2-7-2), coming off its first two wins of the season — 5-4 in overtime at the Utah Hockey Club on Monday, and 4-2 at home against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday — hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday (10:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, NBCSCA, SN360, SN).
NHL.com independent correspondent Dave McCarthy contributed to this report
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