I do wonder if he needed to play one game in order to satisfy the requirements that he was indeed sent down to the AHL stint before being returned to the WHL, not sure if that’s a thing or not.
Also, Benson should be allowed to play in the AHL next year as his first season in the WHL was only 24 games but that was total number games that was played because of Covid. I think the CHL is counting that as a year accrued of service.
Benson and Savoie probably both make the team out of training camp next year however, it would be nice to have an option with Benson to send him to a place where he would have better competition if necessary