Why it does and doesn't matter that Nonnis talked to Benning
It doesn't matter because Benning and Nonnis have never won the cup, so there absence of that knowledge renders their conversation to complete insignificance if you attach to their conversation that in some way this conversation would help the Canucks win the Stanley Cup.
Why it does matter, is that is shows that Nonnis and Benning are working together to better their chances at winning the stanley cup.