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8 years... Isn't it like 50 years...

Yes and no, I'm a little old school and feel they should be sucking it up and playing unless there is a certain player who was brought in and is a complete clown like a Messier, then I could see frustration growing from players, but it seems like it was just more upset of losing certain players, they should be talking about that behind closed doors rather then to the media.

No way a foundational player who plays key minutes as a center, can make less then superstar Pearson now....

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Wasn't it Hughes who was crying earlier in the year about having all these new faces around this year, I'm pretty sure that was a sign of not happy with the GM with what they've done. But now when a reporter mentions it, everyone's like no that can't be true, he doesn't know anything, he can't even talk to the players, blah blah blah. You guys are in denial

If the rumors are true and the players are really this upset does this mean on CDC, for the ones who support Benning do they say then that the players for Canucks aren't loyal enough for this team.... Because that's what you say to the people on here who don't support Benning their not loyal fans, so I guess the players aren't loyal enough to be Canuck players...

People are going to sneak in some drones and fly them around in the arena with tiny banners saying fire Benning

Well he hasn't been resigned and there's been no leak of an extension yet, so I could see twitter universe leaning towards that right now, but I would wait until the off season and see first, before believing that tweet especially for my blood level

It's actually a well written post, pretty much nailed everything in general, I'm actually glad you brought up the Bonino one that one always bugged me, Bonino was definitely the better player for half the price it never made sense to me. I brought this up in GDT last night, but the other day was thinking of Markstrom, and how this team acquired him in a trade originally, waived him a couple times, but stuck with him until Clark turned him into #1, but you invest that much time into a goalie who was not a #1 and now is #1 and then you just let him walk? Why waste all that time to invest in him and turn him into a good trade piece to just let him walk... That's poor asset management. I've been a little more critical of Benning in the last year, but also said I'd let him finish off his last year on his contract, but if they don't resign Clark and let him go, then I'll probably lose it and demand Benning is gone before his contract is up.

Green said he is playing to win still so....

Edler scored

So I was just thinking about the whole Markstrom thing from the beginning to the end, and I've come to the conclusion what was the point of even having him actually..... He was involved in the Luongo trade, I believe he was waived twice, but they stuck with him and with the help of Clark turned him into a legit #1, but then he just walked and got nothing from having him and turning him into a #1, that just seems horrible and a waste of a good asset....

Playoffs!!!

Markstrom talked to the Canucks before the game about letting Calgary get a good lead, and then in the 3rd period he will let Edler score

I don't know how to edit photos, but I could see someone making this into a Travis Green or Jim Benning image instead

The two things I have noticed with WD and TG they both were hesitant in playing rookies and if they did they would be on a tight leash. They just felt more comfortable playing vets over rookies, and I get that because as a coach you're coaching to win and will always lean towards a vet because you can trust them more, but when the team you're coaching is rebuilding and the game is evolving more to youth and speed, but you're still stuck in the game from the past, it's a bad mix from the get go. Even with Brock TG was hesitant to start him in his rookie year sat him for the 2 first games, tried using some excuse that Brock was just tired and needed more rest, what rookie needs more rest before having his dreams come true to play a NHL game, face it TG thought he wasn't ready yet. He's an old school type of coach but the game has evolved and changed from his times, it's more about youth and trusting them to improve, instead of keeping them on a tight lease and punishing them when they do something bad or a mistake. WD and Green were very similar, and their systems aren't strong enough to rely on vets to carry their systems even if they believe they're the safer option over rookies. One coach who was ahead of their time especially for trusting their yourh and seeing the potential that they had, and didn't punish them if they made 1 little mistake, was good old Marc Crawford. Now I'm not saying he's the answer anymore, but I wouldn't be against him again tbh, because he has been in the league the last few years again so he knows what needs to be done and he's good at seeing potential in players, but even a coach more similar to how Marc used to coach over how WD and TG coach.

That's actually a good/smart idea, but it's about that winning environment... Boyd an Vesey just need to play...

All good, it was my mistake, you had all the right to flame me , it would be stupid to bench Edler now when the games don't matter when he only needs that 1 more goal for a 100th, now if the games mattered and it was for a playoff spot I may have a different opinion , but for now definitely let him play and finish out the season, but next year that's a different story.