Ballisticsports. Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Pat Quinn was a smart man hiring McPhee Where would the Canucks be, had we kept him? He has his footprints on both teams in the SCF Looking over the forward/defence roster of his Knights he built a team with ONLY 4 - 1st rounders 6- 2nd rounders 3 - 3rd rounders 2- 5th rounders 1- 6th rounder 1- 7th rounder 1-12th rounder 4- undrafted players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 McPhee isn't even in the discussion for top GM, give him a couple of years and he'll ruin the gift he got in Vegas. Highly overrated, especially now. I'll take Benning all day err'day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 McPhee left for Washington in 1997. This wouldn't be just about Benning vs. McPhee, it would also be about Keenan, Burke, Nonis, and Gillis vs. McPhee and whomever would have probably replaced him afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Give Benning a hallf of fame goal tender. An unknown 40 goal scoring center. 2 50+ point players from 1 team. A jack adams finalist coach And his pick of the top 2nd and 3rd liners and 3-4 defensemen the league has to offer and THEN we'll do this comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhukini Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Vegas is on a cinderella run this year, I fully expect them to miss the playoffs, their success is more due to other GM's screwing up, than their own GM. That's why Seattle is really going to struggle coming into the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 9 minutes ago, ba;;isticsports said: Pat Quinn was a smart man hiring McPhee Where would the Canucks be, had we kept him? He has his footprints on both teams in the SCF Looking over the forward/defence roster of his Knights he built a team with ONLY 4 - 1st rounders 6- 2nd rounders 3 - 3rd rounders 2- 5th rounders 1- 6th rounder 1- 7th rounder 1-12th rounder 4- undrafted players Was McPhee a smart man trading Filip Forsberg to Nashville for the great Martin Erat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 McPhee was canned in Washington and now is perceived as a hero in Vegas. It just goes to show how environmental factors (prospect pool, coaches, inherited rosters etc, owner involvement) can filter/skew our view of the GM. For instance wasnt it McPhee that traded Forsberg for Erat? (has benning failed that hard on any move?) People were equating him with Millbury/Snow at that point. Fast forward a few years and people are talking about him like he is Bowman. Its a tough gig I tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 1 minute ago, Darius71 said: McPhee was canned in Washington and now is perceived as a hero in Vegas. It just goes to show how environmental factors (prospect pool, coaches, inherited rosters etc, owner involvement) can filter/skew our view of the GM. For instance wasnt it McPhee that traded Forsberg for Erat? (has benning failed that hard on any move?) People were equating him with Millbury/Snow at that point. Fast forward a few years and people are talking about him like he is Bowman. Its a tough gig I tell you. Depends on how bad you think the Eriksson deal is I suppose. If we are being honest, that Subban deal will be Benning's legacy. He traded away the best Subban (according to the actual best Subban) for a 4th liner/depth player. How he still has his job is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 27 minutes ago, Zhukini said: Vegas is on a cinderella run this year, I fully expect them to miss the playoffs, their success is more due to other GM's screwing up, than their own GM. That's why Seattle is really going to struggle coming into the league. Depends, knowing our luck Montreal will find a stud goaltending prospect. The prospect will outplay Price. And then Price will be in the expansion draft to Seattle. Then Seattle will go to Western Conference finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 28 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Give Benning a hallf of fame goal tender. An unknown 40 goal scoring center. 2 50+ point players from 1 team. A jack adams finalist coach And his pick of the top 2nd and 3rd liners and 3-4 defensemen the league has to offer and THEN we'll do this comparison. Better yet, give McPhee the same expansion rules as FLA/ANA or CBJ/MIN got when they entered the league and see where Vegas ends up in their inaugural season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Is this a thread to discredit Benning? What if we kept Gillis? Yikes, I don't want to think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 would you rather fight 1 horse sized Benning or 100 duck sized McPhee's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 1 hour ago, N7Nucks said: Depends on how bad you think the Eriksson deal is I suppose. If we are being honest, that Subban deal will be Benning's legacy. He traded away the best Subban (according to the actual best Subban) for a 4th liner/depth player. How he still has his job is beyond me. I sincerely hope your post was sarcasm. PK was just pumping his brothers tires when he said that. Jordan is a nobody and will continue to be a nobody. He is too small and doesn’t have the hockey IQ to make it in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 20 minutes ago, Roger Neilson's Towel said: I sincerely hope your post was sarcasm. PK was just pumping his brothers tires when he said that. Jordan is a nobody and will continue to be a nobody. He is too small and doesn’t have the hockey IQ to make it in the NHL. You’ll see, you’ll all see. Subban is the one that got away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silky mitts Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 42 minutes ago, N7Nucks said: You’ll see, you’ll all see. Subban is the one that got away. Lmao definitely not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanuck94 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Anyone with a long-term vision can see the great work Jim is doing. Yes he's made a few mistakes, which GM doesn't, but he's learning from them. In a couple of years we'll see Jim's plan slowly come to life and I hope he is still around to see it through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Perfectly happy with what we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whaleroad Train Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said: would you rather fight 1 horse sized Benning or 100 duck sized McPhee's? This comment quacked me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6string Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Benning in a heartbeat, I don't think McPhee has the patience to do a mop up job like Benning had on his hands from the Gillis era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Roger Neilson's Towel said: I sincerely hope your post was sarcasm. PK was just pumping his brothers tires when he said that. Jordan is a nobody and will continue to be a nobody. He is too small and doesn’t have the hockey IQ to make it in the NHL. It's kind of a Canuck tradition with superstar siblings isn't it? Jordan Subban, Steve Karyia, Fedor Fedorov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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