Alexandre Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 On behalf of all Canuck fans, I thank you, Jim Benning. You are a godsend for those who have suffered throughout this franchise's 48-year history. Thank you for turning around our scouting department. Thank you for our deep and talented prospect pool. Thank you for our good young players. Thank you for our new found hope. A hope for a very silvery bright future. Thanks, Jim Benning. You turned our scouting department around (Weisbrod deserves some thanks too). You revamped the scouting department. After a year of evaluation, you got rid of some ineffective scouts. Added new scouts. More importantly, you retained the good scouts and didn't just get rid of everyone like some GMs do. This surprised some, given the poor record of this group the past decade. You promoted a long time scout from amongst this maligned group, Judd Brackett, to Director of Amateur Scouting then allowed him to do his job. I knew you could turn our scouting department around. You had the experience and intimate knowledge of being a scout and how a scouting department works. You got this experience by taking the long and difficult route. No shortcuts for you. Being a scout for five years (first year with St. Louis the rest with Buffalo) and Director of Amateur Scouting for six (all with Buffalo). I am sure the Sabres thanked you too for your long and successful stint there. In the four years that you were a scout for Buffalo the average number of players they drafted that played 190 NHL games or more was 2.2 players/draft. In the subsequent 6 years as the Director of Amateur Scouting, they averaged 2.85 players/draft. The following 3 years after you left for Boston to become their assistant GM, Buffalo averaged 1.5 players/draft. The proof is in the pudding. You have transformed the Canucks from a team with very few good young NHL players and very few prospects of quality to one with a lot of good young NHL players and a lot of good quality prospects. Some of these young men you have drafted even have the potential of reaching star or even franchise levels. Players/prospects 25 and under (2013/14) Players/prospects 25 and under (2018/2019) Ben Hutton Ben Hutton Tyler Madden Bo Horvat Bo Horvat Jett Woo Chris Tanev Brendan Gaunce Petrus Palmu Brendan Gaunce Quinn Hughes Zack MacEwen Zac Kassian Elias Pettersson Ryan Stanton Brock Boeser Yannick Weber Sven Baertschi Zac Dalpe Markus Granlund Nik Jensen Troy Stecher Jordan Schroeder Derek Pouliot Darren Archibald Jake Virtanen Kellan Lain Brendan Leipsic Frankie Corrado Eric Gudbranson Mike Zalewski Nikolay Goldobin Ronalds Kenins Tyler Motte Eddie Lack Adam Gaudette Jacob Markstrom Oli Juolevi Hunter Shinkaruk Thatcher Demko Anton Rodin Jonathan Dhalen Jordan Subban Guillaume Brisebois Evan McEneny Evan McEneny Anton Cederholm Lukas Jasek Joe Labate Micheal DiPietro Cole Cassels William Lockwood Yann Sauve Kole Lind Alexandre Mallet Jack Rathbone Joacim Eriksson Jonah Gadjovich Due to your successful stint in Buffalo, you were hired to be the Assistant GM of Boston in 2006. During your eight-year stay in Boston, you worked tirelessly like you always do, to help Chiarelli construct what would be the eventual Stanley Cup Championship team in 2011. Your resume speaks for itself. Thank you, Jim Benning, for all your hard and excellent work here. You have been much maligned despite having achieved all you have. I have never been more hopeful and excited for a group of young players and prospects as the one you have assembled for us. I hope you receive the proper accolades and rewards when all your work here comes into fruition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Jim not only has given the team a full cupboard, but he has a nuclear emergency bunker in the shed out back too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 This is the best group of prospects I've seen in my lifetime of being a fan here. Not only do we have a ton of talent, we have a huge variety of skillsets. I hope he's allowed to finish what he's started instead of someone else coming in and taking all the credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 minute ago, King Heffy said: This is the best group of prospects I've seen in my lifetime of being a fan here. Not only do we have a ton of talent, we have a huge variety of skillsets. I hope he's allowed to finish what he's started instead of someone else coming in and taking all the credit. So true. I hope he gets a lifetime extension when his next contract comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, King Heffy said: This is the best group of prospects I've seen in my lifetime of being a fan here. Not only do we have a ton of talent, we have a huge variety of skillsets. I hope he's allowed to finish what he's started instead of someone else coming in and taking all the credit. Well MG was close to building this but that f'n salary cap put an end to that... however i'm glad JB pulled it off and i'm sure it'll get even better as we go along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Jimbo has done his job very well. I am impressed with the names of players. The prospects are just that until they prove Benning is the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanuck94 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Great post! When Jimbo took over, my biggest concern was how we would fill the void of elite core players since we never luck out with the lottery. But then JB went to work with our 2014 36th overall pick, 2015 23rd overall pick, 2017 5th overall pick and 2018 7th overall pick. Along with that, supplied our cupboards and team with many good players with other picks/acquisitions. The neat thing about our prospects now is, we aren't hoping for them to become something well, they're proving themselves and are on trajectory to become their full potential. Has JB made and bad moves or mistakes as a GM, of course you could argue that he has, but everyone makes mistakes and the biggest thing is learning from them. Love the direction the team is going in right now. Fun times ahead for us Canucks fans. Block out all the hate and negativity and enjoy the ride, we'll be at the top soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, iceman64 said: Well MG was close to building this but that f'n salary cap put an end to that... however i'm glad JB pulled it off and i'm sure it'll get even better as we go along Nonis/Burke got the core pieces. Then Gillis took all the credit and then did a hell of a job of destroying the team with horrendous trades and drafting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Nonis/Burke got the core pieces. Then Gillis took all the credit and then did a hell of a job of destroying the team with horrendous trades and drafting. Gillis did a fair bit of fine tuning on the blueline (Hamhuis & Ehrhoff). And Tanev today (undrafted prospect by Gillis) currently is arguably still the best D on the blueline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I’ll give him credit for draft picks once they have proven to translate into the NHL and be impact players. Until then, almost every prospect in the first 2-3 seasons seem like amazing players until they stop developing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 hour ago, xereau said: Jim not only has given the team a full cupboard... ..... he'll continue on and fill another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 30 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Nonis/Burke got the core pieces. Then Gillis took all the credit and then did a hell of a job of destroying the team with horrendous trades and drafting. Gillis was locking them in long term and NO ONE knew the cap was coming, if it didn't we'd have been in a lot better shape today but Benning is doing a great job of building it to where it could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelar Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 54 minutes ago, iceman64 said: Well MG was close to building this but that f'n salary cap put an end to that... however i'm glad JB pulled it off and i'm sure it'll get even better as we go along Lol, ok man.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Red Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Benning is a great GM, we're lucky to have the man, he's assembled a killer team.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberts Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 He stole the cup from us, he better do a good job.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Mike Gillis took us to the finals and get a lot of frack. Jim Benning is in entering his 5th year at this rebuilding and we are still projected to be a bottom league team next year. I don't get all the praise going to Benning when he has not done anything concrete yet. I am just as exciting about all our prospects, but a cupboard full of prospects doesnt mean anything. Just look at all the other medicore teams like Arizona, Carolina, Buffalo. I guess ticket sales speak for itself. And until Benning does something solid (eg. Petterson and Boeser pans out to be 1st liners), I don't support these Benning loving posts at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Red Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Drakrami said: Mike Gillis took us to the finals and get a lot of frack. Jim Benning is in entering his 5th year at this rebuilding and we are still projected to be a bottom league team next year. I don't get all the praise going to Benning when he has not done anything concrete yet. I am just as exciting about all our prospects, but a cupboard full of prospects doesnt mean anything. Just look at all the other medicore teams like Arizona, Carolina, Buffalo. I guess ticket sales speak for itself. And until Benning does something solid (eg. Petterson and Boeser pans out to be 1st liners), I don't support these Benning loving posts at all. You're being fair for sure. But.. (theres always a but) Gillis sat athrone, while Benning was plainly put, a peasant, but he's a builder, GMMG was entitled an inherited the Canucks, like white kids who claim to be poor, will inherit their parents properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Drakrami said: Mike Gillis took us to the finals and get a lot of frack. Jim Benning is in entering his 5th year at this rebuilding and we are still projected to be a bottom league team next year. I don't get all the praise going to Benning when he has not done anything concrete yet. I am just as exciting about all our prospects, but a cupboard full of prospects doesnt mean anything. Just look at all the other medicore teams like Arizona, Carolina, Buffalo. I guess ticket sales speak for itself. And until Benning does something solid (eg. Petterson and Boeser pans out to be 1st liners), I don't support these Benning loving posts at all. Gillis made this mess. His drafting was crap. He is praised for the team he gathered and the contracts he signed but the no trade clauses have handcuffed Benning many times. And he left his successor with a core that was too old to support a retool before they retired. So don't condemn Benning because he was delt a bad hand. Much worse than Shanahan for example. He is doing fine. This is the first time that the Canucks have attempted to rebuild the right way. Through the draft. Even Pat Quinn didn't do this. I criticize ownership for being stuck on the twins but they have finally agreed to do this thing properly and that has to be applauded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Oh boy Guess I'm drinking to that! Nice post @Alexandre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, luckylager said: Oh boy Guess I'm drinking to that! Nice post @Alexandre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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