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Status Updates posted by thejazz97
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if the forum is closing down, can we reopen the Trump thread for old times’ sake?
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it sucks being bottom 5-6 teams in the league but at least with luongo’s cap recapture penalty coming off I think we can add a player to ensure this low of a result doesn’t happen again!
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Does anyone else not have a report button available to them? I wanted to report a post but the option didn’t show
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out of curiosity, how many picks have the Canucks paid to get rid of benning contracts since 2015?
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I’d like to discuss trading JT Miller. Is there a thread where I can do that?
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How many years total does Benning last as Canucks GM when it’s all said and done?
He’s at 7 so far.
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that Tucker Poolman contract is certainly something
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Ideally bottom pairing guy that can play up the line if needed its not that bad. everyone is acting like he got 4.5 per season. He's 2.5 per and if in 4 years he's not that good you bury him in the minors and he costs 1,375,000 against the cap which will 100% be more come 3 to 4 years down the road.
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what happened to @apollo? he still around?
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@AV. He's not banned. He's had some run ins with the CDC law from time to time, but not banned currently.
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first time in 19 seasons of watching the canucks that I haven’t really cared at all :/
need a better team, coach and gm
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I used to have the Ice Pack for a few seasons and would either fly or take the bus up to Vancouver for games. Then one night at a game while drinking, I was thinking - I can do this at home (drink and watch the game). Then the Canucks had a 29th place finish and the ticket prices were still the same so I did not renew, but I did go to day games so I could make it a day trip instead of overnight.
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I'm totally checked out. For the last 10 years not a day went by that I wasn't active on CDC and posting in Canucks talk and/or other threads.
The holes in our system, structure and build became painfully obvious in the bubble last year and I even said said back then we were incredibly lucky to beat Minny, and St Louis literally fell apart.
Now I did have a bit of hope at the start of the season, but not a lot, but the on ice product at seasons start crushed my spirit and I slowly just faded into the background, unable to make sarcastic comments, no longer willing to engage anyone, devoid of all optimism and forced to face to grim reality that I've been wasting countless hours investing effort, thought and care into an organization that lacked acumen at the top and a willingness to make the hard choices which could actually put the team in a good position moving forward.
I have no confidence in our coaching staff or management, absolutely none. It astounds me Green has any sort of cred as a development coach because I can't point to single player and say "yeah, Green made a difference and really helped this guy improve more than he would have under any other coach".
His fall back excuse is "trying to make them 200ft players", guess what? None of our young players are any better than before. He promoted a system designed for useless plugs, and Baumer runs a d system designed for cowards.
I could not be more disappointed with the state of the club. Jim Benning has &^@#ed up royally and his head should roll with the rejects behind the bench. It's obvious now he isn't able to manage the full operations of a club. His pro scouting has been bad, cap management has been awful, and his only saving grace is the fact he's made decent drafting decisions for the most part, but even the great picks are unfortunately stalled in their development and stand in the shadow of a couple of really bad picks in hindsight.
Now I'm sorry to write so much, but I'm pissed off and haven't properly vented on CDC yet. I hope Aquaman recognizes the Canucks brand is suffering hard, and the only way he'll be able to recoup the inevitable heavy losses is if Benning and his staff are terminated before the draft and a respected, experienced GM is hired at seasons end.
I do not wish JB, Green, Brown or Baumer the best of luck in the future. I hope they get hired in Calgary.
I wish our young core the best of luck with a new GM and system, and I wish my fellow fans the best of luck in coping with the catastrophe that has been the JB era.
I'm gonna raise a glass to future. Cheers!
But if JB or any of the coaches are around next season, I will not watch a game, and I will not spend on any merchandise or tickets for 2 years, because I'm spiteful like that.
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Just for giggles, here's who Benning gave NTCs & NMCs to:
Brandon Sutter M-NTC
Antoine Roussel M-NTC
Alex Edler NMC
Tyler Myers M-NTC
Jordie Benn M-NTC
Travis Hamonic NMC
Braden Holtby M-NTC
Jay Beagle M-NTC
Micheal Ferland NMC
Loui Eriksson M-NTC-
I think the ones that are understandable are Eriksson, Edler, and Holtby. I can see the arguments for Beagle, Roussel, and Myers. There was never an excuse to give Ferland, Benn, and Hamonic anything. Especially Benn and Hamonic. Hamonic wanted to play in Western Canada... the Canucks had the leverage there.
I don't see guys like Eriksson or Ferland using there NTC/NMC if they are traded. Ferland will be on LTIR for the rest of his contract as his career is effectively over and Eriksson will relish a new opportunity anywhere, I suspect.
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@Quantum Hamonic wanted some assurances that he was staying because of his family. Ferland - who knows why?
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Benning drafted some good guys so we should sweep all his bad moves under the rug.
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I’m... ready to move on from Jim.
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Please don't spam with the loui face emoji. Use it sparingly and only if you are truly "loui" about the content in a post...NOT to shadow a user or make a point.

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gaming gone? I hope other forums aren’t on the chopping block too
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ny jets cut bell.... why do I cheer for this team
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The Steelers should have kept him and the Jets should have never signed him. Steelers definitely make the playoffs the first year when he sat out and they likely make it the next year, of course its tough to say as the Fitzpatrick trade was a big part of their season last year and I am not sure how that would have been complicated by having Bell on the cap. I think Steelers fans unfairly lump Brown and Bell, Brown was legitimately a headcase, they dumped him too late. Bell doesn't have the same issues as Brown, which is why I believe the Steelers even tried trading for him last year. James Connor is not close to a replacement for what Bell did in that offense. Also Adam Gase is just a clueless HC, the only reason why he still has a job is because who wants to commit career suicide by trying to coach this Jets team?
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schmidt's a nice get, benning should still be on the hot seat
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@thejazz97 Why?
Frozen in place because of patience. Just because he chose to do nothing at one moment, doesn't mean he was eating donuts.Before the trade, giving up on Benning was a bizarre time because anyone who had bore with Benning up to this point could see he wasn't done.
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Yes, Benning got a new car, and he deserves it. @Master Mind
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I'm not sure about the hot seat, but at least a tepid seat. He's solved a lot with Schmidt, but probably still needs at least one more bottom pairing defenseman, unless he wants to count on Juolevi being a #6 right out of the gate. Might be nice to have some experienced depth though. Rafferty as #7 is risky.
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benning better have an ace up his sleeve or start preparing his resume
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markstrom to the devils?