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Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
appleboy replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Jud Bracket. I think Jonathan Wall has moved into some of the analytics. He took over some of Jud's job scope. Jim should have said that they clearly have never done a rebuild. He should have said that because of the twins they were not allowed to blow the club up and recoup assets. Instead they were trying, with the limited assets they had to surround the twins with enough to be competitive. This ownership is still 100% against going through anything that might be called a rebuild. They do not think that this fan base could cope with it. "THEY MAY BE RIGHT". I mean look at the result from even suggesting that we are still two years away. A lot of the fans on this board pushed for a complete blow up and start the rebuild 7 years ago. Not only management said no but a huge group of fans reticuled us . They even went to the point of calling us losers. We said that it was the only way to turn this around quickly. We warned that it would take 10 years or more if you don't. This will take ten. OR MORE. Hopefully we won't be watching Bo and Miller walk away in three without being competitive. -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
appleboy replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I agree with all of that and I was blowing that trumpet with you back then. I can't live in the past. No matter how we landed the youth we have now the fact is that they need to fill the holes around them. The fact is that we have a cap mess for next season and then they get back to normal. I see this covid mess as the control mechanism to force them into submission. Most of the good that has happened here came about because of incompetency. This year is also forced on them because no one could add. LOL ( The owners are pulling the puppet strings) This has forced this organization into drafting higher . It is the hockey gods at work. One more season of high picks will help nicely. Jim did talk about building from with in, building through the draft. Maybe the owners are catching on and allow it to be done that way. You have to think that the influx of young talent has opened their minds. As far as Bracket I think there has been others who have stepped up and filled his role. Maybe things went to Juds head. We will soon see. -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
appleboy replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I am ecstatic that they are not looking to find a quick fix. They will build through the draft. -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
appleboy replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
A GM's job is to follow the direction given to them by the ownership. When he first came in the owners would not allow them to even say the word rebuild. They even had Linden stand up and say that it wouldn't be fair to the twins. As long as the Sedins were here there was never going to be a rebuild. This year and next are going to be a reset time for the salary cap. Plus they will be working on getting their young core signed up. This rebuild started 3years back. -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
appleboy replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Jim is realistic about the next two years. It is all because of the cap mess. -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
appleboy replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I think it is very clear that Jim is not dilutional about that next two years. Then he made it clear that it was going to limit their free cap space once they sign Hughes and Petey. There is no way Jim was going to tell the media what their plans are for this trade deadline. They want the team to focus on winning. I think they are all ready focusing on this years draft. He made it clear that they are going to be building through the draft and that takes time. -
Burke made a statement the other day that I think is accurate in todays cap NHL. He said " you need to get real bad real quick and then real good real fast". Other wise you can miss your window. You get bad and draft some high end talent and if they turn out and develop you need to fill around them . To do that quickly you must have the cap space to sign ufa's to fill the holes. We have the young talent but no cap space this year or next. At that point Miller and Bo will have one year to go. This shows how short your window is.
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Last nights game was a close match. We started to get away from the consistent 5 man structure that they played on Monday. Plus our goal tending was not quite as good. Demko has definitely become the number one. Any other time we would be happy with a split. Fans are looking for some massive win streak to get us back into the playoffs. Probably not happening.