Convincing John

Regardless of the outcome of the season I’m more optimistic today then I was after our playoff run. The emergence of hogs, OJ and the Boeser snap back have convinced me that better days are ahead. We will also get Pods and a very good Draft pick added to the mix going forward. I was entertained by this game, the effort was good. I’m totally content.

To bad he wasn’t a RHD with a wicked shot.

I’ve accepted that this season is over and I’m ok with it. I was entertained, so I can’t complain.

His resurgence is the biggest surprise this year. I basically mourned his death. I’m just so happy for the kid. Very soft spoken, seems humble. it’s hard not to cheer for a guy that’s quietly climbed out of the gutter. You can almost see the rain clouds above his head evaporating. That boy was cursed.

Give me a break, that is pure moose poop. This theory is right up there with the effectiveness of essential oils. If you want some vets to take the pressure off the youngins sign some short term contracts to guys in their twilight. You don’t need to lock up 4th liners for half a decade.

Honestly if Benning just stops his stupid, clockwork free agent frenzy I’d be totally happy with him. Everyone is all “We have so much cap space in 2 years” while forgetting that Jim never just sits on cap space, ever. I guarantee that we will have at least (1) 30 year old locked up for 5-6 years after the garbage comes off the books. He can’t help himself.

We are pretty much healthy, let that sink in.

I just think you gotta make a management splash every 5-10 years. GM’s become too emotionally involved in their mistakes and overvalue the players they’ve accumulated. You need a guy to come in who doesn’t give a crap about who drafted when and what we gave up to get whatever.

Win or lose it’s still -38 in Calgary.

There is absolutely no excuse for being in cap hell after multiple lottery seasons. The only cap concern a team like us should have is reaching the floor. All this stupid money spend on this meaningless era of purgatory is seeping into our upward trend. If this idiot was a portfolio manager he’d be homeless by now.

It’s kinda like when Cherry left. You bash and bash then when it’s gone your like, “wait, I didn’t want that”. I enjoyed 1040, agreed or disagreed it’s nice to hear people talk hockey while you’re mopping the garage floor.

We need that right shot on the point IMO. Remember how great the PP was when we had Sami and Hoff. I honestly think it’s the biggest organizational hole.

Benning is in charge of surrounding himself. He resigned everyone on the team. All of his staff is his.

The team we see before us is 100% Benning built. No excuses, nobody else to blame, this is all his. Anyone who says they feel he deserves to see his vision come to fruition, here it is.

It would be even better if he shot right. Big year for D men but they’re all lefty It would be so amazing to get an elite RHD to play with Quinn.

Ya cause eating Turnips and unseasoned boiled chicken and cabbage in depressing, soulless Russia is better. not being sarcastic.

Jim Benning is about to do some serious damage to the future to save his job. Book it.

Out of all the pending UFA’s we’ve had during the trade deadline we’ve sold like 3 for futures over the last 20 years. I seriously can’t even recall us ever unloading contracts at the deadline. History always repeats itself, therefore, we won’t sell anything.

If I had to pick one player we could keep and one only it’s Hughes.

Fire everyone. You can’t pin it on all on TG. Anyone who wasn’t blindly infatuated with JB knows that the day would come where his little UFA frenzies came back to give him the kiss of death. Screw everyone, fire everyone.

I’ve shift into excited for the draft mode.

This is the worst Canucks hockey I’ve seen since purgatory began after Torts. I seriously can’t believe how bad we look,

I agree with this for the most part. Where I see some blame is the lack of forward thinking years prior. He is looking long term because he is forced to, what choice does he have? 5 years ago the group of ole boys drinking coffee at your local A&W could see this happening today. He got lucky with Ferland. He should have been thinking long term years ago. He spend money and assets on our purgatory. I’m sorry, this is inexcusable.

I watched a lot of live JV in Calgary in his draft year. He was never a “playmaker” like most high IQ guys are. When he was in his draft year he was extremely dominant. He was just so much stronger and faster than everyone. Looked like a dad jumping in a road hockey game. However, he was a puck hog too. It seems like he can only see in straight lines. It’s not like these guys can’t have success though, you don’t have to be off the charts in IQ. You just have to bust your @ss and get open. IQ isn’t Jake’s problem, it’s effort.

This reminds me of one of those moms that blindly defend their kids who are just complete disasters lol. Dude, it’s ok to admit that Jim Benning’s off-season was a complete disaster. These same people who always give props to Benning for burning money on UFA’s and cashing in draft picks/prospects to stay “competitive” for the good of development. Now it’s ok to step back for the good of the future? You guys don’t understand. This step back, should have happened the day he came on board. Benning managed to kill everything he did well by getting himself in cap hell.