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Convincing John

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  1. I’ve been silently lurking these boards a long time as well and I’m just so tired of people either blindly defending Benning or blindly hating him. Mind you, the ones who blindly hate Benning end up getting banned. Why can’t we criticize him and love him at the same time? He is a human who makes human mistakes. He has built a great young core but at the same time he has done horrible damage to this team with his UFA frenzies. Everyone talks about how all these bottom 6 guys are going to be off the books and then it’s cap space galore. We always get excited about cap space when we have expiring veteran contracts. Miller, Sedins, etc. Then UFA day starts and Jim pulls out his pen and it’s gone. When he stops this detrimental UFA addiction every time he has 75 cents in cap space, I’ll call him a legendary GM. Until then, he is just good. Overall, he is a B-, he’d be an A+ if someone knocked him out and threw him in a closet every July 1st.
  2. Meh He is 22 years old. Time to let him play. Nobody has had more seasoning then this guy. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say OJ can physically handle a back to back far better than ole man Edler. If he was clearly struggling then sure, but he isn’t.
  3. Im shocked by the poll results. If Motte and JV traded draft positions He’d be a regular in the top 6 and JV would be on EHC Kloten.
  4. Kid: Daddy, How do I become a Canucks fan? Dad: Well, it’s pretty easy. Can you praise the players when we win and blame the coaching when we lose? Kid: I guess so.... but I’m confused, do the players only get coached when we lose? Dad: .....go to your room.
  5. I really want to see Juolevi back in the lineup. Nothing against chatty but IMO that was OJ’s best game as a pro the other night. He needs to build off that. Stop handling him with kid gloves already he has waited long enough.
  6. Man, starting Demko tomorrow looks tempting but still think it’s smart to spread out the work.
  7. When juice said “not sure what that body looks like under that equipment, but I’m sure it’s pretty solid” I shot water out of my nose cause while taking a swig. Horrible timing
  8. Gotta love this Ottawa Senator Medicine. From what I hear (I know people) it works like a vaccination. Phase 1: Bottom 6, and Goaltending. Phase 2: Top line production. Phase 3: is an overall boost to everything emphasizing on neutral zone/ transition. Unfortunately Winnipeg is already vaccinated so no immediate advantage.
  9. Motte is a sleeper, I don’t know how he is still a sleeper but he is. It’s like nobody ever talks about him, People penciled him in as the extra forward even after his beastly playoffs. He can literally play with anyone. No matter what the momentum looks like in the game it never seems to effect him. Could be losing 7-2 in the 3rd or in a tight checking playoff overtime and you’ll get the same game.
  10. They wore these jerseys when they were horrid years ago. This is quite nostalgic actually. Visions of Bonk and Daigle dance through my head.
  11. To go even further, Hasek wasn’t a starter until 30, Tim Tomas wasn’t a starter until 32. Goalies are so unpredictable though. So many have just fallen off the face of the earth after promising trajectories. Like Rayzor and Carey.
  12. Oh yes, the little sneak in flyby line that’s completely surrounded by negativity. You suck, you smell, and your ugly, it’s not your fault, but you do suck.
  13. I think everyone misinterpreted your evaluation. What I got was they’re too young to be expected to carry a team to the Stanley cup and we shouldn’t have such high expectations right now.
  14. I don’t know how you could watch any of these games and bring up goaltending. it would be like walking in the ER with your arm cut off and bringing up an ingrown hair.
  15. I hope that we don’t replace departing contracts with new UFA’s. This has been the trend with JB. The problem with UFA signings is that you’re paying a player based on what he has done in the past. Nobody factors in the decline of a 28 year old player over a 6 year contract. You might get the first half of the contract at value but almost always carry negative value towards the end. Signing a RFA to a big contract is hedging his potential, these are usually the most valued contracts in the League. There is never a hedge to the downside on UFA contracts over 4 years which makes them fundamentally flawed. If our window is +\- 3 years away we should be banking cap space for that timeframe to exploit a team in cap trouble and get great value on a piece that could take us over the top.
  16. I don’t think the plan matters. The manager does. Good management is the key to a rebuild. One could say Montreal and Dallas retooled, they did a nice job because they had a good plan. Philly and Col did a rebuild, they also did a great job because they executed their vision. Edmonton, Phx, Fla. failed at both because they had crappy management. you need a good manager who surrounds himself with the right people. Doesn’t matter how you do it.
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