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[Signing] Canucks sign Vasili Podkolzin
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Adjusting to becoming taller? Lol ok. You act like he grew 2-3 inches over a week. People are getting out of hand with their Pod expectations. He is going to be a bottom 6 player with the odd cup of coffee in the top 6. There is nothing wrong with this. There is no reason to get defensive. His skating and his finish aren’t that of a top 6 player but our bottom 6 is ghetto. We need fresh, young enthusiasm down there instead of these salt and pepper haired guys who are out to pasture. Our bottom 6 is as stale a Thatcher Demko interview. Now we finally have some cayenne pepper to throw on that bottom 6 geezer fest and I’m excited. -
[Signing] Canucks sign Vasili Podkolzin
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I’m going to be completely honest here, I’ve watched Podz play a fair amount and I just don’t see the finish needed to become a top 6 forward. Regardless, he does everything else amazing and he will be a big time playoff performer. -
Now Official - Canucks Lottery pick from 9th position
Convincing John replied to grandmaster's topic in Canucks Talk
This draft is a complete wash. There will be lots of busts and lots of late round diamonds. -
[Discussion] 2021 Signing Proposals
Convincing John replied to Kevo882's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
How bout cap space for the next GM? -
How do you debunk someone’s opinion on how a hockey team is run? Just because someone doesn’t agree with you doesn’t mean their opinion is worth any less than yours. He is not irrelevant. He is a fan of the team just like you are. Some of my most enjoyable exchanges are with people I don’t agree with. No reason you can’t respect them.
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I honestly believe they are too cheap to fire him. I seriously believe that’s why he still has a job
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I have no doubt that in roughly a year from now the press conference will be conducted by FA. He will be explaining what he is looking for in his next GM. Only one more year. I can handle one more. Even though it’s going to probably basically restart the rebuild. We all favour our players, I do too. But even with the pieces we have here now, it’s not enough. We don’t have enough to be a Stanley cup contender. We still need a more. This aggressive step is the same mistake the flames made.
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The only thing I’m surprised about is the enthusiasm after Jim said he was looking to acquire veteran scoring. I swear to god I’ve never seen a group of people with such debilitating memory loss. Miller is the only value scoring he has acquired. Everyone else is completely upside down in mortgage. The fact that he is even talking about such change indicates maximum desperation this summer which will result in maximum damage. He has no organizational surplus to exchange for a need. This will be a hacking a piece off the core off and trying to speed up the organic progression of that core piece by replacing it with a 28 year old who has 3 good years left. May god have mercy on the Vancouver Canucks.
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Jimbo is going to do some irreversible damage this summer. Obviously I’d like him to do well so the team does well but there is nothing from the past that indicates this will happen. He will sign or trade and create more bad contracts. Everyone is all pumped about his bums from prior Jim UFA frenzies coming off the books but anyone with half a brain knows he will just replace them with more bums. It’s what he has done every year. He simply can’t sleep at night with capspace.
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Remember when everyone use to make fun of The Cap floor rebuild bros by using Edmonton as a deterrent. Now they have the best hockey player the world has ever seen and literally can’t go without winning a Stanley cup in his presence at some point. Now it’s Buffalo. Pffft, you want cap space and be Buffalo? what is also great about all this is they act like we’ve accomplished more than Buffalo has the last 7 seasons lol. Like we are superior to them with our 17th place finish last year. The cap floor rebuild bros want more. I seriously have the patience to suck for 10 more years if we end up with a McDavid. I don’t think we have the core to compete with the best. We need more cellar time. Jim Benning is going for it this summer which is going to be a good thing cause it will most likely end in disaster and a new GM sooner.
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Aggressive in FA and trades this summer. Perfect. Can’t wait to see the sweet deals. Actually, don’t get too surprised if he trades our 1st. Everyone needs to mentally prepare for that. Benning bros, get your excuses ready. Can’t wait to be told to be patient but then told that we need to be competitive by the same people. I’m just so excited guys. Looks like another year of a winning culture 21/22: ?? 20/21: 24th 19/20: 17th 18/19: 23rd 17/18: 26th 16/17: 29th 15/16: 28th 14/15: 8th That what being patient and having a winning culture looks like.
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[Report] Canucks sign Travis Green to contract extension
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
No, everyone blames TG for Benning’s unbelievably bad chemistry mixing. -
[Report] Canucks sign Travis Green to contract extension
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Unpopular opinion: I like Travis Green. -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Probably have more wins then we did this year. -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Dude, I’m not arguing the theory behind this, I am arguing the cost. Your post is full of theoretical nonsense. There is just no way anyone could ever convince me or really anyone out of this pro Benning CDC ecosystem that we are getting value out of our bottom 6 contracts. A veteran being rewarded on UFA day for the production he had on another team isn’t a good message to our players either. You wanna talk about these players influencing our young players? Ok, what about our young players looking at a guy like Roussel and thinking, man, I can’t till I’m a UFA, it’s going to be awesome. I’ll just take the highest offer and go out to pasture. Like seriously. You want character? Draft character. You want leadership go get a you a Joe Thornton on a 1 year deal. -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Jim Benning has done none of what you mentioned. I keep hearing about this winning culture all the time, where is that? Everyone just says it, but like, where is it? Lol. You know what would support the young guys more than Sutter puffing out his chest with his 12 points? Players who can create offence. Your building a business in small steps analogy has absolutely no relation to what Jim Benning is doing. In fact, I would argue that Jim Benning attempted a rocket launch that ended up as Challenger. Signing UFA’s when you’re in the leagues Ghetto is literally trying to speed things up lol. You can fill your roster with Sutter/ Roussel like production for the league minimum, every single off season, ever. Stop acting like he is doing any favours here. Roussel for example displaced Toffoli with his contract. What helps Hughes, EP, Hogs more? speeches or goals? -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Cool, I’m sure we can find a lot of sand paper within our -4M in cap to play with. -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Why is everyone ignoring the brutality of Jim’s top pocket contract pen? have I in any way said that we should be Stanley cup champions? No. I said we should have the same core we do now, possibly more, but with 20M in cap. Benning bros starter kit. It takes longer than 7 years. Gillis left him with nothing We need to have a winning culture must spend millions on 12 point locker room guy Or Buffalo. Covid, Luongo, Flat Cap So many good draft picks. upvote each other repeating the same thing. In before the Benning hater starter kit. -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Show me a GM who successfully built a Stanley cup champion with no core and a max salary cap? I’ll give you one, Brian Burke on the Toronto maple leafs. That regime is a direct comparison to this one. Canadian, toxic market. No core, no prospect pool no playoffs. -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
You act like he has turned it around? -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Look at me, I’m going to give you a paper bag cause you make my subconscious benning insecurities tingle. I must suppress. Lol. -
[Report] Jim Benning to return for next season
Convincing John replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I think you’re probably between 60-80 by reading this comment and I respect my elders. Sorry sir, I’ll do better.