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  1. You called this, I think, in another thread. Former linemate of Podkolzin.
  2. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-23-richest-billionaire-nhl-franchise-owners-2018-3
  3. So can we get some accountability with these clown journalists? After reporting $&!# that has now been debunked, we can assume that Vancouver media should largely be ignored. Even Ian MacIntyre needs to be scrutinized because he's parroting what he thinks are valid sources - yet it is his responsibility as a journalist to get the facts right. Glad we have an owner that isn't in fact "cheap" (what a load of trash. Top 25 richest in Canada, and people whining we don't have a top 5 rich guy in Canada). That speculation about FA being poor is also stupid AF. We also had the huge fuss about Hughes being on IV (Sekeres). The media is snowballing anxiety onto the fanbase, who cannot be viewed as a beacon of rationality. They just read at the level of grade school and then report back to everyone else like it's a fact. No demonstration of critical thinking. No logic. Reddit/Twitter are both cesspools for Canucks discussion. Basically the moment you try to speak reason to them about this entire situation, no, it's all Benning's fault. And they don't care about listening to your arguments, no matter how valid you are.
  4. Something I found here: https://en.khl.ru/news/2020/02/07/465812.html "I could score another three goals and have four assists more" On Jan. 30, SKA managed to defeat Avangard only on SO, failing to score for three periods. "We had our chances," Podkolzin says. "However, it was a close game; no one wanted to allow an inch. I think that we played very well in the second period in the offensive zone, we only had to score. Luckily, we have a player like Vladimir Tkachyov." I do think Tkachyov will be a shrewd pickup for Vancouver.
  5. Again, it's a small sample, so the numbers are going to stick out. Try not to get too caught up because there is nothing inherent within the Russian character that makes people disloyal to a team, or that it makes them beat women. There will always be good and bad exceptions, so try not to prejudge an entire grouping based on that. Russians have been seen as 'lazy' as well, yet Podkolzin so far seems not to be the case.
  6. How many Russians are in the NHL? Versus how many other from different groupings? You have a small sample and your assumptions on Russians are skewed based on these individual cases. How many have 'bolted' to the KHL? and how many have stayed? Bure, Mogilny, and Ovechkin to an extent 'bolted' from Russia. So what gives? Podkolzin clearly doesn't like how Russia is treating him too. What about Tarasenko? There are more than enough examples of 'good' Russians that have already overtaken your examples of the so-called 'bad' ones.
  7. This is a really outdated view of Russians, but okay, whatever floats your boat.
  8. As we can see in this thread, this is why you should not do drugs, kids...
  9. I'm sure Benning is already all over it, considering they've been watching Podkolzin's games.
  10. This is a pretty bad take, given your lack of knowledge on this draft.
  11. It depends on what you mean by 'better'. Horvat and Miller bring different stuff to the table. Horvat isn't thought to be a playdriver, whereas Miller is. Miller has more perceived offense, but Horvat is better in the defensive end. Horvat is less vocal, versus Miller. These are the things off the top of my head. I think saying one player is 'better' than the other isn't very helpful for analysis.
  12. Do you have sources for any of these observations? I was under the impression that Tryamkin had a young family in Russia to take care of. Also, if Tryamkin was so valued, why did he bother signing with Russia? Why doesn't Vancouver just trade his rights and get something for him? The problem is that the Canucks wanted to get Tryamkin. Tryamkin didn't want to join the Canucks, and possibly, he didn't want to play in the NHL. Craig Button also doesn't think he is an 'impact' player (i.e. he wouldn't have been able to replace Edler). So Tryamkin is just another player that doesn't fit on this team.
  13. Yes. You're absolutely right. It's rather dishonest for someone to say that fans would have voluntarily called for a rebuild at the end of the Gillis tenure; a tenure that was SO CLOSE to winning it all, and slowly declining. The Sedins were still around. Do we trade them? Or do we keep them? Could the Sedins even be tradable? All of these questions would have handcuffed any GM coming in. What about Kesler? Burrows? Luongo? These players were fan favourites. This city loves remembering the good times, but not the bad. A forced rebuild on Vancouver fans? No, I'd hazard a guess that most fans would not have approved of it, but may rethink their positions afterward. If we absolutely sucked for a good few years, ala New Jersey, New York Rangers, Buffalo, etc), many fans would stop coming to games because they'd be boring.
  14. I feel like I'd be beating a dead horse, but the reality is, had Gillis drafted SOMEONE, ANYONE, we'd have a player of some kind replacing an old roster player. That is a huge void. That would be especially helpful for any future team. But alas, Gillis left very little on the table on his way out. That will take a significant amount of time to recover. Enough about Gillis though. That is on Benning for not recognizing how poor of a state the team was in. He may have been pressured by AQ to make a 'playoff team', but the reality was that the Sedins were not the same players they once were. Kesler wanted out. Luongo wanted out (to FLA). The writing was on the wall. The rebuild happened quite unceremoniously. If Benning doesn't get it done, which I suspect he won't have enough time to see the full effect of his young core, we should see a very entertaining Canucks team rising in the future, one way or another.
  15. So, Kilgore, the time frames are similar between Gillis and Benning. However, you are making excuses for Gillis. Gillis did not produce ANY draft picks that turned into prospects, aside from Horvat and Hutton. Meanwhile, Let's see what Benning drafted (and ended up being somebody). Hughes - high first round pick. Closest comparison - Horvat? Obtained through trading Schneider. Oh, Schneider was a very late first round pick by Nonis. Pettersson - high first round pick Boeser - 23rd overall. Closest comparison is probably Gaunce or Jensen. Neither of whom panned out under Gillis. Demko -> self explanatory. NOT a first round pick. 2nd round pick. Shinkaruk? Injuries derailed his career Rathbone -> lucky pick? Gadj - promising 2nd rounder. Lind - another promising 2nd rounder. Juolevi - still a prospect, showing lots of promise, injury plagued. High first round pick. Forsling - traded away for Glendenning who was an AHL all-star, but did not pan out. Jared McCann - good pick, late in the 1st round, but player did not become who he is today after several new teams. Gaudette - good pick no matter how you slice it. Just didn't fit the team anymore. Woo - promising 2nd rounder. Podkolzin - high 1st round pick. Lockwood - promising prospect. Jasek - looks like a steal. Another prospect. Then we have Gillis who had Grabner. Similar situation to McCann, but Gillis essentially traded 2 first round picks (Grabner being one of these) for Ballard. Sure, that other 1st rounder ended up being Quinton Howden (a bust for FLA), but Ballard was obviously a cap dump by Florida. Inflated numbers playing with offensive D campbell. Oh and was bought out later. Sure, Ballard had a use for one year, but AV did not trust him in the playoffs, at all. Tanev - sure. Free agent signing. Equivalent in terms of pro scouting? Stecher? Not exact obviously. As for your denial that fans were ready for a rebuild: the Canucks lost the cup in 2011 from Game 7. You're telling me people were willing to dismantle fan favourites like Kesler, Burrows etc after two years? Look at St. Louis right now. They had won a cup 2 years ago, and now have been eliminated twice in a row. Do you think fans want them to rebuild? Basically trading off pieces like Tarasenko, etc etc.? JB did underestimate how good he'd turn the team around. The problems left behind by Gillis were far worse than what most people want to admit. Clearly, you are one of these people, Kilgore.
  16. I hope they don't give up Juolevi. He's just starting out.
  17. Worst case is that Benning can be replaced for a GM who COULD make a push with the strong core of prospects (including all the roster players that Benning was responsible for) that Benning has built up. But I agree. We should not be selling off futures for a hypothetical playoff 'push'.
  18. Late response to this by me. I think Tryamkin's camp was possibly using the Canucks for negotiations in Russia. I don't think he would've wanted to come back to Vancouver, and there wasn't as much NHL interest as he had hoped too. Craig Button was surprisingly dismissive about him as a player. He thought he was at best a 6/7 player, and won't replace an Edler.
  19. Blues have been bounced out of the playoffs a couple of times now. This time, they just got swept. It remains to be seen if their retool is actually working. Bruins largely failed with their three first round picks lol. But they are good. I think they're really that only ones that have successfully retooled so far, provided they don't get kicked out the playoffs early.
  20. Or maybe Gretzky sees the writing on the wall. He hasn't lit the world on fire with his coach strategies (PHX/AZ), nor Edmonton's management. In fact, it seems that whenever he's there, Gretzky's only significance is his name and past accolades. I used to follow PHX before it became Arizona. The team was never anything special. It had one playoff run where they got swept. They never recovered after that. Gretzky may be a very good hockey player, but he is not a Dave Tippett, or even an Alain Vigneault.
  21. That's a really good point. That being said, you could also argue that there wasn't anyone that could make an immediate impact on the roster besides Pod. Two years vs. Four years.
  22. He has shown that he is getting better at trades. Miller for a (conditional) first, which ended up being a 15-20th pick, rather than the higher pick. Schmidt for a 3rd (2022). I think he's gonna have to try every possible trick in the book because he only has 2 years. Again his timeline.
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