Dazzle

@bigbadcanucks Yeah... Todd Diamond also looks untrustworthy. Just that look - it's unmistakable. I didn't think Tryamkin was coming back because I wasn't convinced with Diamond's words.

@Dazzle - I hate phukker$ like Diamond.  It's too bad that Dhaliwal fell for Diamond's BS chatter about Tryamkin.  That hurt Dhaliwal's credibility, which is too bad because IMO, he is one of the most connected and trusted media types with the Agent fraternity. 

Dhaliwal re-established his credibility (at least with me) with being in the know with UFA signings Jim Benning had lined up.  He was on the ball about the volume of moves that were to come on Day 1...I'm sure he could have pulled a Seravalli and spilled all the beans, but he held off and let the day unfold while giving us clues as to what was to happen.

He was also the first to bang the drum on the Connor Garland move, a move that I thought was a possibility for the Canucks at some point starting from as far back as when it was reported that ARZ had not even spoken to him about an extension.

Barry used to be known at one point for feeding rumors and such. Upfront conversations like the one posted are great. Also thanks for that. Not sure where I got 10m in my head.  Honestly though I wasn't hating on Barry more though than admiring his ability to pull off things for clients. Being a piece of $&!# is kinda part and parcel of being an agent  

Question for all those who think Green is a good coach:. What aspect of his job did he demonstrate he is capable of performing at an acceptable standard?

@Mike Vanderhoek But that's the thing though. There IS a double standard in play here. Benning was already well-criticized for his performance as a GM by the fifth season. That didn't seem to stop people from sparing him more criticism just because he had a poor record/disappointing start, did it?

Likewise, just because Benning didn't work here doesn't mean he should get so much hate, right? Yet that's not what the media has been pushing. They've been arguing that the Canucks D core is terribly set up by Benning, and that Green had apparently done a great job making the best of the situation. I believe that is a complete fabrication though. Green is NOT a rookie coach. People talk about how good he was in the bubble. So how is he a rookie coach undeserving of criticism on his coaching, while earning praise for him being a "good coach"? That's not how it works.

When he complained about the roster, that's when I lost all respect for him. It was obvious that it was his systems that weren't working and how they were always on the heels.

A good coach gets the most out of his players, a bad one complains about it.

you need to move to your own private island for that life @drummer4now. If you choose to live in a democratic society be prepared to have to do some things you don't want to. 

Yeah!  I want an elephant on my deck.  And to play bongos at 3 am on the sidewalk.  I also want to smoke in the hospital when I'm there, damn it.  And I'm sick of driving on the righthand side of the road, I'm going to the other side.  Don't tell me how to live.

@drummer4now You are so freaking spoiled for your own good. Real 'fascist' or tyrannical countries have NO hesitation of using violence to promote compliance. THAT is real tyranny.

The Canuvks have been screws out if picking #1 in their entire franchise history, only eight they finally get some luck and get the best player in the draft at #5.

yes, she finally smiled on us.

Really says a lot about how awful of a coach Green was since we’re playing at this high of a level under Boudreau. 

Gonna keep tooting my horn but I’ve said from the beginning of the season that this was a good team and actually fairly well built. There was something wrong and obviously it was a culture that started with green 

Imagine predicting(Oct 13th) that Green gets canned, in-season, yet we climb all the way to 2nd in Div.?

Should the puck gods permit, I've got a thread to bump. :^)

They’re still here. Lying in wait for the next PGT after a loss so they can cherry pick. 

HFboards

Pens fans are spoiled.

Their management cheated by deliberately tanking (they didn't even try to hide it) and got Mario Lemieux.  Then Buttman fixed the lottery so they would get Crosby and Malkin.

I think New York and Toronto takes the cake.

Leafs are already turning Marner, for not taking less than Matthews.

Whiniest whiner whining about the whiners.

^^ Thank heaven. 

It also seems we get shafted by the league a lot more than other teams, by far.

I suspect we'd see fewer closet rage monsters if the Canucks were measured by the same stick as other teams.

LOL...closet rage monsters. 

Clearly he's overhyped and is a total bust and we should trade him for Nail Yakupov

Keep the sockets clean while they heal or there is more pain in your future.

saline water.

@Dazzle were you awake when they took em out?

Civics are a pretty reliable car, dont know about fiestas

I'll take a Civic to any post-COVID fiesta 

Civic every day.

Wasn’t 2016 the really bad year?

@Pears I forgot what year it was when I wrote this status post, but 2016 sure did come and go fast.

I was thinking the same thing.  It was either '15 or '16 when they were dropping like fruit flies....

Just offering a friendly wager, nothing wrong with that. Oh, and keep guessing lol

Nothing friendly about that interaction at all. Pretty hostile actually. I have nothing to gain from any interaction with you.