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  1. Second straight year the Oilers will be in the bargain bin to fill out their roster because of cap restraint. The Leafs have hit the same wall, and as a result their bottom-6 is not pretty at all, basically Spezza, Kerfoot, and AHL-level players. Calgary is also in tight but at least have some better ones down there. Our bottom-6 is far better than any of theirs because we aren't (yet) top-heavy.
  2. "Bean's okay, but go have a turn on that clown Tkachuk."
  3. Interesting take, he certainly does have that bullet in his chamber. Equally interesting how the rumblings against Babcock started up after their elimination this year. A fourth straight or worse, playoff miss, and it could get messy. But seriously -- Dubas is the guy that gave him the team to work with, so he's got to take some serious culpability if they falter.
  4. Er, he did score our only two goals, right? One of them short-handed, in fact.
  5. Elsewhere yes, but not in this post. Sooner than a year from now, I think we're going to see some shaking Leaves in the Big Smoke. Their team is arguably worse this year, and next summer won't be any easier for them. As we've discussed (ON in particular) they've made questionable moves in the building of their roster and many of their acquisitions and contracts. Sure, some say that about the Canucks too, but imo we're about to see the fruits of the #shanaplan about to blossom very shortly. As for the Canucks, we may never know how much the owners were involved, aside from the admission that they were signing off on big contracts like Eriksson (and rightly so). But it seems they are letting JB run things the way he wants, spending to cap if need be. There's been some talk that their reputation may be of knee-jerkingly turning over management too quickly before giving them a chance to prove what they're doing, and that in this case they're purposely being patient. But if Aqualini can be believed, his public comments all seem to indicate he understands and is willing to be patient and is confident the team's on the right track. If we are nowhere near the playoffs come the Spring, then sure, Benning's on thin ice.
  6. And now, in the midst of their Marner angst and Kawhi grief, Leaf fans are doubling-down: Worried About the Leafs? Buddy, Just Take a Look at What the Canucks are Doing "Kyle Dubas happens to be one of those smart GMs. Jim Benning, well, is not." https://theleafsnation.com/2019/07/10/worried-about-the-leafs-buddy-just-take-a-look-at-what-the-canucks-are-doing/ Tonnes of gold in there, Jerry, but this is perhaps the topper: "And yet here the Benning Canucks are, inching closer and closer to the $81.5 million ceiling by the day with a roster that screams, at best, “first-round exit”."
  7. You must be right, because that wouldn't be the definition of a #properrebuild, and they clearly didn't know what they were doing with all the #mixedmessages. I dunno, since Benning explicitly said what they were doing... Every. Single. Interview. Because again, they were looking at individual transactions in isolation instead of stepping back to try to see a big picture, to see how all the moves were part of the same whole. "The plan" was not one-dimensional, there were several aspects at play at the same time. Too many had the preconceived notion it had to either be "trade away picks for vets and competitiveness" or "move out vets for a rebuild" without realizing it can be both. It's also what comes out from the 'tankers', a black-and-white dichotomy -- either go all in and win the cup, or burn it down to the ground and get picks. Maybe some teams have done that, but it doesn't mean that's the only way. As said, go back and look at the debates from 4-5 years ago. Those who listened to (and believed) what Benning said eventually understood what they were doing, even if we couldn't understand every single move in isolation. In contrast, others would say after every move, "Why are they still trying to make cup runs? Why are they trading picks for young players? Why are they bringing in veterans? Why did they pick up defensive bottom-6 forwards when we need more scoring? So many mixed messages, I just have no idea what's going on."
  8. If the Leafs lose Marner they're back in the lottery unless they parlay those picks into immediate help.
  9. If Benning's mandate was a "last kick at the can", then why didn't he trade away the Kesler 1st for playoff-ready talent? Why not trade the #6 overall for immediate help to bolster the roster in a playoff run? Why not trade the Garrison 2nd for a proven player to support the Sedins?
  10. And there you are, forced to give ACTUAL credit to what has been accomplished. You realize you are in a no-win situation -- have to either admit there's been a cohesive plan all along, or that Benning and co did the miraculous and rebuilt the entire team in just three years, from a roster of aging vets, NTCs, and a bare prospect pool to one of elite talent, depth, and top-3 in the league in prospects. It's truly without precedent, and in saying they completely failed for years yet snapped out of it and suddenly did the whole thing in just 3, you're giving them even more credit that we are. Oh, but that just warrants a slow golf clap Those of us who saw it explained it over and over all the way through. Go ahead -- necro-mine all the times we explained it the past five years, and you'll find not one tune changed, the overall plan's been the same. End result, the team has been successfully rebuilt, and this season should bear that out. Calling people "clowns" who saw it all along (not to mention never boasted about it) doesn't help your case and only makes you look even more bitter and self-righteous as you cling to whatever you can to criticize what's been accomplished here. Aside from all that nonsense, true Canuck fans don't even care how we got here, but would join in together and enjoy the fruits, not continue to throw rocks and mud like the last few of you are. Fortunately we're seeing that in spades now as the tank-train is all but empty, fans excited, and can't wait for the season to start. Meanwhile, where's JD Burke? According to him, the rebuild should be getting started just about now, because "the Gudbranson trade set them back 4-5 years."
  11. Even if he's not moved before camp, it's extremely rare to go into any season without injuries. Undoubtedly a spot or two, or more, will open up and he'll be a more than adequate fill-in, assuming he doesn't earn a top-6 spot to begin with. We could certainly do worse with a fill-in, considering the likes of what we've had to use the past few years.
  12. And this is why a lot (most?) of us have limited regard for analytics and fancy stats. In the end we are talking about people, not machines, and it completely ignores so many other factors -- injuries, chemistry, team dynamics, personalities, coaching, etc.
  13. It's funny, as much as Dorsett confounded him, what happens when he thinks he's evaded Ferland only to be faced with Roussel? Or Beagle, or Sutter, or Virtanen, or Gaudette, or any number of guys that will hound him every shift.
  14. EXACTLY. Called that several years ago -- a subset of confused fans as well as the majority of the critical media who all along have claimed incredulous ignorance (and proudly so) at what's been happening, because they wouldn't listen nor believe what they were told, will wake up one day and "What? Those crappy directionless mixed-messages Canucks under that moron Dim Jim are kicking butt and heading to the playoffs? But how? They haven't even started a rebuild let alone do one #properly?!" Wonder what the narrative will be, but expect it will be non-creative in keeping with their one-dimensional perspective. Elmer got lucky, other teams helped them, other teams suddenly got bad, certain players came out of nowhere, fluky drafting, players outperforming themselves, the salary cap rescued them, etc. Common denominator -- minimal credit given, and only begrudgingly and underhandedly.
  15. Yeah, don't think you know what that word means, because quite ironically it applies directly to those who can NOT see the long term plan or big picture but only what's right in front of their face, always reacting to every move in isolation instead of seeing it in context of the overall plan. Not only condescending but borderline trolling. It's been explained countless times but the "stubbornness" is on the part of the eternal critics who either ignorantly or willfully are blind of what's happened. Even the vaunted #shanaplan didn't come in and blow things up day one (in fact, they never did anyway). Likewise JB and Linden came in the first year with a view to analyze the team and roster, while starting to make changes. Kesler was forced on them, they moved out NTC Garrison for Dorsett, and got Vey as the first of many younger stop-gaps to fill the emerging holes. Yes they admitted they were giving that core another shot that year, as part of the overall process of analysis and where to start making the changes, NOT as "a different plan that then changed." The following years were of moving out older players and NTCs and bringing in stop-gaps and placeholders - a.k.a. TRANSITIONING - typically younger ones with upside with the prospective hope they could even become part of the new core; players exactly like Baertschi, Vey, Etem, Pedan, etc., while we waited for draft picks to be chosen and developed. Along the way we've been able to draft higher-end talent and brought them into the roster, all the while making sure they are properly sheltered by capable veterans, NOT signing them as "mixed messages trying to make the playoff so Aqualini makes more money." Now we're at the point where the Sedins are gone and the kids have taken over and are now the core. They are productive and have bottom-6 sheltering, so we can now add complementary pieces around them to fill out the roster into a competitive playoff team. Oh look, the team's been completely rebuilt -- how'd that happen?? The team was transitioned, rebuilt, whatever you want to call or label it, in a mere five years, and if you want to play the "changed plans mixed messages" game then fine, then you have admit they did it in just four or less -- even more remarkable. Some saw it early on, some eyes were opened along the way, and MOST are seeing it now. The truly STUBBORN ones are those who by their own ego and short-sightedness were in denial and missed the boat the entire time by criticizing everything out of (admitted) ignorance and lack of perspective. Fortunately those numbers have become EXTREMELY small, as we knew they eventually would, of course including the select few "usual suspects."
  16. Trades involving picks cannot be evaluated on a simple moment-in-time snapshot, same as moving futures for rentals. Like with Baertschi, the team giving up the futures gets the benefit NOW and for possibly several years before the other team gets anything, plus the fact they lose out on that current asset. We've gotten several years of Baertschi as a top-6 forward whereas Calgary had nothing but a prospect in the pipeline. In another 5 years Baertschi could be out of the league and Andersson a top-4 dman, or Baertschi returns a 2nd round pick in trade and Andersson busts and is out of the league.
  17. Recall that he said "Petter... Pederson", knowing full well that Petey wants his name pronounced with the "North American accent."
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