wallstreetamigo
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A desperation trade is my guess too. Probably a young core offensive player traded for toughness in the bottom 6 and a depth left handed pk dman. You know, the things we had but dumped for nothing after camp? Anytime moves are made with no discernible long term advantage to the team other than saving the GM and coach’s jobs, it’s a sure sign you should replace your gm and coaches.
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Not sure why anyone thinks he has the aura of a potentially great coach: He is all talk, no action. Good coaches hold themselves accountable too. They don’t blame luck or push it all on the players. I have no problem understanding why the players won’t play for him. The whole Canucks organization from management to coaching to veteran “leaders” puts more effort into excuses for why they $&!# the bed instead of actually looking in the mirror. The team has a losing culture of excuse making.
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It’s not just about that. It’s also that the Canucks feared how fans would react to an actual rebuild and feared losing playoff revenue. Ironically had they bit the bullet and not put getting the Sedins another shot ahead of what was obviously necessary they would likely already be a playoff contender again. There has been 8 years of one year reactionary plans hoping to make the playoffs each year. There has not been an actual long term goal of creating a sustainable competitive team through incremental improvement. The Canucks need the owners to step back from pushing unrealistic expectations and it needs a GM with the ability to plan rather than “live day to day” as Benning likes to say he does.
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Horvat looks fed up. Like most of the team. Been saying it for years. Horvat is overrated defensively and underrated offensively. His main defensive skill is winning faceoffs. A good coach would recognize it and even if you don’t want to play him on the pk, put him out to take defensive zone faceoffs and then when you actually get possession and dump it down to the ice, change him out. The lack of creativity by the coaches in trying some different things is mind boggling.
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The thing that always strikes me as odd with Green is that even when asked directly about what needs to be adjusted on the pk, pp, etc he never admits it is anything to do with the actual system or that he and his coaches have a responsibility to adjust anything, he just blames the effort level of the players or luck. It’s really the same with anything. When has anyone ever heard Green take any accountability for his role in things not working?
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[Hypothetical] Who should replace Travis Green?
wallstreetamigo replied to Ilya Mikheyev's topic in Canucks Talk
But he at least makes the playoffs….. -
Potential Benning Replacements?
wallstreetamigo replied to PetterssonOrPeterson's topic in Canucks Talk
Lol that comeback would work if: 1) We hadn’t already been waiting 8 years with little result to show for it. and 2) This team wasnt far more soft than any of the previous regimes teams. Like by a million times. and 3) this team actually won games. (I mean is winning in the regular season then losing in the playoffs really worse than just losing in the regular season and not making the playoffs? Not sure how that argument makes sense tbh) -
Now look at Colorado’s roster, their young core, and their prospect pool. Would you trade their whole roster for Vancouver’s? I would in a second. I would trade Benning for Sakic, Weisbrod for McFarland, and Green for Bednar in a heartbeat too. Colorado also played in what was a much tougher division.
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I am genuinely interested to hear exactly and in specific detail what there is to love about Benning during his 8 years here. His entire job is to improve the team over time. On paper doesn’t cut it. Results are what matter. Benning maintaining status quo with coaching right now is all the proof you need that he has lost any ability to figure out how to get this team over the mediocrity hump.