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  1. Probably the year after next year when the rest of the cap that is wasted comes off and Luongo penalty is done. Plus Hoglander and Podkolzin get a year of NHL under their belt and Jack Rathbone makes the team with Juolevi becoming a full time player.
  2. If the Habs win a few more, it will just be easier for the Canucks to forfeit all their remaining games as they would be mathematically eliminated. Easier for Benning to sell at the trade deadline.
  3. The problem here is the fact Myers is being described as our best defenseman when couple of years ago when he was on Jets, he was on their 3rd pairing. This is the main reason why Canucks are terrible defensively, because we rely on Edler and Myers to be our best defenseman. If Myers was paid 4 million and he was on our 3rd pairing, I would not be concerned. What Benning needs to do is to trade for a couple of top 4 dmen better than both Edler and Myers. Not sure how he would find those, whether through trades of FA but thats one way to improve our defense. Another step in order to improve our defense is to fire Baumgartner and hire an actual NHL assistant coach that knows defense.
  4. Why are you comparing our defense without Myers to the worst team in the league? Myers was like the 6th Dman for the Jets and Jets fans did not like Myers. If you want to win the cup, you need to look at teams that are cup contenders and compare our defense to their team instead of comparing us to the worst team in the league to justify why Myers should stay. We could get a lot better D man than Myers at 6 million. This offseason there was Tanev at 4.5 million, TJ Brodie at 5 million or so and some other great defensemen that other teams got through trades like Devon Toews. All those D men are a lot better than Myers both in mobility and defense and they are all playing in the top 4 or top pairing for their respective team. We could either improve the team by moving these big contracts or stay the course and remain mediocre, wasting ELC years and bridge deals that Hughes, Pettersson and Demko will eventually sign.
  5. If we can get both Hughes, the third will come to us when he hits FA. Would be nice to have 2 hughes anchored by 2 Tanevs.
  6. We need clark to be signed. I really dont get the management of this team if they dont sign him.
  7. Yeah just like Cloutier and Baumgartner who elevated. Ian Clark better be signed, the only coach that actually is worth keeping over others. It will be so typical of Canucks management to let him go just like how they let Malhotra, Linden and Brackett go. Yet the mediocre ones get extended.
  8. I get what you are saying but signing them to high dollar, medium to long term contracts with NTC or NMC just because they are "character" guys is a dumb move on his part. You either choose NTC or long term/medium term and if you choose both, you can not be making 6 million per year. No one ever put a gun on Bennings head to sign roussel for 3 million and I bet he couldve have signed a better player for cheaper like richardson.
  9. Benning is not a real GM, he is just a head scout hired by Aquaman to be his puppet. I bet he would even get outsmarted by some posters on this forum. I knew Myers was a bad signing before he signed and all my research was based on what jets fans posted on HF board. I mean it doesnt take a lot of research to find he was not a top 4 D. Not sure what the genius, benning was thinking?
  10. Benning is the worst negeotiator for this team. Buys high on mediocre players and yet doesnt even sell low on key valuable players, just gives them up for free. Example: Toffoli This is the main reason why we have a mediocre team, bad asset management and bad contract signings given to wrong players. The only thing he has done right is drafting otherwise we might as well fold the team and start another expansion team in Vancouver since that would be more ahead in the rebuild.
  11. If Benning is picking up players due to their nationality, then no wonder we suck. He should pick up players based on skill.
  12. out of all the bottom 6 players, why trade Motte? We need him to be part of the group moving forward. The rest could be traded.
  13. Jim wont trade until its too late then he will say "he ran out of time". He is the worst GM in terms of sitting on his hands and doing nothing til its too late. We will have Canucks UFA players walk again for nothing.
  14. and the dude is like a 3rd or 4th line player. He has more goals in one game than most of our bottom 6 players amd that includes Gaudette and Virtanen.
  15. Great D myers, the guy always look slow on those goals against or tired from being hemmed in the zone.
  16. Like those are some big names aside from EP. Face it, we are a mediocre team
  17. Not sure why Green pulls the goalie at 6 minute mark. Like when did it work for Canucks that he keeps doing it. Doesnt make sense at all.
  18. He sucks in that too, honestly. Its not like Motte where he excels in something.
  19. Roussell with those dumb no look passes in the defensive zone that goes right to an attacking Jets player. I mean the low IQ plays by this team is just stunning.
  20. Vesey still a huge improvement over likes of Roussell, Sutter, Beagle or Virtanen. He can pass on a 2 on 1 without getting blocked
  21. with an all star team Baumgartner would still use that passive system where everyone still backs into the defensive zone to let opposing teams take clear and close shots on our goalie.
  22. Even NHL refs dont know what to call lol. Cant even call an offside
  23. when virtanen gets the puck in the offensive zone I just go to the washroom since thats my bathroom break.
  24. They probably would get shut out over there too. Maybe Virtanen scores there since thats the only way he scores these days.
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