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    Stop with the Sky Falling predictions... This team has plenty of talent... what it needs is a coach who can use it

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    8 hours ago, mll said:

    Button puts the bulk of the blame on JB.  He talks of a poorly constructed blueline.  He says Green is trying to shelter them by playing more conservatively but it's hurting their offensive players.  He think they should go back to their previous approach and let their offensive players loose to play to their strength.  No use trying to win 1 goal games when the D-corps is just not good enough.  Might as well just open things up - Demko already has to save the day.  He believes there's just not much they can do after Benning has cornered the market on bottom pairing Ds. 

     

    Might as well just let the offence fly at this point...at least it would be more fun to watch.

    Scott Mellanby generating buzz as potential Canucks GM candidate

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    12 minutes ago, N7Nucks said:

    All the top GMs better be able to speak French cause it sounds like they want a Francophone GM. And we have better young talent, why would a GM pick Montreal over Vancouver? Cause of ownership meddling rumors? I don't think they are as hands on as fans make it seem. I highly doubt they hire GMs just to make trade/signing decisions for them. Do they put expectations on the team? Of course, they have money invested in the team. But I don't think they actively sit there looking over GMs shoulders and whispering ideas into their ears constantly.

     

    Agreed! I find it very interesting that so many fans seem to think they know the exact relationship and interactions between ownership and GM/President. I would love for said fans to share the recordings or transcripts of these meetings that they seem to know so much about.

    Scott Mellanby generating buzz as potential Canucks GM candidate

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    1 hour ago, ilduce39 said:

    The focus on being “right” or “wrong” is exactly what’s wrong with this part of the fan base.  Sports fandom is a passive indulgence in tribalism.  It’s fun to be optimistic and cheer for players you get to know who represent your city.  
     

    In a 32 team league betting that the team won’t win isn’t some big-brain exercise, especially when I didn’t see any of the complainers call: “Pettersson is going to suck and the PK is going to be historically bad” as the reason for the team’s issues.  You can’t just mindlessly bleat negativity and claim victory when you had zero idea about how the team ended up there.  

     

    Same with white washing Gillis and Linden as some kinds of saviours when Linden presided over the worst moves of the Benning era and Gillis left the team with what must be a historically barren prospect pool.

     

    I buy that FA wanted to do a quick turnaround to prop up the Sedins again… but there was a stretch of 4-5 years where Benning didn’t move any top picks and we sat comfortably at the bottom of the standings. 
     

    The recent push (Miller and Garland for 1sts - plus the Toffoli deal) was only after we landed Petey and Hughes and IMO, you add in Bo, Boeser and Demko and I don’t think it’s unreasonable that ownership/management decided to try and kick start around that core. 
     

    It’s pretty silly to proclaim “Meddling ownership” and draw a convoluted line to a bad PK and slumping star player.  It’s just as likely the crappy media and social media fans are being a drag on the team.  That’s another major thread for the past 8 years.  

    Beautifully said!

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    [GDT] Pittsburgh Penguins @ Vancouver Canucks | Saturday, December 4th, 2021 @ 7:00pm PST | CBC, SN

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    55 minutes ago, sassbs said:

    Please!   Seriously.   It’s annoying!   Green/benning need to be fired.  So if losing causes it then so be it.  Canucks suck!  Plain and simple.  I’m not a homer fan. 
     

    honestly I get so annoyed with cdc.  One minute everyone is calling for their heads, the next they get a little wining streak going and god forbid you say a negative thing against the team, then all of a sudden you’re a horrible fan blah blah.   

    It's pretty annoying when "fans" think they need to lose to win. It's like &^@#ing for virginity...

     

    It's clear that change is going to happen, win or lose. But continued losing just discourages the players and kills their confidence, in the near and potentially long term.

     

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    Scott Mellanby generating buzz as potential Canucks GM candidate

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    13 minutes ago, singing chef said:

    Need some clarification here please.  The article states "With Jim Benning reportedly in the last guaranteed year of his contract......", however other sources indicate he is signed through the 2022-2023 season.  Which is correct ?  Perhaps he's signed through the end of this season with an option for 1 more year following - yes/no ?

     

    Thanks.

    That's the good question! I am not sure either.

    Scott Mellanby generating buzz as potential Canucks GM candidate

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    The Vancouver Canucks still have a general manager, but the speculation about who will be the next person in charge isn’t likely to go away soon.

     

    With Jim Benning reportedly in the last guaranteed year of his contract and the Canucks playing as they have been — despite two straight wins against a pair of teams below them in the standings — many people are wondering when ownership will finally make a change.

     

    The name generating the most buzz at the moment is Scott Mellanby, who resigned as assistant general manager of the Montreal Canadiens last weekend prior to Marc Bergevin getting fired as GM.

     

    Mellanby was also mentioned on Wednesday by Sportsnet 650’s Satiar Shah as the person that’s been “most closely linked” to the Canucks not-yet-vacant GM job.

     

    The 55-year-old Montreal native has never been a general manager before, but he ticks a lot of boxes.

     

    Mellanby played 1,431 games in the NHL during his playing career, with Philadelphia, Edmonton, Florida, St. Louis, and Atlanta. His first off-ice job was with the Canucks when he was hired as a pro scout by Mike Gillis in 2008. Mellanby spent another year with the Canucks as a senior advisor before leaving for St. Louis where he was an assistant coach alongside Davis Payne, and then Ken Hitchcock.

     

    Bergevin brought Mellanby to Montreal in 2012, where he served in the Canadiens front office for 10 years, first as the director of player personnel, and then as assistant general manager from 2014 to 2021. Mellanby also served as assistant general manager of the AHL’s Laval Rocket from 2018 to 2021.

     

    The Vancouver Canucks still have a general manager, but the speculation about who will be the next person in charge isn’t likely to go away soon.

     

    With Jim Benning reportedly in the last guaranteed year of his contract and the Canucks playing as they have been — despite two straight wins against a pair of teams below them in the standings — many people are wondering when ownership will finally make a change.

     

    The name generating the most buzz at the moment is Scott Mellanby, who resigned as assistant general manager of the Montreal Canadiens last weekend prior to Marc Bergevin getting fired as GM.

     

    “I’m hearing Mellanby’s name a lot more in the last 24 to 48 hours,” Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK reported today. “Not saying they’re going to hire him, but it certainly seems like there’s interest there from the Vancouver Canucks.”

     

    Mellanby was also mentioned on Wednesday by Sportsnet 650’s Satiar Shah as the person that’s been “most closely linked” to the Canucks not-yet-vacant GM job.

     

    The 55-year-old Montreal native has never been a general manager before, but he ticks a lot of boxes.

     

    Mellanby played 1,431 games in the NHL during his playing career, with Philadelphia, Edmonton, Florida, St. Louis, and Atlanta. His first off-ice job was with the Canucks when he was hired as a pro scout by Mike Gillis in 2008. Mellanby spent another year with the Canucks as a senior advisor before leaving for St. Louis where he was an assistant coach alongside Davis Payne, and then Ken Hitchcock.

     

    Bergevin brought Mellanby to Montreal in 2012, where he served in the Canadiens front office for 10 years, first as the director of player personnel, and then as assistant general manager from 2014 to 2021. Mellanby also served as assistant general manager of the AHL’s Laval Rocket from 2018 to 2021.

     

    Elliotte Friedman reported on Hockey Night in Canada that Mellanby had his eyes set on the GM job with the Habs, and that Bergevin recommended him as his successor. But when it became clear the Canadiens were going in a different direction, Mellanby decided to leave.

     

    Mellanby has been linked to numerous GM jobs in the past. The Habs reportedly gave the Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild permission to speak to Mellanby in 2019, and did the same for the Florida Panthers in 2020.

     

    Mellanby was rumoured to be a candidate for the GM job in Pittsburgh earlier this year, but decided not to take any job interviews because he was happy in Montreal according to Renaud Lavoie of TVA.

     

    Is this finally the right fit?

     

    Perhaps Mellanby’s brief experience in the Canucks organization gives him a leg up, as there would be at least some familiarity with team owner Francesco Aquilini.

     

     

    https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/scott-mellanby-potential-canucks-gm-candidate

    Please Help Make This BC Children's Hospital Donation Happen

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    Through all this turmoil the Canucks are going through, there is still a massive impact a player can make on the life of a young child...

     

    This is a from a friend who has lost one of his children to cancer, and now is trying to make a direct positive impact to another going through the struggle.

     

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    Please watch out for it and help encourage it to happen if you can!

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    What's your favourite Canuck related memory or experience?

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    It was an 8 or so game losing streak, when Kesler was battling like a madman along the boards in the defensive zone to get the puck. He then banks it off the boards around his check, to Burrows on the move, who moves in on a breakaway with his patented forehand-to-backhand-to- roof move to get (what I believe was) the game winner against Carolina, snapping the losing streak.

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