Coconuts

Missing the playoffs would be really sad after all the moves we have made the past few years. 

Hope the 1st isn’t dealt again.  Last two times it’s worked out but you’ll soon run into the problems that Gillis left Benning to fix when he started the job.  (Having to replace the aging vets with a suspect prospect cupboard’.

@NewbieCanuckFan I think the issue for Gillis is that he actually realized that the team needed to be rebuilt but didn't get a chance to do it.  Whether Gillis would have done a good job will always be a mystery, but it would have meant that the rebuild would have started quite a bit earlier (which was probably the right call).  Benning tried to do a "rebuild" by acquiring older prospects (e.g. Vey, Clendening, Baertschi) but that basically didn't work at all with Baertschi being the only one to find a modicum of success in the NHL for a period.

The way I see things unfolding is that if there are any changes, it will start with Green and the coaches (though perhaps not a wholesale change - Clark will almost definitely survive a cull and Shaw might too).  It's entirely possible that Benning might get the axe too, but firing coaches is usually the last card a GM has to save his job, so Benning might get a little more road.  If the team still can't get it together, then we'll start seeing players shipped out.

I agree that the Canucks should not be trading any 1sts at this point to try and rectify their situation.