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  1. He's certainly better IQ than Benn. I watched him the year he was brought up for a number of games at the end of the 18-19 season and IMO he looked ready, fingers crossed
  2. Well you wonder if the scenario was Hoglander taking out Marchaund in a Vcr Boston match up if the sentiments would be the same. But it was a crucial game for Sweden for sure. I'm thinking the Swedish coach would be upset
  3. You're right! I don't know for a fact but I think the person that compiled the list wrote it before some graduated to the NHL, date wise. How ever to the point I wouldn't list that list as all star material which ever way you look at it. Benning is in Edmontonon a defence starved team for the present but likely on his way out and he's the best of the bunch. There's nothing there that strikes me a home run selection. I keep hearing about Benning being the master of the draft but can't find any collaborating evidence
  4. I new this response before it was written If we're talking about who is responsible for the Vcr picks it's Benning rather than Brackett, but in Boston, it's every one else but Benning responsible for the poor picks. The Teflon Don ….. maybe, maybe not, maybe some one else, maybe ….. Oh well maybe it's pointless. The point is how come and where did he develop this iron clad reputation for being a great scout?
  5. Nice to see both of these players amongst the Black Aces chose by Vcr for the play-offs should they materialize. Recognition if nothing else
  6. Just for the record. Benning joined the Bruins after the 2006 draft, the 2007 was his first season there and he left prior to the 2014 is 2013 was his last year at the Boston draft table. Here are the Boston selections 2007 - 2013 2007Hamill ----------GP 20Cross -----------GP 3Reul ------------GP 0Goulet ----------GP 0Ostricill ---------GP 0Knackstedt -----GP 02008Colborne -------GP 194Sauve ----------GP 0Hutchinson -----GP 58Arniel -----------GP 1Tremblay -------GP 0Goggin ----------GP 02009Caron -----------GP 157Button ----------GP 0Macdermid ------GP 10Randall ----------GP 0Sexton ----------GP 02010Seguin ----------GP 396Knight ----------GP 0Spooner --------GP 90Cunningham ---GP 40Florek -----------GP 0McIntyre --------GP 0Trotman ---------GP 0Chudinov --------GP 02011 Hamilton --------GP 217Khocklachev ----GP 9Camera ---------GP 0Ferlin ------------GP 0O'Gara -----------GP 0Vorden -----------GP 02012Subban ----------GP 1Gryxelchek ------GP 0Griffith -----------GP 32Payne ------------GP 0Benning --------- GP 0Hargrove ---------GP 02013Arnesson ---------GP 0Cehlarik ----------GP 0Fitzgerald --------GP 0Blidh -------------GP 0Sherman ---------GP 0Dempsey ---------GP 0 Just for the record/ I know this will upset some folks but before you get ticked off with me check it out yourself
  7. Yeah I noticed the Wikipediamake mention, the problem with Wiki is you never know how uptodate it might be. I thought Vcr would have listed him,maybe a part timer ?
  8. Inge Hammerstrom, I can't find him in the list of Canucks scouts https://www.nhl.com/canucks/team/coaches-and-staff ? I must be behind the times
  9. Nope it's just normal like every other profession, some good lots of mediocrity and some out right bad. It's a bell curve. Vcr has 16 amateur scouts but there was only one Director of amateur scouting
  10. First he has to sit in isolation in a hotel on his own for 2 weeks. Actually you wonder if holding camp else ware might be the best move keeping in mind the team has so many needing isolation
  11. I tend to think that confidence is an issue for the youngster. The games I watched too often he would just get rid of the puck when he seemed to be doing OK. I've only seen him a couple of times, similar in some ways to Teves who looked tentative. Both have a future in the game be it here or with another team. Rafferty seemed to confident and made his plays
  12. I often wonder rather than sign marginal FA D for inflated Cap hit's why they don't give these prospects a try. I recall when Sautner was up at the end of the previous season he didn't look out of place. Bisebois looked tentative but OK when he played a couple of games. Is this Green preference or management choice
  13. Could be, the problem is Breezer is LH and not a replacement for Stecher. There aren't many player that like to play the puck on their back hand in the D zone. Trymkin seems comfortable and so of course did Lumme.
  14. I don't listen a lot to either 650 or 1040. Quite recently I can't download 1040. I've tried reinstalling, I tried clearing cookies, it simply never works. Any one else have that problem on 1040 ?
  15. Because for every one good scout there's ten bad scouts. Any one can call themselves a scout. If that's your criteria for who the Canucks employ I hope it's not prevalent with management
  16. Don't loose sight of the White = Erhoff. and of course White was acquired in 2007 under the Nonis era, just in case we loose perspective
  17. Rafferty is the chnace to bring in a lower Cap hit and the team certainly knows that
  18. Sid is me, that the best summary I've read and very plausible. Very similar from another publication :- I suspect details will filter out eventually and then we'll see. Here's the gamble by Benning if we can't find the diamonds in the rough that Brackett has found, especally late in the draft then his management is in jepordy, I hope you sure Jimbo
  19. I could be wrong but I tend to think Woo may have regressed. Twice he failed to make the Cdn WJC roster, that's not inspiring, heck I think Focht came closer to making the team. We can all hope that maybe the pro game may suit him better.
  20. Not the current scouts. Different time different era. It's like suggesting the Leafs won the cup in the last century will some how make it better for the current team sad to say there are fans that believe that
  21. Conversely how can it not be perceived that Brackett sees error/holes and either wishes to eliminate them or not want part of it. It would sully his good name. Benning knew Brackets contract was coming to and end and traded away this years first round pick. Miller is a good acquisition for sure but Vcr is not ready for a good Cup run, heck they're only just scraping in as it is never mind win the whole thing. Vcr will take a run at the Cup when EP & QH have matured and upped their game, I'm confident of that and I'm sure Benning is too. Personally I'd have preferred to keep the draft pick simply because the team is not ready, it will be, but not yet. IMO
  22. Scouts = future of the franchise Fiirst line centres = trade acquisition Where would this team be without Petttersson, Hughes, Boeser and maybe Podkolzin, all draft picks selected by the scouts and all upgrades on Vertanin, McCann and Juolevi
  23. I suppose no one on the outside will know for sure. Pure speculation, I think Brackett saw errors and wanted to be able to either correct it or have no part of it. I see Weisbrod as the benefactor but also the conductor of this chnage. Sadly I see the guy that will eventually be condemned by the move as Benning himself, it may well be the hill he dies on. However I must sat Benning's timing is superb. We don't have a 1st or a 2nd in this years draft which defers judgement until the 2021 draft and by then Vcr will likely be drafting in the lower half of the draft. If there was a good time to get a pest out of your scouting Dept this was it
  24. Sorry but I call BS on that, comments on the not being able to believe any thing Burke writes and other Tweets ( Taj ?? )that were downgraded to unbelievable by many. I guess some just don't have the character to admit fault. It's easy. Lots of weasel word
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