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Honky Cat

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  1. Agreed that 7 years is long enough to demonstrate yourself as GM,which gives Benning one last kick at the can You obviously still cannot grasp that Sakic inherited a complete elite core group ..Mostly picked 1-4 OA (we never picked higher than 5th). Your task as GM isn’t the same when you’re a bottom feeder with aged out players,as opposed to a GM that’s looking to compliment an elite young core (inherited). I don’t agree that we only have one elite player either.
  2. He did turn the team around in a hurry, his first season was a 101 point season. if you think he was going to turn around an aged out team (that had only one impact prospect in the prospect pool,) and replace the aged out core with a new one in less than 4 years you’re delusional.
  3. You’ve got some of your facts twisted around. The Canucks had just signed the Sedins to a big multi year contract in 2013. Linden announced that the Canucks would be competing for a playoff spot (for the Sedins) before Benning was even hired. It was Linden who refused to say the ‘R’ word.not Benning. We didn’t win the Presidents Trophy in Bennings first year as GM.
  4. Nice deflect. There's no argument Benning has done poorly managing the cap. Point is though, he most likely wouldn't have had to of signed most of these UFA's ,if he was initially gifted a primary young elite core.
  5. When Benning joined the Canucks, where was his expendable elite prime asset (Duchene)? Where was his elite young core of O'Reilly, MacKinnon,Barrie, and Landeskog ? We had one young impact asset in Horvat. (and a barren prospect pool), and one impact player on the team entering his prime years (Tanev). What Benning and Sakic inherited are night and day.
  6. The intellect of Joe Sakic lol. Before he was even hired as GM they had MacKinnon, O Reilly, Landeskog, Barrie,Duchene. There are elite young assets.A product of a decade of sucking. 'but only has one 1st OA' (who happened to be MacKinnon).How many top 4 picks have the Canucks had?
  7. They planned to be bad for a decade ? lol .I call BS. I guess the Leafs and the Oilers around that time (who were equally futile) recognized the landsape as well. The Canucks signalled that they would not rebuild, before Benning was even hired. Get the right guy.
  8. I guess the Sabres are going to be the next powerhouse then?
  9. There's no doubt the Av's are ahead of the Canucks, nobody is arguing that. My point was that the Av's got their core for being awful for over a decade.
  10. https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/canucks-reaching-the-heights-of-the-colorado-avalanche-will-take-a-lot-of-work Patrick Johnson is obviously aiming to rile up the masses with his latest blurb in the Province.Focusing on the Canucks ineptitude. However, he conveniently leaves out the fact, that from 2006-17 (eleven years), the Avs only made the post season three times. They also won the lottery.
  11. Pretty flimsy premise to warrant any meaningful discussion IMO.
  12. I listened to the interview and at no point did I hear Benning say that Clark will be staying..?.He sounded optimistic, but thats miles from what you quoted.
  13. Agree with other posters here.From what i've seen, he seems to have an exuberant personality, and I dont see him having problems assimilating into the team. Goldoblin didnt need another comrade, and i dont think Pod will either. Tryamkin was different,North American life was very foreign to him, and he didnt embrace it (he never bothered to learn a lick of English).
  14. Doesnt it all come off the books in 12 months from now..?
  15. I had this game as a guaranteed loss.,and it was.The hockey gods stepped in on this game If we get another point in the next two games, we drop yet again. Hopefully , Sutter is giving his team hell.
  16. Cool,I wonder how long it will you be before you're griping about coach Cull ,when he gets hired?
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