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Honky Cat

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  1. Have my doubts that Hamonic will sign that low, thats 3rd pairing $ I think he's demonstrated he's better than that, and a D partner which is a fit for Hughes is imperative. If they include an NTC, they could get that number down, but 2x2 wont cut it imo.
  2. Mr Diamond only said at the beginning of the interview that NT would like to come back to the' NHL', he worded it specifically so he didnt say the Canucks. Sounds like their patience is wearing thin.
  3. So, Pearson should have fetched a 2nd round pick, and in the next breath the author is saying he's a replacement level player?
  4. Just because players are tall, means squat, and Hedman and Ekblad were picked at the very top of the draft. Well, we have scoring, and a goalie, and Quinn Hughes.The Red Wings dont have elite scoring, defensemen , or a goalie.
  5. All I can say is the Canucks pretty much have a young core group, with some exceptional players.Really not seeing that with the Wings. Senators have been rebuilding around the same time as the Wings, and have Chabot,Tkachuk,Norris, Stutzle Detroit are another two years away (minimum) from being a playoff team.So good luck on those 2 Stanley Cups any time soon. 2014-18 the Canucks drafted Demko,Boeser,Pettersson, Hughes.This is the bulk of the core group.
  6. Going into their 5th year without the playoffs, and there will still be several more to come.They are not close Benning had most of his core within a 4 year span
  7. The Jets made the first round once in the middle of a 6 year period, also inheriting prime assets from the Thrashers The Av's one playoff appearance in a 7 year period, by the time Sakic became GM, he inherited a young elite core The Leafs had prime assets (from umpteen years out of the playoffs) before their Shanaplan teardown rebuild These teams had prime assets before their rebuild,Canucks had players veering on retirement, and no prospect pool worth mentioning. They also had an ownership and President that wanted the Canucks to be a playoff team.
  8. Sure they're good players, but the original point I made was that Benning made some amazing picks without being in a favourable drafting position.Zegras is good, but what about Pod kicking it to another level in the KHL playoffs? Pod set a playoff record for points for under 20, as a 19 year old.
  9. Ok,lets make a list of players selected before our selections Michael Dal Colle,Connor Bleackley Ilya Samsonov Jesse Puljijarvi Cale Makar Filip Zadina Trevor Zegras
  10. Haydn Fluery Travis Konecny Matt Tkachuk Cody Glass Adam Boqvist This is equal?
  11. but 'anybody' can pick the best player (or second best player) for 3 consecutive years, without winning the lottery ,or picking higher than 5th?
  12. The core has been rebuilt, and was done so within 4 years. I'm assuming that you're one of the 'every lousy team drafts good players' crowd?
  13. Anything above $3Mx 3 years would be absolutely preposterous Even that $3M is way to high.imo
  14. I've noticed that you have propensity to 'plug your ears' when someone has a rebuttal for your agenda driven claims. You did the same thing in the other thread when I brought to your attention that Benning was not making the key decisions in the direction of the franchise in 2014.
  15. You keep saying it doesnt matter who made the mandate ?, or even care to know what transpired in 2014, yet blindly place all the blame on Benning. Hiring Benning was Lindens call, and his alone. Ownership gave the keys to Linden to do as he saw fit. (in 2014).
  16. Agreed, that by 2015, they needed, a rebuild, but they did not Eriksson, Gudbranson etc, were 'win now' moves. They stopped signing high profile UFA's in 2016.(until they made a playoff push in 2019).
  17. Ownership had nothing to do with hiring, or interviewing Benning (why are you making this up?), Linden, alone, hired Benning. Benning knew full well what he was hired to do (rebuild on the fly), and Linden said one of the reasons he hired Benning was because of his scouting background. Benning will probably lose his job. and there's a lot of reasons why he should, but your zealous campaign to skewer the GM is laughable.
  18. It was incompetence, just pointing out that he wasnt the mastermind behind it. They had just sunk a gazillion dollars in re signing the Sedins in 2013, a proper rebuild was never on the books.
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