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"Hell some of the fans here don't make it easy"???? ummmm lol ~~~MOST~~~ However He just proved em all wrong!

Was there ever any doubt? :D WTG Alien! Ty Mr Benning for picking him! nice score! (literally) seems to do a lot of it!

Finally one of the few with a brain... watched JB's last interview when the FA's were brought up and his response was of the near future signings of your young guys so he's not going to be throwing around money on big fish so thanks for being clued in on it and not like some of the clueless on here. Benning will keep improving the team steadily and that's all i want to see, all the old guard is gone so a pretty clean slate for him to work with for a change. So yeah Jimmy will get it done! _uck the haters! :D

Do you realize that the majority of those moves BEFORE the retool then retool was just to ice a team that would do "ok" until the bad contracts with clauses that were left by Gillis expired and he could finally go to work and actually start a real rebuild was all that he was doing was biding his time? Do you actually get that? I hope so... LE was part of that by the way, and everyone including media, fans and other GM's stated it was a great move at the time but it was to keep the team competitive while the twins could still help fill the seats until it was retirement time for them, previously as you probably know LE hit 30 goals before with the B's so it seemed a no brainer but who knew he'd just tank? No one... look JB isn't perfect but he's learning as ANYONE would but you continue to say it's impossible but it isn't... he has learned and i bet we retain 50% of LE's contract and get rid of him but that's the last bad one we have and i don't expect another one anytime soon... those saying Lucic for LE is a possibility but i can't see that happening simply for the reason we need to give roster spots to guys who can help us more and Lucic isn't that guy so why do it?

You have to remember this is the cdc where facts fall by the wayside compared to feelings and then there's the speculation side of things...

Meh... debluvscanucks on here is as close to a true fan as i've seen, smart but also patient and doesn't have the "win now at any cost" stupidity of some so called fans on here..

No ty, he could drive play right up to the playoffs and then he'd get run over and squashed like a bug on a windshield.. no thanks, the last thing we need is undersized players if we want to ever get past the first round

Thats because clueless ppl have demanded a win now scenario for years and finally someone has been smart enough to say no... not to mention when benning took over this team was laughable at best... even when we were "good" it was only for the season and never for the playoffs as butter soft will get nowhere, yet the thoughts of most fans was get all highly skilled undersized players and look where that will get you.. you want of that i suppose? Until people realize it takes the proper mix of skill and toughness to win the cup, things are never going to change and there will never be a cup in vancouver. Like that idea? It's not a problem getting the superstars, its about the best supporting cast thats so difficult and i think its people like you thinking that anyone will do anything to come play here in vancouver but its the opposite, lots of players wont come here and i dont blame them, i wouldn't either. Remember JR? Typical example...

That's because they believe what media says.. lame as that sounds, it's true.

Do you believe everything you read?

I doubt it... lesson learned i think, LE was a seemingly can't miss signing for the twins and most of us thought it was a great snag but who knew he'd stop posting 30 goal seasons and tank out with that kind of talent to play along side... i thought with the twins he'd pull 30-35 easy..

Toss a coin, could go either way.

Calling OJ a failure and JV a partial failure is short sighted, just because your not an instant superstar does not mean failure or partially.

Yeah with a butter soft team we'd never get farther, especially in the playoffs... Nothing will change if we don't toughen up. Definitely need a good balance, plus protection for Alien especially.

And paranoia...

I'm not sure i agree with the last sentence there but like Bo who worked on his skating and strength, if he gets a bit bigger and stronger that may yet happen..

Yeah but if something like that happens and it turns out like that then it's highly unlikely you'd do that again anytime soon and i, myself wouldn't then i surely believe JB wouldn't especially when his job is on the line with being in a market like vancouver where hockey is especially huge and every move is hugely scrutinized...

I doubt you have to worry about that, the old saying of one bitten, twice shy I think fits here and unless someones names name is Elias or Brock, I highly doubt that's ever going to happen again and just for the record, no one knew LE would turn out to be the _hit show he turned out to be as most people thought never otherwise after posting 30 goals with the Bruins and seemed like a easy fit with the twins but who knew and if anyone blames JB for not knowing either then their a fool...

I just want it to be over as the suspense is killing me but i wonder whats in JB's mind as in getting an nhl ready player that can help us now or will we go for a utica bound pick? Hard to say but i'm glad i don't have to pick it personally because no matter what there will always be someone biotching about it...

Well if EP loses i still think he might turn out to be the best player ever to put on a nux jersey but time will tell but it'd be pretty tough to beat out Bure for that title.. that man was insane and a threat to score every time he jumped on the ice and one F of an elbow according to Churla... lmao

Past the calder, we can be happy we have a game changer on the roster for a change. Can see him coming back this season 10-15 pounds heavier and also stronger. He wants to improve everything about his game and i bet he does it there too. That would mean big trouble for other teams trying to contain him even worse than last season which was f'n phenomenal already. The best move JB has ever pulled off...

Yeah the last game the sedins played, he played like a man possessed but usually now he plays like a little girl and now he's acting like one.

One can only wish...

If you can"t score goals between the sedins on a line then you should expect to be put in a lesser role...

Petey! Period...