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Status Replies posted by combover
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This Calgary-Edmonton game is intense.
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Give Judd Brackett a 1 million dollar Salary. He’s earned it. Francesco needs to do what it takes to retain him, (if 1 million is not enough give him 2 million) there may only be 2 or 3 other guys who can do what he has done with Benning. Judd has been running the draft, guys been a star for the Canucks. His position is worth every penny.
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So how do all the Benning haters feel about having to keep up the rage for 3-4 more years? Better hydrate.
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When the Nucks fail to make the playoffs again even thou spender Jim has tried to buy a playoff spot every year since he got he. We will see just how much this extension means. FA not afraid to through money away most of jims signings are proof. Or if a a better option presents its self FA will not hesitate. Miss the playoffs we will be discussing who should take over next summer.
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I would say JB has shown he can be creative and have the balls you need to really change up the team. We're going to have a team that is EXCITING to watch, every game is going to be worth tuning in and I cant wait. The In vs the Out of roster compared to last year is unreal, I would say we've had the best off-season in the NHL along with the Rangers
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He’s done the same thing every year..... ufa signings Miller vrbata eriksdone ect ect ect....
His team has been nothing short of awful even with the overpriced addition since the day he got here. But everyone better pile on the accolades for how wonderful his bottom dwelling team has been.
Keep up the good work Jim if mediocrity has been the goal since he got here then he finally succeed at something.
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I really gotta stop wasting my time and effort on Gillis fans.
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1 game from a cup. Holds franchise best records as gm.
But yeah what a loser. Lol. Unlike Jim who has more franchise worst records and a lot excuses. Oh let’s not forget his playoffs a embarrassing 4game sweep at the hands of Calgary. #winning environment .
How many president trophies did Gillis team win again.
Jimmie handcuffs himself with NMCs but his “followers” will defend the horrendous unmovable signings. Up against the cap and bottom feeder, has traded more draft picks and prospects with nothing to show for them than Gillis did.
To bad so many just don’t seem to see Gillis was in a win now mode and he did.
Jim is was suppose to be in a rebuild mode and has through his failures to make this team a competitive and a fringe playoff team since the day he got here using the sedins as poetic excuse why he wasn’t acquiring picks and drafting. The accidental rebuild.
Please do stop wasting your time.
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Thought for those who still don't like Benning: Fenton was the other frontrunner that CDC liked at the time of his hiring. I think it's safe to say his moves in Minny have been curious to say the least.
Benning haters, would you prefer Fenton?-
I was in favour of the Benning hiring. I like that we were getting a guy that drafted well and had a long list of nhl success doing so.
He lost me when he continued to chase a playoffs spot and went as far as to say he thought they had a window to win.
I was under the impression he was brought in to do a rebuild. He’s traded more draft picks away than Gillis did. Where would this club be had we kept the picks and traded any vets that could get a return, using the sedin s as an excuse as unfair to them was just cheap.
Im not sure had we got any other gm we would be in any other position the drafting improved only after Bracket was promoted his contracts trades and signs have been very mediocre at best.
Yeah we have more prospects and better ones but only as a result of the predictable failing at the plan to be competitive and rebuild on the fly.
Not sure why everyone thinks this year is different he’s done the exact same thing every summer, Ryan Miller V verbata ect ect ect.
This obsession with being a fringe wildcard team as a goal has been disappointing since day 1.
We haven’t added any picks since he’s been here I believe we are even rebuilding teams generally add picks to increase the odds of getting quality nhlers.
Not sure JB is the root of the problem.
I get some people are total stocked and think he’s doing fantastic it weird that they can’t accept others point of view so they resort to using troll or bandwagoners or personal attacks.
I don’t like the road he chose weather it was his call or the owners now we are chasing size ..... what happen to that doesn’t matter in the new nhl.....
I won’t be disappointed when he’s gone that said I think the problem is deeper and that’s why high quality nhl executives don’t seem to want to be here and why since FA took over he walked away from burke and has hired rookies ever since.
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Thank god Sakic wasn't running the Canucks. Worst GM ever.
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Yea, because they are perineal bottom feeder that’s up against the cap and don’t have enough money to sign the 5 RFAs. Due to the terrible contracts he’s handed out.
He got a return - a solid top 6 nhler and a prospect and upgraded his draft for a player he was going to lose for and a good young player and a late pick. So terrible.
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Lou's recapture is probably a good thing for us. JB Is going to have to jettison junk, try and move Schaller and Spooner (5 mil), and at worst they come off the books next year. It also means we will have to play some youth which is probably good. Move Sutter, let Gaudette play, get a pick and prospect
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Would be nice for CDC to consider one overall thread for the "We hate Benning" crowd to let that handful little bags of hate to wallow in their whine together.
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Edler's deal speaks volumes about his character. He could have had his agent play this a lot harder.
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And then have to go play in buffalo or some other far away city
And maybe get the same amount and risk not fitting in louie eriksdone ....
Maybe his agent checked around to see if there was interest for 33year old often injured #3 dman.
He wanted to stay there’s a cost to that.
It would have been easy for the Canucks to walk away from him his agent and he both had to know that.
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SN 650 reporting Edler willing to waive for expansion. Does that change your willingness to 3 years from 2?
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Dreading that there are legs to these off-season rumours for the Canucks.
2019 needs: top-pairing D-men. Solution: overpay Gardiner, Myers with long-term deals. Might as well trade a decent prospect or pick for Zaitsev as well.
2018 needs: penalty-kill. Solution: overpay Beagle and Schaller.
2017 needs: top-line forward to play with the Sedins and puck-moving D-man. Solution: Eriksson and MDZ.-
Benning needs to stop panic signings and just build a team we should have been acquiring draft picks and developing since he got here we might actually have a farm team and some depth.
Personally i think if it were up to Jim edler would have already signed and gotten 3or 4 years with full protection especially after EK signed.
Someone else is pulling the strings after all Benning gave rousel (a 4th liner) sutter eriksdone beagle all m-ntc’s.
He hands those out like candy.
Personally I hope edler leaves. And so does Jim.
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I still can't make any sense of why the Canucks would want Lucic. ANY. When every other team in the league is trying to add speed and grit. Does JB think that THIS is the move that will save his job?
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Because Benning has a love fest for ex bruins.
Funny all the Benning supporters raved we have eriksdone and oil got Lucy who done what most would call impossible and been less effective than ekisdone. Now because Benning is rumoured to want Lucy’s they all have to flip. Lol.
Huge step backwards getting yet another washed out living in the past ex bruin.
Move on build though the draft not the past.
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Anyone else worried the Rangers are on the upswing?
They just hired John Davidson. They have 2 first round picks and 2 second round picks. They've got a lot of prospects. Yikes.
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oh man, Lucic says he'd be happy playing here...
https://oilersnation.com/2019/05/01/milan-lucic-talks-about-possibly-playing-for-the-canucks/
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Calgary
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People already comparing Benning’s and Yzerman’s introductory press conferences
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Lol. Ones built a perennial winner, ones built a perennial loser.
Ones resume is full of Franchise bests vs the other franchise worsts.
One knows what it takes and has the long term vision to
and follows through
one throws sh.. at the wall every year to see what sticks.
Lol.
It will be interesting to see how fast he can turn Detroit around.
Wonder who we will hire next summer for GM.
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Is the Loui Eriksson contract the worst FA contact this team has signed in recent memory? The guy has no relevancy on this team anymore he's more lost than Brendan Gaunce at this point.
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THIS TEAM has signed.....he’s easily the worst.
That could change this summer JB thinks this team is close (lol) so I’d expect a UFa to win this years benning lottery then proceed to underwhelm edler will be one of those. Once he secures his future he’ll go back to be the edler who plays most nights like he doesn’t care. The way he’s played the majority of his career. Except contract years that is.
Eriksdone Worst ufa signing since Probably back to nonis. . Pre cap didn’t matter as much thou.
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I think it's time for Benning to go tbh. Give Brackett the GM job.
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Is it time to replace JB - His ufa signing record says yes ,the contracts he hands out says yes, and his trade record says yes. His best move was promoting Judd Bracket to head scout.
Judd’s drafting has saved bennings job.
Really not looking forward to another summer of benning UFa blunders with high dollar value term and protection.
Hope Judd can find us some more draft gems.
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did anyone hear JB on 650 this morning? supposedly he mapped out their plans for the remainder of this season and next season.
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Hes toning down expectation because only a fool would think top tier UFAs want to come here.
Not to mention his track record with ufas, Erickson and the plug fest lol.
Magically he’s going to fix the d this summer something he hasn’t been able to do since he got here.resigning edler isn’t fixing anything.
Tanev edler should have been moved a few years ago so those picks would be coming into the league now. The accindental rebuild/refool continues and will until We get a and NHL gm that can help develop prospects not run them out of town as well as build a CUP contender not a playoff pretender.
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Really souring on dhaliwal. I liked him when he was twitter only. Today he's using McCann's 16 goal season and Guddy's +5 in 6 games to show that you should never give up on a first round pick. In that case, let's get Nicklas Jensen, Hunter Shinkaruk, and Jordan Schroeder back and def resign Pouliot too.
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NY G JUST RIPPED THE CANUCKS AND BENNING ON RADIO
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Brandon Sutter out for 6-8 weeks still.
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Do people still like the Beagle signing?
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Realistically I see the Canucks having a chance to win 4 or 5 more games this season: NJ, OTT, LA, maybe EDM and NYR.
So right at 73 pts again. But I still think the team has improved, is more competitive and has a better base to build from.
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Demko needs to play more now.
His season ends with the Canucks he can’t play with utica for the playoffs he needs games.
Guys that are not in the plans for next year should sit and watch while prospects rotate up and play.
I don’t agree this team is improved thou.
markstroms play disguised how bad we are and him and petey the only reasons we weren’t a total disaster and the western conf. and our division was weaker than ever and we’d still managed to tread water.
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