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  1. Pettersson is the best player out of that entire list. Also how about Hog and Demko. Those were gems in the 2nd round
  2. Original post was too long. I am a Benning supporter. The main reason is that the entire future core was his work and I love our young core and think this team has tremendous upside. I actually think the future of this team is capable of a Stanley cup. This is the most optimistic I've been when looking at our team and think we have better pieces than our 2011 team. Our guys are still developing and not at Sedin level yet but I think they'll be better in a few years. Our top guys Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson Miller, Hog, Podz are better than Sedin Sedin Burrows, Kesler, Higgins Our D of Hughes, Schmidt Myers Juolevi will be just as good or better and we have another high pick this draft. Demko is the real deal. These are all Benning guys so I support Benning.
  3. One of the few good stories this year. Some other good ones are Boeser looking like he's back on track after injuries and looking to be a premier winger. 2 way game and skating looks way better. Rathbone, Juolevi also looking good. I'm not too disappointed in the season minus losing a $500 bet to an Oiler fan...
  4. They are not in the same boat. So much worse. They signed our aging vets who are key players in their lineup. Their young guys are mediocre. Our young core are the key players on our team and we are waiting for aging vet contract to expire in 1-2 seasons
  5. You had me (not fully agreeing but open to what you are saying) until saying that you think this is his least year in the NHL...
  6. His balance and strength on his skates for his size is insane. High motor, compete level, skating, hockey iq is all there. High hopes for this kid. If Podz is just as good or better, we're in great shape.
  7. LOL I just rewatched the final few minutes. Hogs last shift ended with 2:37 left in which there was a whistle. Horvat line then came on and played until there was 1:31 left and whistle blew on an offside. Winnipeg then took a time out. At this point, with 2 whistles and a timeout, 3 minutes have elapsed (in real time not game time) since Hogs left the ice. Horvat line has been out for a full minute and 6 seconds until this point. Guess which line starts after the timeout? Horvat line for the remainder of the game. So there you have it, Horvat Pearson and Highmore stayed out for the final 2:37 of the game with Brock jumping on for 1 shift instead of Highmore. This was a conscious decision by Green to seal the game with Horvat and Pearson rather than playing Hogs after the timeout. That was a dumb move considering faceoff was in the neutral zone to start at 1:31 left and goalie pulled. If you wanted Horvat and Pearson to finish the game, at least throw Hogs on with them.. Jeez...
  8. I actually agree with you. I felt like if the Canucks weren't caught out on the ice for that long, we would have seen Hogs. I think Green wanted to give him the last shift of the game but that never happened as we kept icing it. I'll try to find a shift chart and see when Hogs took his last shift VS how many shift changes occurred with the goalie pulled.
  9. I see all this Myers hate this season but Schmidt has come out of this season relatively unscathed. Is he that much better than Myers? I see him make bad reads, turn pucks over etc but I keep telling myself that he's a good defensemen and will play like his old Vegas self. Am I the only one? The pairing of Schmidt Edler was a disaster tonight. Were they playing Winnipeg's top line that gave our other D pairings easier matchups?
  10. So next year we know Juolevi Rathbone and Hughes will play. So will myers and Schmidt. Hamonic hopefully comes back. Do they re-sign Edler?
  11. Maybe theyll get mixed up and think we're in the playoffs too?
  12. I had to take a break from this team for about 5 games I came back to watch my first full game in a while. We are lucky that Rathbone, Hughes, Podz and Hogs are exempt. Thats 2 future top 4 d-man and 2 top 6 wingers exempt I was scare of losing guys like Motte, Gaudette, Virtanen, MacEwan etc but it looks like Motte is realistically the only threat we're good on D too protecting Juloevi, Schmidt and Myers Holty is the obvious choice to expose At the end of the day, the expansion draft wont affect us much. Motte might hurt a bit but we're not going to get robbed a potential top 6 player or top 4 d-man so I am good with whatver happens
  13. It would hurt to lose Motte. He does get injured often but its because he plays such a hard game and always goes full out. I really do hope they take Holtby
  14. Do you think they are thinikng of not protecting him at the entry draft and want to limit his exposure? I have no clue either...
  15. Also Green wtf, Play Hogs when their net is empty. The kid is a puck hound. He wouldn't have been a defensive liability
  16. Hogs has been unreal . Man if Podz is the real deal, that draft was a home run. Rathbone looks solid out there. That PP1 with Him and Hughes looked legit. Boes looks good. Micahelis and Highmore had ok games. Rest of bottom 6 not so much MacEwan needs to do more. Didnt notice Graovac too much. I dont see Vesey sticking The good news is, our best players are our young guys and vet salaries will be disappearing soon
  17. I know playing kids is a good thing but who out of the kids is a expansion draft risk if they show well? If I was Seattle, I would rather round out my roster by grabbing NHL players from other teams and poaching one of our prospects for the future
  18. I am on team Tryamkin Diamond on this one. Think about this. They have been saying for a while now that Tryamkin wants to come back to the NHL. This is while he is signed and playing for a team in the KHL. Benning supporters (I am usually one) are saying this was a leverage move and his intent was to sign in the KHL all this time... What was there to gain by doing this? Alienate yourself in your current employment by having your coworkers know that you are looking to jump ship as soon as the year is over? Have your bosses be angry that you are quitting in a few months? Ppl talk about KHL and the Russian culture. I don't know much about it but from what I read here, apparently players get less ice (Esp if they are known to be leaving (Podz and his discussions regarding his lack of ice time) Same thing was said about Tryamkin when his ice time was cut back and he was scratched a few times (I think last year or the year prior) There was absolutely nothing to gain by announcing he wants to come back to the NHL. If I were him and I actually wanted to come back to the NHL , I'd do it quietly, sign the deal and then leave abruptly. If I wanted to stay in Russia and use the Canucks as leverage, again, I would do this privately. Take the offer from the Canucks to the Atvo owner and say price needs to go up or I have to take this NHL offer. Diamond's stories check out more than Benning. I've already forgiven (Erikson, Baerstchi, Spooner, Rousel, Beagle, Ferland contracts) This and Toffoli to me is 2 strikes. Pearson was a foul tip so he's still at 2 strikes. Next one though and I agree, he needs to go. Literally, his drafting is the only reason he still has a job. Also I think it was convenient how Rathbone made his way onto the roster as this news was blowing up. Don't look there... Look at this shiny new toy lol Strengths 1) he's drafted well and we have a solid young core so we are set from that standpoint Weaknesses 1) his free agency signings aren't good 2) his trades aren't that good I feel like as the team is now developing into one that should make the playoffs, we need a GM that has Benning's weaknesses as his areas of strength. Question is, can Benning recover or will he make more mistakes? Do we want to find out and give him a chance to finish what he started or do we not want to risk that?
  19. Wow that's thinking outside the box splitting up Millsy and Petey. That actually could work and if Bo is on 3rd line, having Pearson on his wing on a matchup role/line could work. Boeser Petey Hog Miller Pearson Horvat Players that could potentially slot in into the 3 lines Podz, Lind, JV, Man we really miss Toffoli here... I see Podz in a second line role but we need a top line winger...
  20. Do you think he'll be playing in a top 6 role in 3 years when we are in the playoffs? I'm actually curious. I see him playing in a 3rd line role at that point putting up 25-30 pts.
  21. That's why for me, I didn't understand the Pearson signing dollars and term... I thought we were past that... Either go for a legit bonafide top 6 (Toffoli) or fill it internally. Don't do this in between stuff.
  22. Personally, I'd be ecstatic if we won the cup this year but it would be different than a regular 82 game season in a regular division. This year is a special circumstance. We saw how the scheduling affected certain teams. We saw how covid dessimated this team. All I am saying is that missing the playoffs this year is ok by me. I'd rather this year than next
  23. I see... He left the Canucks and then came back. Point is, our PP has looked stale for a while now
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