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Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
spook007 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
To say he hasn't got the coach trust is.....He is a rookie, who has played a total of 16 games.... He played a third of the minutes against Tkachuk and he played a third of the minutes against Suzuki... Yes you can argue he is being sheltered against the best player in the world and a couple of pretty good players in Scheifele and Gaudreau, but I think you'll be hard pressed to find a rookie with 16 games to his name playing more games against these players... -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
spook007 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
I think its fair to mention a few more players as good possibilities... Lind, Rathbone, Costmar, Madden, Jasek,, Tryamkin... all also drafted by Benning -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
spook007 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Without looking for an argument, but did you expect him to draft players and 2 years after they should be competitive? Surely if you make a team through the draft, it'll take longer than that. Except for JV (who has played lots of hockey )and OJ (both whom which has been beaten to death), what drafting are you unhappy about? How many NHL players did expect him to draft each year? -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
spook007 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Spot on... Canucks, whether it be FA, Benning, Green or whoever are not going to start their dirty washing in a presser.... -
Jim Benning's mid-season press conference
spook007 replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Canucks Talk
Hi @189lb enforcers? ... haven’t seen you in a while... Might not agree on this one, but good to see you back nevertheless. I want to see JB pull a few more rabbits out of the hat. In 2-3 years this years draft is going to be the ELC’s keeping the cap down to cover for Petey, Quinn and BB (possibly Bo or Miller as well). Big Question will be how can this team look in a year or two, when most of the vets have left... think we could be looking at an interesting and very competitive team. -
PREDICT THE SCORE CONTEST: TOR @ VAN March 6 2021
spook007 replied to goalie13's topic in Canucks Talk
Canucks 4-2 Miller Canucks -
Just finished watching the game... Just made my Friday. We may not reach the play offs this season, but its nice to see the boys do themselves proud. Had enough of watching the Canucks lose. What a great game by Virtanen... Scoring, power moves, setting up chances, defending, blocking, breaking up plays and hitting... Could this be the start of Jake becoming what every single Nucks fan has hoped for ? And thank you Demko for quieting down the discussion of whether we should have kept Marky or not.... Keep this up and JB may just be thanking you for keeping his job...
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Calgary/Vancouver Evaluation - updated 3/29/21 - CAL TIED WITH VAN
spook007 replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
True about the right pieces. But often this is only known with hindsight. The issue was the length of contracts bottom 6 players were signed to. If you are unhappy about them, you sure would not entertain the idea of signing Marky and Tanev to long term neither, just as you said. With regards to Tavares v Eriksson... if only...... And with hindsight I would not have signed any $6M from 2017 (I can remember tbh who was available). -
Calgary/Vancouver Evaluation - updated 3/29/21 - CAL TIED WITH VAN
spook007 replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
OK, then my point still stands... Eriksson has been a disaster... but the majority of contracts handed out to vets ie Beagle, Sutter, Roussel and similar, were not as long, or expensive as the Tanev and Markstrom contracts... and at better age. If folks are unhappy with those contracts its wrong to complain about Benning not saying so long to Marky and Tan man.... Myers remains to be seen... -
Calgary/Vancouver Evaluation - updated 3/29/21 - CAL TIED WITH VAN
spook007 replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
Yep.... Do you think JB should have extended Marky and Tanev to the deals they were offered by Calgary? -
Calgary/Vancouver Evaluation - updated 3/29/21 - CAL TIED WITH VAN
spook007 replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
This..... Fire JB for signing vets to long contracts, Fire JB for NOT signing vets to longer contracts... Can't have it both ways,,,