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  1. He has been accused of meddling. I don't think he's been out of line myself
  2. The remind me of Lars Lindgren firing the puck in his own net.
  3. Good post @48MPHSlapShotI think you assessments are fair and accurate. This is exactly the question that Benning is asking himself this season going into the next. What is going to make the Canucks a true contender from the jump that was made last season? We can go down the list and evaluate the line up and to this point, I think you're bang on with the so-called middle 6 (Pearson, Leivo, Gaudette, Virtanen, Ferland?) Make no mistake, it is great to have players like these on your 3rd line because they can play up your line up in case of injury in the top 6. I would say it is vital if the team isn't going to see a drop off in performance when key people get hurt. Is it possible that one of these players finds some consistency and develops into a full time 2nd line player? Virtanen perhaps but I'm not sure we're getting any growth from the others. I want to say that all of the core players are still developing and getting better year over year. Horvat is close to his peak but even he is getting better. All other players that Benning has drafted are improving and this is one way the team will improve moving forward. Having said that, I agree with your missing pieces. Ferland was supposed to be top 6 and he has had plenty of difficulty. It is safe to say that if he pans out, it would be a bonus at this point. I'm not holding out a lot of hope. Top 6 potential would be Podkolzin, Hoglander, Lind, Gaudette? and? but all of these players may take years. Same on D. Ovbviously, it is unknown how long Edler and Tanev will remain effective. Myers is 29 (same age as Tanev) and Benning is betting on him for 4 years after this. Are there players with top 4 potential in the system? Juolevi, Woo, Rafferty? I would say that Briesbois and Sautner are potential bottom pair guys fwiw. So what does Benning do this summer? I think he tries to find another top 6 forward, one like Ferland was supposed to be. I can't be certain that he's going to do more. There were a lot of changes last year and there is something to be said for stability.
  4. Who becomes the Canucks back up? DiPietro has a 0.708 save % in his 1 NHL game. I know, small sample size The Canucks are more than a year away from this conversation. Nothing needs to be done until the expansion draft is approaching. Re-signing Markstrom is a red herring. Until then, you don't make your strength a weakness. That's bad asset management.
  5. This is indicative of what is going on in Alberta. It is obvious to Albertans that they need to diversify their economy. The problem is, young people can prepare for other industries like green tech and then they're looking at their student loan debt and they run to the oil patch because they can make so very much more money. This is simplistic I know but the revenue from oil needs to set up the province for the future.
  6. Without what happened in Van and Montreal and hitting bottom, Kassian is out of the NHL. At the time, there was no telling that it would happen. It's not like they didn't try, he had gone thru Stage 1 of the substance abuse program in Van and Stage 2 in Montreal which involves suspension. He has bounced back and has a reasonable career. Happy for Zack. But I don't want him back.
  7. Edler played Kassian on that one. Did you hear Bieksa between periods? He said sometimes Zack just can't help himself when he took a run at his old buddy and room mate, Tanev. It was just perfect.
  8. The great fear with back to backs against a division rival is to lose both games. The Oilers will come out flying tonight. I've said before, the key to beating the Oilers is to score first, especially in Edmonton. Nice win last night but they're really going to have to play well. Edler likely out, do we finally see Fantomberg?
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