DonaldBrashear Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Link: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/gm-jim-benning-cant-stomach-canucks-losing-season/ Quote It's hard to lose hockey games,” Benning told Sportsnet this week. “I want to be completely honest with you, it's hard to go through what we're going through with the team right now. I believe if we didn't have all these injuries that we could be competitive, but it's hard losing. Quote I guess the silver lining in it is that we're going to end up with a high draft pick and end up with a real good player in the draft. Quote We have some work to do, I'm going to get out here now and see all these top players again. I've seen them through the course of the year but I'll see them again. We'll have our scouting meetings and decide what to do, but whatever we decide to do, we're going to get a really good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV18 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Matthews would put a smile on his face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldBrashear Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 So the cliff notes of the article are: 1) Benning still blames injuries for all of the Canucks problems and poor play 2) He is going to go out and "scout" and then use his scouting notes to determine what player he is going to pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I'm absolutely confident in Benning and his drafting skills. I strongly believe this draft is going to be another great draft for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliewud Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 matthews + stamkos would save the aquillinis A LOT of $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Matthews will save us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 3 minutes ago, Oliewud said: matthews + stamkos would save the aquillinis A LOT of $$$ As much as I'm drooling at that thought, it still wouldn't fix out atrocious D core. You can have all the offense in the world, but without defence you'll still lose. Just ask the Oilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Is there seriously anything to Canucks being a dark house and/or contender for Stamkos? Or is this a case of something Eklund like someone threw out hoping it sticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last outlaw Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, Oliewud said: matthews + stamkos would save the aquillinis A LOT of $$$ Stamkos would cost ownership alot. But the old saying "it takes money to make money" holds true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Why on earth would Stamkos sign with a last place team going in the wrong direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayRayDown Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 12 minutes ago, DonaldBrashear said: So the cliff notes of the article are: 1) Benning still blames injuries for all of the Canucks problems and poor play 2) He is going to go out and "scout" and then use his scouting notes to determine what player he is going to pick What teams wouldn't suffer with their top 2 centers injured 70% of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 8 minutes ago, the last outlaw said: Is there seriously anything to Canucks being a dark house and/or contender for Stamkos? Or is this a case of something Eklund like someone threw out hoping it sticks? It's likely media sensationalism, grabs peoples attention and gets them reading. He's likely going to UFA so there's a chance but it's rather unlikely IMO. He'll get paid regardless of where he goes, so why wouldn't he go to someone who can contend? We aren't contenders right now and won't be for a number of years yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: Why on earth would Stamkos sign with a last place team going in the wrong direction? Can it get any worse than this season? If anything Vancouver has nowhere else to go but up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 What we all need to realize is that without the injuries we would still have been a borderline playoff team. Even Benning has been saying that they were planning on drafting between the 14th to 16th range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 8 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: Why on earth would Stamkos sign with a last place team going in the wrong direction? Because the sushi is really good here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeistpriest Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, MayRayDown said: What teams wouldn't suffer with their top 2 centers injured 70% of the season? not to mention hamhuis and elder and tanev being out for more than a month each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeistpriest Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 19 minutes ago, Jiggs50 said: Matthews will save us! just like mcjesus saved the oilers, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Without the injuries we would finish 10 in our conference. Out of the playoffs. Be in a crappy drafting position. Draft another Jordan Schroeder - Patrick White..... NO THANKS I would rather be on the TANK and draft a franchise player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 20 minutes ago, Odd. said: I'm absolutely confident in Benning and his drafting skills. I strongly believe this draft is going to be another great draft for us. Even the best scouts are less then 10%. They say 7% ur doing great. I'm confident he will do the best job possible , and I'm happy with a better pick, but I'm never confident in draft picks. I'm intrigued , not confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I agree would rather trade what we can to get a good player,then grab 1 or 2 UFA's and make this team a contender! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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