Where'd Luongo? Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Just now, -Vintage Canuck- said: Virtanen is the only player that showed up tonight. Dowd looks good too, for what he can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, NHTyrany said: So much negativity and fire Jim chatter. Wow, the team has bottomed out and is re-stocking the cupboards after a huge gut towards a cup that almost succeeded. Give Benning a chance to get rid of some NM contracts and rebuild through the draft. It's going well in my opinion. I only wish we would have truly tanked last year. The draft is not the problem, I don't think anyone has a problem with that. The thing is his signings are part of the problem. It's one thing to get rid of bad contracts, it's another to replace them with new bad ones. So far none of his trades or signings are really paying off. If the next step is to build up a team around the young rookies, I'm not sure if he's the guy or not. Not uncommon to see one GM build up the foundation of a team and another add the pieces to put them over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Dahlin26 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Come on Horvat jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 12 minutes ago, Horvats_Big_Head said: So was this the grand plan Trevor and Jim? Or should I say Beavis and Butthead? 9 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Methinks Benning isn't getting a new contract. Hopefully the same goes for the Sedins. 8 minutes ago, appleboy said: You know it would be much easier to watch knowing that we are rebuilding. You should never tell fans that you are going to be competitive and then supply this mess. You would be far better off to tell the fans that things are going to ruff for a while. Now if you give them more then what was promised then you get happy fans. We never like to get far less then what was promised. You should always under sell yourself......... This is a major PR disaster. !!!!!! 6 minutes ago, khay said: Yeah i think so too. If I'm the owner, i see that product on the ice... it's hard. I too would look for better options. Looks like the honeymoon is over for Benning, although there are a lot of Benning loyalists on CDC. When Benning was hired he announced two objectives -- to be a competitive (playoff?) team and develop young players. The first has been an abysmal failure. Over the last 3 years (including this year) the Canucks have been maybe the worst team in the NHL overall -- certainly in the bottom 2 or 3. And that is despite spending to the cap and having Horvat in the system when Benning took over. As for developing young players, obviously the Boeser pick was a big win. And there are some high potential players in the system (esp. Pettersson). But given the draft picks Benning had or could have had if he had traded for draft picks instead of trading them away, his performance in that area is no better than so-so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Virt really needs to learn to hit the net. Going for to top corner every time and always misses. He has hard enough shot that if he hits the net, it has a chance to find a hole through the goalie and in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMelvin Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Remember when Horvi would always score on those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 nice pass bb to bo for the breakaway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isam Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Whats with horvat caring. He's not a team player buying into the concept of sucking. Damn him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, NHTyrany said: So much negativity and fire Jim chatter. Wow, the team has bottomed out and is re-stocking the cupboards after a huge gut towards a cup that almost succeeded. Give Benning a chance to get rid of some NM contracts and rebuild through the draft. It's going well in my opinion. CDC needs a box of Kleenex and fresh diapers on nights like this. It's hopeless, fire management, trade all the players, burn it down... "But we can handle a rebuild..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckler1119 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Just now, JamesB said: Looks like the honeymoon is over for Benning, although there are a lot of Benning loyalists on CDC. When Benning was hired he announced two objectives -- to be a competitive (playoff?) team and develop young players. The first has been an abysmal failure. Over the last 3 years (including this year) the Canucks have been maybe the worst team in the NHL overall -- certainly in the bottom 2 or 3. And that is despite spending to the cap and having Horvat in the system when Benning took over. As for developing young players, obviously the Boeser pick was a big win. And there are some high potential players in the system (esp. Pettersson). But given the draft picks Benning had or could have had if he had traded for draft picks instead of trading them away, his performance in that area is no better than so-so. As much as I love the sedins, I believe it’s them that have completely anchored this team. Until they’re gone, we’re gonna be stuck watching sub par AHL team try to compete in the NHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyCanuck Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 So vasilevsky decides to $&!# the bed against Edmonton, but comes back to form for the canucks, again. &^@#er. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo fan Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Danny down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where'd Luongo? Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Just now, Hutton Wink said: CDC needs a box of Kleenex and fresh diapers on nights like this. It's hopeless, fire management, trade all the players, burn it down... "But we can handle a rebuild..." Against the best team in the league none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 No points for barzal tonight ... come on Brock get a point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numb3r 16 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 What the &^@# Tampa stop injuring our players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberts Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3. Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Ouch going to need a few new chicklets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 no penalty shot bonus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 1 minute ago, NavyCanuck said: So vasilevsky decides to $&!# the bed against Edmonton, but comes back to form for the canucks, again. &^@#er. Oilers got Domingue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, DeNiro said: The draft is not the problem, I don't think anyone has a problem with that. The thing is his signings are part of the problem. It's one thing to get rid of bad contracts, it's another to replace them with new bad ones. So far none of his trades or signings are really paying off. If the next step is to build up a team around the young rookies, I'm not sure if he's the guy or not. Not uncommon to see one GM build up the foundation of a team and another add the pieces to put them over the top. That's how Brian Burke won the cup, and has ridden the 'hockey genius' moniker to tune of ten$ of million$ since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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