on the cycle Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Ryan Jonhson should get a promotion to an AGM and maybe have Benning as president instead of GM. So more of "who will be our next GM?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 I am opposed to anything that results in Benning spending less time as a rink rat scouting for us. It was always reported that he was out at overseas tournaments etc getting his own eyes on players his scouting staff dug up. Adding the President role moves him farther away from his skill set I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glug Datt Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Kanukfanatic said: Brian "effing" Burke???!!! GOOD GOD NOOO!! I would rather rat faced marchand take over. I would rather fire burke out of an Elon Musk cannon headed straight for Mars. Burke is a bigger windbag blowhard idiot than trump. Burke literally is the Trump of hockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycanuckleheads Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Here's a wild and crazy idea - instead of someone who doesn't know what they're doing, how about, for once, we hire a person with a degree in sports-management?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Curse Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Lombardi drafting wizard, doughty, quick, Schenn, simmonds, Voynov, martinez, king, Nolan, Lewis, Clifford, Colin miller, kopitar That team was hard as F to play against traded for richatds, carter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Curse Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, bloodycanuckleheads said: Here's a wild and crazy idea - instead of someone who doesn't know what they're doing, how about, for once, we hire a person with a degree in sports-management?!! Experience- Lombardi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Probably unpopular selctions because they were former Oilers executives, but Ralph Kruger or Bob Nicholson, could be some good options. All likelihood, Jim stays as both President and GM or Weisbord gets promoted to President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawkdrummer Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 new boss same as the old boss... Aquaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 12 minutes ago, shiznak said: Probably unpopular selctions because they were former Oilers executives, but Ralph Kruger or Bob Nicholson, could be some good options. All likelihood, Jim stays as both President and GM or Weisbord gets promoted to President. Kruger is a pretty smart guy. Would be an interesting hire for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchincanucks Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Sounds like Linden was the one pushing this team more in the direction I would like. Getting young players in the lineup. He was not very involved in the signings - can live with Schaller and Roussel hate the Beagle signing. Collectively hate what Canucks have done with signings, signed too many 4th liners to big money. Most expensive in NHL? Losing hope for this team under Aquilini, and Benning has proven to be terrible at negotiating. Hope we get an experienced President that can stop ownership from meddling, and help Benning get better at signing players. Benning’s strength is scouting at the amateur level, I hope he can focus more on that with a new president taking on more of the asset management duties and re-establish a philosophy more like the shanaplan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchincanucks Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 My guess is Linden hated we got into bidding wars for fourth line players and way overpaid. Hope Aquilini has to write a big fat check to buy out those signings so he learns his lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, Watchincanucks said: My guess is Linden hated we got into bidding wars for fourth line players and way overpaid. Hope Aquilini has to write a big fat check to buy out those signings so he learns his lesson. Cap space is not an issue and we don't have young players pushing for fourth line spots. It's not really affecting the rebuild. I seriously doubt that was a reason he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, DeNiro said: Cap space is not an issue and we don't have young players pushing for fourth line spots. It's not really affecting the rebuild. I seriously doubt that was a reason he left. Thanks for the sanity. What 4th line types do we have that can step up in the system? Archibald? Gaunce? We need Sutter to play a more offensive role next season, unless people wanted an overpayment for Bozak or Stastny. There is no sense in playing the young offensive players on the 4th line and we don't want the Megnas of the world on the team. Having these guys allows Virtanen to move up and play a bigger role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchincanucks Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 minute ago, DeNiro said: Cap space is not an issue and we don't have young players pushing for fourth line spots. It's not really affecting the rebuild. I seriously doubt that was a reason he left. Look around the league lots of teams, in fact most teams have young players on fourth line, that hopefully play their way up the lineup. Shut down lines should be your second or third line because of the ice time they get being matched against other teams 1st. Beagle is an offensive black hole, he will suck it out of the entire line. Cap space will be an issue in 3 years when we will have Brock, Elias, Dahlen, Virtanen, Horvat, Goldobin all needing new deals by then and possibly Hughes. If they all play great we’ll be in big cap trouble, especially if Luongo decides to retire 1 year early and we have the cap recapture penalty on the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchincanucks Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Sorry Horvat won’t need new deal but is already making 5.5 mill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 well since the whole parting of ways feels a little greasy and many on here seem to think a former player should take over for linden messier comes to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, Watchincanucks said: Look around the league lots of teams, in fact most teams have young players on fourth line, that hopefully play their way up the lineup. Shut down lines should be your second or third line because of the ice time they get being matched against other teams 1st. Beagle is an offensive black hole, he will suck it out of the entire line. Cap space will be an issue in 3 years when we will have Brock, Elias, Dahlen, Virtanen, Horvat, Goldobin all needing new deals by then and possibly Hughes. If they all play great we’ll be in big cap trouble, especially if Luongo decides to retire 1 year early and we have the cap recapture penalty on the books. Yes, but we don't have any players in the system who are suited for the 4th line. Gaunce has not earned a spot there, neither has Archibald. As far as cap space being an issue, we have 12 mil in cap space and quite a few big contracts coming off the books in the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Profanity Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Dave Pratt. He is never wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 To early to think about a new pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Canucks Curse said: Dean Lombardi did a great job compiling picks - drafted quick, kopitar, doughy but also Dustin brown, Nolan, Trevor Lewis, Alex Martinez, voyonov, toffoli, Pearson, muzzin. I would like to see someone like Dean Lambardi or Dale Tallon both guys have lots of experience...I just hope the new president will keep Jim Benning on as GM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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