Popular Post Alienhuggyflow Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 8 hours ago, Provost said: I think he was responding to the smarmy comments earlier in the thread... slamming people who don't think Benning is doing a good job because he is now amazing by managing to sign a player whose rights are owned by the club without any negotiating rights on the player's side thanks to the CBA. ... you know, something that every GM does every year.. sign their entry level draft picks. Really if that is the bar for people to stick out their chests and get all huffy about... that DOES say something about low the expectations are for Benning at this point. I think people are making reference to the fact that it looks like Benning has once again hit a home run without the luxury of a top 3 pick. He took a lot of heat on this pick much like he did with Petey. The reason Benning supporters defend and acknowledge the good he has done is because the haters put 100% of the blame on him while going out of their way to divert any accolades. Haters point to JV and OJ being bad picks proving he sucks, yet the numerous elite gems are all on Judd. The same goes with trades. 5 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienhuggyflow Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 5 hours ago, goblix said: Penciling Podz in to play with Petey and Boeser is a ton of pressure and quite the leap of faith... I know we've been treated to some excellent young kids performing but it'd be far more beneficial for us to have Podz protected put into a role where he can focus on building his NHL game rather than the need to dump him in the deep end and score. Miller - Petey - Boeser -- Lotto line Pearson - Horvat - Hogslander -- Shutdown line Motte - [Reinhart] - Podkolzin -- Protected Scoring line Highmore - Sutter - ??? -- Energy / Checking line My dream would be to get Reinhart out of Buffalo... I'd probably do a conditional 2022 // 2023 first pick and a prospect like Woo for him mainly because I think we could sign him for 6/6 or something reasonable. He can play Center or Wing, is young enough to hit some good years with this core group. An alternative would be to sign UFA Alex Wennberg which likely would be a cheaper option. Sam is my #1 hope and would gladly give up a 1st, 2nd and a prospect but would hope it's closer to what we paid for JT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket1994 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Provost said: I think he was responding to the smarmy comments earlier in the thread... slamming people who don't think Benning is doing a good job because he is now amazing by managing to sign a player whose rights are owned by the club without any negotiating rights on the player's side thanks to the CBA. ... you know, something that every GM does every year.. sign their entry level draft picks. Really if that is the bar for people to stick out their chests and get all huffy about... that DOES say something about low the expectations are for Benning at this point. You better open your eyes to ALL the crap he's posting...there's consistent theme and most people are done with it! Yeah, god forbid people be positive / happy about something this team does! Might as well do what you people do...be negative / s*** on Benning even when he hasn't done anything wrong! What a joke!! Edited May 30, 2021 by IRR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, IRR said: You better open your eyes to ALL the crap he's posting...there's consistent theme and most people are done with it! Yeah, god forbid people be positive / happy about something this team does! Might as well do what you people do...be negative / s*** on Benning even when he hasn't done anything wrong! What a joke!! I don’t see you being concerned with the posters who were originally being negative that he was responding to... It is legitimately dumb to take a positive story of a signing and use it as a victory lap to take shots at other posters... because apparently managing to sign an RFA absolves Benning of all the other mistakes he made. That was clearly what he was responding to and not the signing itself. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, Alienhuggyflow said: I think people are making reference to the fact that it looks like Benning has once again hit a home run without the luxury of a top 3 pick. He took a lot of heat on this pick much like he did with Petey. The reason Benning supporters defend and acknowledge the good he has done is because the haters put 100% of the blame on him while going out of their way to divert any accolades. Haters point to JV and OJ being bad picks proving he sucks, yet the numerous elite gems are all on Judd. The same goes with trades. This prospect hasn’t stepped foot on an NHL rink... so anyone calling it a “home run” has zero evidence to support it. Anyone calling out other posters because of their own invented “home run” narrative is just being ludicrous. We are at least a couple of years before being able to judge the merits of the pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket1994 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Provost said: I don’t see you being concerned with the posters who were originally being negative that he was responding to... It is legitimately dumb to take a positive story of a signing and use it as a victory lap to take shots at other posters... because apparently managing to sign an RFA absolves Benning of all the other mistakes he made. That was clearly what he was responding to and not the signing itself. Whatever! You clearly can't comprehend the issue...him / others are constantly negative, even when there's positives. No wondering people take the positives and make it a bigger deal than it is. It doesn't absolve him of all other mistakes, it just shows not everything is a negative as some make it out. You want to defend him / others like him, that's your choice, but most are done with it including me! Edited May 30, 2021 by IRR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alienhuggyflow Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Provost said: This prospect hasn’t stepped foot on an NHL rink... so anyone calling it a “home run” has zero evidence to support it. Anyone calling out other posters because of their own invented “home run” narrative is just being ludicrous. We are at least a couple of years before being able to judge the merits of the pick. I'm not one to overrate prospects but Podz is one that I have zero issue in doing so. Podz is built for the small ice and as someone who watched almost every game of his last season instead of stat watching, it was night and day when he was playing on NHL sized ice. He plays a pro-style game in a pro league, he's not some boy coming out of the CHL. Just like I defended Petey when many here said that his SHL performance should be taken with a grain of salt I will do the same with Podz. If I'm wrong so be it. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, IRR said: Whatever! You clearly can't comprehend the issue...him / others are constantly negative, even when there's positives. No wondering people take the positives and make it a bigger deal than it is. It doesn't absolve him of all other mistakes, it just shows not everything is a negative as some make it out. You want to defend him others like him, that's your choice, but most are done with it including me! I guess you can’t comprehend the negativity that he was responding to? 12 hours ago, Petey_BOI said: this is great news, I bet he didn't overpay. 11 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said: But...but....Benning sucks right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Devron Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 Hoping he wears #92. Very excited. Im not expecting much for offence right away but he has all the tools that’s gonna make him fun to watch until that comes. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket1994 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Provost said: I guess you can’t comprehend the negativity that he was responding to? Yeah, much deserved sarcastic shots at his an other peoples constant negativity towards Benning (including the unwarranted). That's the problem...criticize the mistakes (no prob), but never give him credit for the positives. Like i said, people are done with it and this is the type of response they're now getting for their negativity, hate and ignorance towards Benning / this team! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, IRR said: Yeah, much deserved sarcastic shots at his an other peoples constant negativity towards Benning (including the unwarranted). That's the problem...criticize the mistakes (no prob), but never give him credit for the positives. Like i said, people are done with it and this is the type of response they're now getting for their negativity, hate and ignorance towards Benning / this team! the complainers have conveniently forgot who picked Podz in the first place. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirkSave Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 His compete and drive to impact each game is what has me really excited for him lacing up as a Canuck!! 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket1994 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: the complainers have conveniently forgot who picked Podz in the first place. Exactly! They can't even be positive / give credit for one thing! Just undermine even the positives. There's an agenda from them and it's not being a fan. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 Just now, IRR said: Exactly! They can't even be positive / give credit for one thing! Just undermine even the positives. There's an agenda from them and it's not being a fan. Jim is in their heads rent free. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket1994 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Just now, Jimmy McGill said: Jim is in their heads rent free. For sure! Lol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NucksIn50 Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 38 minutes ago, Provost said: This prospect hasn’t stepped foot on an NHL rink... so anyone calling it a “home run” has zero evidence to support it. Anyone calling out other posters because of their own invented “home run” narrative is just being ludicrous. We are at least a couple of years before being able to judge the merits of the pick. What do you consider Hoglander? Just curious he came from the SEL playing with men and I’d say was damn good in his rookie season, Podz is coming from the KHL playing against men and you don’t think he will be comparable to Hogz in his rookie year? The evidence has already been presented to us Podz will transition to the NHL this coming season just fine and be a stud right out of the gate. 1 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 thank you benji. not another top six forward and a minute muncher, penalty killer to take over from edler and a good D prospect. walla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithers joe Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, smithers joe said: thank you benji. now another top six forward and a minute muncher, penalty killer to take over from edler and a good D prospect. walla. if lind, lockwood, woo, podz, rathbone, juolevi, gajovich and highmore pan out, we have the team jB has been trying to build. plus more players in this draft and trades and ufa's. the question is, if these players turn the fortunes of this club around, will people still hate jim benning? it seems that some fans want him to fail at everything. good luck jim's nucks. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghostsof1915 Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, smithers joe said: if lind, lockwood, woo, podz, rathbone, juolevi, gajovich and highmore pan out, we have the team jB has been trying to build. plus more players in this draft and trades and ufa's. the question is, if these players turn the fortunes of this club around, will people still hate jim benning? it seems that some fans want him to fail at everything. good luck jim's nucks. This is what I don't understand. You can just not like him, I'm fine with that. You can hate some of his moves. I'm also fine with that. But ignoring all the good pieces the team has is folly. I understand if he drafts players and all turn out busts. And every trade is bad. Ok sure. But that's not the case, and team isn't as bad as the haters say. 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gurn Posted May 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, ShawnAntoski said: Great signing but we will see but we will see how he does in Green tutelage. "Great Signing' was enough said " Great signing but we will see" is a fair balanced approach "Great signing but we will see how he does in Green tutelage" is just an attempted drive by smear job. Edited May 30, 2021 by gurn 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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