Popular Post RU SERIOUS Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 While watching Donnie & Dhali yesterday, it was mentioned that Jim B has apparently given away 23 draft picks so far under his reign. The question now becomes; Can the Canucks build up a strong enough organization to win a cup with this approach or, will the short term rewards gained by trading away all these draft picks leave us short and in an eternal "sloppy-second place" type finishes and ongoing retooling/rebuilding due to always being short a few assets in the cupboard? 1 4 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jester13 Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 No. 5 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post qwijibo Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 I don’t think given away is accurate. They’ve been used as trade capital. Some of those moves worked out. Others didn’t. He’s not the first GM to try to stay competitive with aging franchise players. 5 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 That is a substantial amoumt for sure but I wouldn’t say we have an empty pipeline. I think the biggest reason it might be slim is the fact ’most’ of our draftees have moved over to the big league already and are therefore not in our system at this time like many other long time projects others have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, RU SERIOUS said: While watching Donnie & Dhali yesterday, it was mentioned that Jim B has apparently given away 23 draft picks so far under his reign. The question now becomes; Can the Canucks build up a strong enough organization to win a cup with this approach or, will the short term rewards gained by trading away all these draft picks leave us short and in an eternal "sloppy-second place" type finishes and ongoing retooling/rebuilding due to always being short a few assets in the cupboard? did they mention how many he got back? 2 3 2 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaramel MacKhiato Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Bennings strategy: be praised for your drafting ability for selecting Hughes, Boeser, and Pettersson... then trade every other pick you have so people can't say anything different. Edited July 27, 2021 by Top Sven Baercheese 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU SERIOUS Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Jimmy McGill said: did they mention how many he got back? No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just now, RU SERIOUS said: No. go figure. 1 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekey Pete Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: did they mention how many he got back? my first thought. How many trades involve pick swaps. Click bait 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSVII Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 We'll never know. I would have loved to see what JB would have done with all those second rounders considering the gems he found in Hoglander and Demko. Saying that he'll recoup that value by hitting gems in with his two 5ths isn't a rebuttal to this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU SERIOUS Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just now, Jimmy McGill said: go figure. It's the Donnie & Dhalli show - what did you expect ! (LOL) 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CroSen Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 I like Donnie and Rick, but I'm not sure how helpful to anyone these hindsight type discussions are. For the most part they seem to just add to the "lets criticize Jim Benning" fire. 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nux_win Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 I think you and they (D&D) need to watch your language use. Jim didn't "give" away ANY draft picks. He traded them for other assets. It's reasonable to argue whether or not they were good deals or not but to say that they "gave" them away is pure hyperbole (i.e. exaggeration for effect and not a reasonable assessment of the situation). Exaggeration is used effectively to sell advertising but it isn't a reasonable way to discuss real world issues. GCG! 5 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elias Pettersson Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 RU SERIOUS?? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 maybe it'll come to haunt us in the form of a Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, RU SERIOUS said: While watching Donnie & Dhali yesterday, it was mentioned that Jim B has apparently given away 23 draft picks so far under his reign. The question now becomes; Can the Canucks build up a strong enough organization to win a cup with this approach or, will the short term rewards gained by trading away all these draft picks leave us short and in an eternal "sloppy-second place" type finishes and ongoing retooling/rebuilding due to always being short a few assets in the cupboard? Dhaliwal = troll. While the Canucks have given up a high Number of picks, they don’t seem to talk about the fact that many of our picks and prospects in our developmental system successfully transitioned into our system. Demko, Pettersson, Boeser, Horvat, Hoglander, Podkolzin (this coming year), Rathbone, Juolevi, and MacEwen. Even guys like Virtanen and Tryamkin who are no longer here made the team. Markstrom was developed in the AHL the correct way as well. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV. Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Dhaliwal is not a troll lol. Be serious. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, RU SERIOUS said: While watching Donnie & Dhali yesterday, it was mentioned that Jim B has apparently given away 23 draft picks so far under his reign. The question now becomes; Can the Canucks build up a strong enough organization to win a cup with this approach or, will the short term rewards gained by trading away all these draft picks leave us short and in an eternal "sloppy-second place" type finishes and ongoing retooling/rebuilding due to always being short a few assets in the cupboard? no. You can research NHL teams lists of picks in all the drafts since JB took over. You will find he has utilized picks in trades while still maintaining the league average and plus in some years of players that the team hit on with fewer picks. The Canucks are doing just fine. 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Stating a statistic like "gave away 23 draft picks" without quantifying it against say - how many have other GM's given away and/or how many have you received is about as useless as teets on a bull. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: go figure. He's still at a deficit. Time will tell if it'll cost us. We have very little left in terms of draft picks and prospects (especially once Podkolzin graduates). After the ARI trade, the window has been opened. If this core doesn't have it, we're in for another rebuild quite soon. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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