[Report] Canucks fire Jim Benning, name Stan Smyl as interim GM

[hockeyville88]

Hallelujah. This is a big day and clearly the right move. Let's hope ownership take their time to make the next right moves 

[RWJC]

3 minutes ago, RakuRaku said:

Let's keep it coming!! Announce a blockbuster trade or two to bring us a tough guy, a power forward that can score and a big,  reliable LHD!! 

I’ll take Anderson out of MTL, thank you very much 

[King Heffy]

1 minute ago, Chris12345 said:

I think it's because the defense sucks. JB put together 2 top 4 guys and everyone else is a 5/6 guy.

We won't know how bad the defense is until we see how they play without Baumgartner handicapping the team with his idiotic system.  They've been set up to fail playing under this clown and it's entirely possible that we see significant improvement.

[Jack Fig]

Jim did some good drafting, but even there his record is somewhat overrated. His FA spending was pretty atrocious. Trades .... eh ... average at best. 

But actual on-ice results are the currency you can't argue with. This has become a dysfunctional team and there's a lot reasons why and lots of people to point fingers at. Jim rolled some serious dice on OEL this summer and I appreciated that. But even though OEL (and Garland) has been okay, the resulting mess of this season is hard to accept or overlook. As others have pointed out, Jim seems to have difficulty in building a cohesive roster. It's really just a collection of mostly unconnected parts. He had time, he did some good things, but the direction of the team in the here and now justifies his firing. Tough business this. 

Edited December 6, 2021 by Jack Fig

[MaxVerstappen33]

1 minute ago, JohnTavares said:

JB will be looked bad as one of the worst GMs ever in the NHL. I’ll take my chances.

I lived in Edmonton for 7 years. You don't have a clue what a "worst GM ever" even is. Benning was mediocre.

 

 

[JeremyCuddles]

2 minutes ago, Chris12345 said:

I think it's because the defense sucks. JB put together 2 top 4 guys and everyone else is a 5/6 guy.

Yeah but it's way better than last year (on paper) and it's performing way worse. A group of 4 top 6 D with 2 Top 4 D shouldn't have the worst PK in the history of the game through 25 games. Especially when that same D core with like 3 AHLers last season at least didn't embarass themselves.

[baumerman77]

Today is a good day.

[King Heffy]

1 minute ago, Chris12345 said:

The dweeb is you AGM

Yeah, they can be assistants but it's never a good thing when the keys are given to someone without a hockey background. 

[kanucks25]

4 minutes ago, DontMessMe said:

STEEMER seems to be taking command 

I'm not old enough to have watched him.

 

All I know is that I met him in the press box at a game and shook his hand.

 

I'm an above average sized dude but his hand was like a bear paw and his handshake was so firm it almost broke my arm off.

 

Just based on that interaction, I'm comfortable with this move.

 

[TU90]

1 minute ago, King Heffy said:

We won't know how bad the defense is until we see how they play without Baumgartner handicapping the team with his idiotic system.  They've been set up to fail playing under this clown and it's entirely possible that we see significant improvement.

This is what I'm most excited about. Never understood how this guy kept his job for so long.

[Chris12345]

Just now, King Heffy said:

We won't know how bad the defense is until we see how they play without Baumgartner handicapping the team with his idiotic system.  They've been set up to fail playing under this clown and it's entirely possible that we see significant improvement.

Let's hope!!!!!

 

I still think they don't have the horses. Could improve though. I was wrong once.

[MaxVerstappen33]

Just now, Jack Fig said:

Jim did some good drafting, but even there his record us somewhat overrated. His FA spending was pretty atrocious. Trades .... eh ... average at best. 

 

Indeed. And trades that are "average at best" are not the kind of trades that "worst GM's ever" make. But hey lets all call Benning the worst GM ever huhu

[PhillipBlunt]

Just saw this idiot Grady Sas on Twitter complaining about the Fire Benning chants leading to his firing, yet this useless zygote complained about Benning ad nauseam for years. What an absolute clown. 

[warrchief]

11 minutes ago, kanucks25 said:

Based on what?

 

(not disagreeing, more wondering)

Just the work he put in with the Canucks. Especially with getting college guys. A lot of people around the league think he can be a big front office prospect

[kanucks25]

5 minutes ago, Patel Bure said:

HA!   The ironing is delicious.  

To the victor go the spoils.

[King Heffy]

Just now, Chris12345 said:

Let's hope!!!!!

 

I still think they don't have the horses. Could improve though. I was wrong once.

They definitely need a serviceable bottom pairing lefty, but they aren't newly as bad at the Oilers group.  It's worth a shot.

[Chris12345]

1 minute ago, N7Nucks said:

Yeah but it's way better than last year (on paper) and it's performing way worse. A group of 4 top 6 D with 2 Top 4 D shouldn't have the worst PK in the history of the game through 25 games. Especially when that same D core with like 3 AHLers last season at least didn't embarass themselves.

I don’t think it is better than last year on paper. I would also like to add on paper is useless.

[appleboy]

With an interim GM I doubt they will be making any trades. 

[BlastPast]

2 minutes ago, JohnTavares said:

JB will be looked bad as one of the worst GMs ever in the NHL. I’ll take my chances.

Boeser, Pettersson, Demko, Hoglander, Hughes, Podkolzin, Miller, Garland (and some less significant but still useful pieces) have all been added in the last 4 1/2 years; that is a considerable amount of talent provided they play up to potential. There is still work to do but to suggest that acknowledging this is some kind of across-the-board approval of every move JB did is just dumb. You have to take both sides of the ledger into consideration when accounting. I'm sure this post will get a very intelligent response .

[Chris12345]

Just now, King Heffy said:

They definitely need a serviceable bottom pairing lefty, but they aren't newly as bad at the Oilers group.  It's worth a shot.

Yea but I hate Oiler comparables.... I compare to the best.