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

[SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME]

Knew this was coming. Glad the news came tonight. Now I can stop refreshing Twitter every two seconds.  

[kanucks25]

6 minutes ago, FijianCanuck said:

I understand jimbo losing his job but what did weisbrod get fired from doing? 

 

Weisbrod is so incompetent he can't even do "nothing" well.

[MeanSeanBean]

As someone who entirely supported Benning through the vast majority of his time here this is very bitter sweet. I really and truely beileved in what Benning was doing here. He obviously made some glaring mistakes throughout his tenure, but I always like the direction. It is really difficult to see this team struggle this badly. I look forward to the next chapter of Canucks hockey.

[MaxVerstappen33]

4 minutes ago, Pickly said:

To all the Benning defenders who always cut us critics down and swore Benning would see this disaster he created through… 

 

Watch the new guy come in and made a trade that you hate

[King Heffy]

5 minutes ago, FijianCanuck said:

I understand jimbo losing his job but what did weisbrod get fired from doing? 

He only got the job due to nepotism in the first place.  He's been an absolute disaster everywhere he's gone; look at the ROR offersheet from when he was in Calgary.

[Ohthehumanity]

8 minutes ago, Herberts Vasiljevs said:

Wow. The end of what has felt like a loooooooong era.

It was a looooooooong era!

[Warhippy]

Well...yay

 

But please don't make the sedins managers.  Please.

 

They deserve better

[Elias Pettersson]

20 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

I think Green will be fired tomorrow.  Benning could go with him.  I'm just speculating but I think this is going to happen...

Told ya...

[aGENT]

Just now, Warhippy said:

Well...yay

 

But please don't make the sedins managers.  Please.

 

They deserve better

Co-POHO's? 

[BlueRoyal]

Just now, Shayster007 said:

As someone who entirely supported Benning through the vast majority of his time here this is very bitter sweet. I really and truely beileved in what Benning was doing here. He obviously made some glaring mistakes throughout his tenure, but I always like the direction. It is really difficult to see this team struggle this badly. I look forward to the next chapter of Canucks hockey.

Always appreciate classy posts like this. We all knew changes were needed but we don't need to be nasty about it either. HF has people that call him things like a deranged lunatic (pot meet kettle!).

[JustABandwagoner]

 

[Pickly]

Just now, MaxVerstappen33 said:

Watch the new guy come in and made a trade that you hate

I just want to see a winner. If it’s a trade that results in the team being better, that’s all that matters to me. 

[Ghostsof1915]

10 minutes ago, Darkstar said:

Decades from now, the Benning era will still be among the darkest eras in Canucks history. Thank god it's over. 

It was Dark. But NO where near as dark as the Messier Era.

[CanucksCountry]

Thank you Jim for all your hard work you weren't perfect but you did put in a damn good core, I wish you all the best of luck In the future 

[Odd.]

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 

 

Fire Aquilini next! Ohh wait.

[rychicken]

1 minute ago, DontMessMe said:

 

oh ok, if Farhan is confirming Irf's report, then all is good in the world...

[CR7]

18 minutes ago, AV. said:

So that was your jersey

[BlakeQuinnAndEggs]

1 minute ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

It was Dark. But NO where near as dark as the Messier Era.

The messier Era was short though. 

 

Not 8 long years.

[48MPHSlapShot]

Those fans chanting and chucking jerseys did what Alex Burrows did. They slayed the dragon.

[Bounce000]