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I was more happy about Weisbrod getting fired than Benning. That guy is an absolute cancer anywhere he goes.

I think Kessel is going to be a good add for someone. But to those who want him here, how many more f***ing offensive minded wingers do the Canucks need? Maybe if they get rid of one of their overpaid underperforming middle 6 guys you sign him to a 1 year cheap deal. The Canucks are soft as butter. Same as they have been for a decade or more. Anyone they add needs to be able to play a tougher game. There are already enough guys who drive by and mail it in when the going gets tough.

Let’s not go too crazy. Benning was pretty much allergic to things going anything but worst case. It was actually kind of otherworldly levels of ineptitude.

Don’t forget the token 7th as well.

Too bad Jim Benning hasn’t got another gig as gm somewhere. He is the only gm who thinks trading expiring cap dumps for future cap dumps is a smart play. Well I guess I just explained why he is unemployed still.

Thinking of it as asset management means thinking of accumulating enough prime assets to improve your lineup anywhere it needs to be improved. No such thing as too many quality assets.

When you shift to think about it as assets to make the right moves to build a winning roster instead of thinking of it as depth.

No one can quantify how much is needed. The answer is enough to be able to make every move you need to make and/or fill every position necessary to fill. Asset management is the key. That means not wasting assets but accumulating them (players, picks, prospects) until you have enough to make the necessary moves to be competitive.

Not the Canucks despite having 10 years to do so. That was the whole point lol

You can never have enough assets. What you don’t need you use to get what you need. No idea why anyone is arguing that point. It’s been a main reason the Canucks have been trash for a decade.

lol I know. I was joking.

Ok has whoever kidnapped Drance given their ransom demands yet?

All 5 players being committed to defensive play helps a bit too.

Does he know how many times Edmonton has put him and Draisaitl out on their pp when they are blowing other teams out? ”They should go easy on us in that situation cause boo hoo whine whine”

Their overall defense is trash. And it doesn’t help that their forwards are for the most part allergic to defensive play.

Some really pretty passes and offensive plays but what was really noticeable to me was an effective forecheck, quicker and more accurate shooting even through traffic instead of waiting for the perfect shot, and players going hard to - and stopping - at the net and getting in position to screen effectively. Those things made a huge difference.

anyone have the McDavid interview? I already know what he will say and how he will say it but nothing like a few McDavid tears to make the world right.

Seeing McDavid and Draisaitl so visibly whiny is always a nice touch.

I’m actually shocked we didn’t see way more headhunting on our players given how whiny Edmonton is.

Ya Hrudey would probably have openly cried too.

Could only watch the game with the sound off tonight. Looking at who was calling the game I bet that was for the best. Did Debrusk openly cry? Like Craig Simpson level cry?

Pretty familiar with your stance on Benning lol. Like you are saying, I think it’s important for people to understand the nuances that really made what on paper should have been better moves tank so badly during his tenure. One poster on here compares Benning to Gillis (and thinks Benning was better at building depth lol). That comparison is the best evidence there is that building out your depth makes the difference.

And this is everything in building a team.

Then when all your disastrous short term signings (3 years is not short term btw) have one year left, go and trade all that soon to be expired cap plus a top 10 pick and a high 2nd to replace that cap for 5 years of a rapidly declining dman who was redundant on your roster and a tiny winger who plays a completely one man show type game. Ya Jimbo sure had a great strategy going. That one trade is the most negative impact trade in Canucks history bar none.

Here’s a news flash. I hated the last few years of Gillis tenure. I regularly called for it to be his time to go. He was never my favourite GM and I found him to be arrogant. Go ahead, ask around. I’m sure there are plenty of old school guys on here who remember my thoughts on Gillis at the end. But the results speak for themselves. The reality is that to be a consistent top team in the league you need depth players that add a positive impact. No one can argue that Gillis made a lot of really good moves for complimentary players that almost got us a cup. Remember that the core group struggled a lot in the playoffs prior to that too so his moves obviously had a positive impact. Benning drafted a handful of good players, made a couple of good trades and pretty much everything else he did blew up in his face. A consistent winning team leaving a bare farm is way different than a consistent bottom feeder team leaving a bare farm. Benning was the worst GM in our history and with our history that’s saying something.