You might as well just give up, Benning should have traded whatever to draft Matthews, Miller should have been traded straight across for Murray, Sedins should be kicked to the curb and Crosby brought in as a replacement, Tanev should be traded for Karlsson, Tryamkin should have been given 30 minutes a night and then tucked into bed because he might get his feelings hurt.

Oh and Benning is also responsible for Trump pulling out of the Paris Accord, Nashville loosing to Pittsburgh.
- Makita

Damn u nailed it 😂😂

Good lord no!!!
- thundachunk

I dont know him much at all. I;ll take your word on this

Wrong....terrorism is causing global warming.
- LeftCoaster

via GIPHY

TRADES
June 27, 2014: Traded Jason Garrison and Jeff Costello to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second round pick in the 2014 Draft LOSS

June 27, 2014: Traded the 2014 3rd round pick to the New York Rangers for Derek Dorsett. TOO MUCH then signed for to much

June 27, 2014: Traded Ryan Kesler and a 2015 3rd round pick to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Luca Sbisa, Nick Bonino and 1st and 3rd round picks in the 2014 Draft. Decent Considering.

June 28, 2014: Traded a 2nd round pick in 2014 to the Los Angeles Kings for Linden Vey. WASTE of Pick

November 20, 2014: Traded Kellan Lain to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Will Acton. Seriously WTF

November 25, 2014: Traded Alexandre Mallet and a 3rd round pick in 2016 to the New York Islanders in exchange for Andrey Pedan. I like this one. oh wait nope waste of a pick

January 29, 2015: Traded Gustav Forsling to the Chicago Blackhawks for Adam Clendening. RETARDED

March 2, 2015: Traded a 2nd round pick in 2015 to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Sven Baertschi. DECENT

March 2, 2015: Traded Dustin Jeffrey to the New York Islanders in exchange for Cory Conacher. Fair.

June 27, 2015: Traded Eddie Lack to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 3rd and 7th round pick in the 2015 Entry Draft. Holy $hit finanlly a win;

June 27, 2015: Traded Patrick McNally to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 7th round pick in 2015. WASh

June 30, 2015: Traded Kevin Bieksa to the Anaheim Ducks for a 2nd round pick in 2016. Good but to late.

July 1, 2015: Traded Zack Kassian and a 5th round pick in 2016 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brandon Prust. Wash both idiots.

July 28, 2015: Traded Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and a 2nd round pick in 2016 to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brandon Sutter and a conditional 3rd round pick in 2016. Lefty can speak for this one

January 8, 2016: Traded Nicklas Jensen and a 7th round pick in 2017 to the New York Rangers for Emerson Etem. Decent but where is Etem now?? LOL

February 22, 2016: Trades Hunter Shinkaruk to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Markus Granlund. Finally a true win.

February 24, 2016: Canucks trade 5th pick in 2017 Draft to the Edmonton Oilers for D Philip Larsen. LOL Larsen sucks

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS / WAIVER CLAIMS AND DUMPS
July 1, 2014: Signed Ryan Miller to a 3-year $18 million contract. I am a big Miller fan but too much money

July 2, 2014: Signed Radim Vrbata to a 2-year, $10 million deal. Dumb

February 12, 2015: Claimed Brandon McMillan off waivers from Arizona Coyotes. What?

February 23, 2015: Released Tom Sestito. Well this was a no brainer

July 1, 2015: Signed Matt Bartkowski to a 1-year, $1,750,000 contract. ???

August 26, 2015: Signed Adam Cracknell to a 1-year, $575,000 contract. Cracknell had signed on a tryout basis. Good move

October 5, 2015: Waived Linden Vey, Frank Corrado and Alex Biega. The Maple Leafs signed Corrado. MEh still an idiot move.

January 12, 2016: Placed Chris Higgins on waivers.

January 19, 2016: Signed free agent Michael Zalewski to a 1-year, $575,000 contract. Nice AHL move

February 2, 2016: Waived Brandon Prust What else is he gonna do after that fiasco

February 5, 2016: Waived Yannick Weber sucks

What else can I say not very endearing.
- thundachunk

Check this list out and take.

http://thecanuckway.com/2...im-benning-trade-history/

Seems opinions don't reach consensus.

Oh by the way you left out Sven trade- they say that's a win. Plus, Boucher pick up- you said you liked that.

Willie had full control. Unless Megna being on the top unit PP for the entire season was a management decision?
- Crazybagoham

for me the problem I have with management is them letting that clown willie do that crap for 3 seasons before canning him and his clown staff.
If they'd axed them earlier perhaps we'd still have tryamkin

Check this list out and take.

http://thecanuckway.com/2...im-benning-trade-history/

Seems opinions don't reach consensus.

Oh by the way you left out Sven trade- they say that's a win. Plus, Boucher pick up- you said you liked that.
- Nuck4U

True on Boucher. I am sure I forgot a few.

And Willie was let go and still without a new job for those exact reasons
- VANTEL

and it sounds like still without an interview even

for me the problem I have with management is them letting that clown willie do that crap for 3 seasons before canning him and his clown staff.
If they'd axed them earlier perhaps we'd still have tryamkin
- SMBDragon

True in hindsight.
Foresight now is more important than back then.
In the present we r & its show me time.....

Excuses & other reasons r no longer currency

My take is once again this season will decide his fate.
The roster turnover & NMC's & NTC's ftom the GM regime r nearly gone.
5yrs is a fair time but in our case it had mitigating problems.
With TG coaching we will see a different team on the ice & i think a better systems approach with the kids getting more breathng room. TG will hold all accountable but yet not as rigid as WD. A new refreshing approach will come IMO.
- Nighthawk

yes I am optimistic there will be a solid improvement due to the new coaching staff

You might as well just give up, Benning should have traded whatever to draft Matthews, Miller should have been traded straight across for Murray, Sedins should be kicked to the curb and Crosby brought in as a replacement, Tanev should be traded for Karlsson, Tryamkin should have been given 30 minutes a night and then tucked into bed because he might get his feelings hurt.

Oh and Benning is also responsible for Trump pulling out of the Paris Accord, Nashville loosing to Pittsburgh.
- Makita

You noticed this as well? I knew I wasn't the only one.

I don't blame him for drafting JV I was hoping he drafted JV . I do blame the organization for not following up on their million dollar investment and not calling him into the office and ask him why he turning into the town drunk and McDonalds favorite golden boy. I do blame Canucks for the Tryamkin fiasco. Make him feel part of the club and feel at home. He had more upside than any Canuck prospect in the last decade .
- VANTEL

agree 100% on all of this

yes I am optimistic there will be a solid improvement due to the new coaching staff
- SMBDragon

The 1st year usually a team responds fine.
In our case we need to see the players to ALL improve together.
Some r overdue somewhat & the paying fan needs to be encouraged a lot.

Jyrki LUMME is funny on twitter. He rips Benning over and over.
- Scooby_Doo

I like Lumme really nice guy but terrible golfer

@jyrki21

Might not be him, but he's funny.
- Scooby_Doo

It's definitely not him. He works for the team

via GIPHY

- thundachunk

Global warming is just a naturally occurring phenomenon, five thousand years ago those glaciers the tree huggers are crying about didn't exist #fakenews

TRADES
June 27, 2014: Traded Jason Garrison and Jeff Costello to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second round pick in the 2014 Draft LOSS

June 27, 2014: Traded the 2014 3rd round pick to the New York Rangers for Derek Dorsett. TOO MUCH then signed for to much

June 27, 2014: Traded Ryan Kesler and a 2015 3rd round pick to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Luca Sbisa, Nick Bonino and 1st and 3rd round picks in the 2014 Draft. Decent Considering.

June 28, 2014: Traded a 2nd round pick in 2014 to the Los Angeles Kings for Linden Vey. WASTE of Pick

November 20, 2014: Traded Kellan Lain to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Will Acton. Seriously WTF

November 25, 2014: Traded Alexandre Mallet and a 3rd round pick in 2016 to the New York Islanders in exchange for Andrey Pedan. I like this one. oh wait nope waste of a pick

January 29, 2015: Traded Gustav Forsling to the Chicago Blackhawks for Adam Clendening. RETARDED

March 2, 2015: Traded a 2nd round pick in 2015 to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Sven Baertschi. DECENT

March 2, 2015: Traded Dustin Jeffrey to the New York Islanders in exchange for Cory Conacher. Fair.

June 27, 2015: Traded Eddie Lack to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 3rd and 7th round pick in the 2015 Entry Draft. Holy $hit finanlly a win;

June 27, 2015: Traded Patrick McNally to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 7th round pick in 2015. WASh

June 30, 2015: Traded Kevin Bieksa to the Anaheim Ducks for a 2nd round pick in 2016. Good but to late.

July 1, 2015: Traded Zack Kassian and a 5th round pick in 2016 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brandon Prust. Wash both idiots.

July 28, 2015: Traded Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and a 2nd round pick in 2016 to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brandon Sutter and a conditional 3rd round pick in 2016. Lefty can speak for this one

January 8, 2016: Traded Nicklas Jensen and a 7th round pick in 2017 to the New York Rangers for Emerson Etem. Decent but where is Etem now?? LOL

February 22, 2016: Trades Hunter Shinkaruk to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Markus Granlund. Finally a true win.

February 24, 2016: Canucks trade 5th pick in 2017 Draft to the Edmonton Oilers for D Philip Larsen. LOL Larsen sucks

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS / WAIVER CLAIMS AND DUMPS
July 1, 2014: Signed Ryan Miller to a 3-year $18 million contract. I am a big Miller fan but too much money

July 2, 2014: Signed Radim Vrbata to a 2-year, $10 million deal. Dumb

February 12, 2015: Claimed Brandon McMillan off waivers from Arizona Coyotes. What?

February 23, 2015: Released Tom Sestito. Well this was a no brainer

July 1, 2015: Signed Matt Bartkowski to a 1-year, $1,750,000 contract. ???

August 26, 2015: Signed Adam Cracknell to a 1-year, $575,000 contract. Cracknell had signed on a tryout basis. Good move

October 5, 2015: Waived Linden Vey, Frank Corrado and Alex Biega. The Maple Leafs signed Corrado. MEh still an idiot move.

January 12, 2016: Placed Chris Higgins on waivers.

January 19, 2016: Signed free agent Michael Zalewski to a 1-year, $575,000 contract. Nice AHL move

February 2, 2016: Waived Brandon Prust What else is he gonna do after that fiasco

February 5, 2016: Waived Yannick Weber sucks

What else can I say not very endearing.
- thundachunk

Or you could look at surrounding facts, not an apologist but.....

June 27, 2014: Traded Jason Garrison and Jeff Costello to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second round pick in the 2014 Draft BAD CONTRACT FOR TERM, NTC, CAP SPACE! GOOD+1

June 27, 2014: Traded the 2014 3rd round pick to the New York Rangers for Derek Dorsett. NEEDED TOUGHNESS, 3RD ROUND BUST, WHO CARES, 200K TO MUCH, WHO CARES, WASH,
0

June 27, 2014: Traded Ryan Kesler and a 2015 3rd round pick to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Luca Sbisa, Nick Bonino and 1st and 3rd round picks in the 2014 Draft.HAND CUFFED, WIN,
+1

June 28, 2014: Traded a 2nd round pick in 2014 to the Los Angeles Kings for Linden Vey. LOSS,
-1

November 20, 2014: Traded Kellan Lain to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Will Acton. NOBODY AHL PLAYER WHO CARES, 0

November 25, 2014: Traded Alexandre Mallet and a 3rd round pick in 2016 to the New York Islanders in exchange for Andrey Pedan. 3RD ROUND BUST AND AHLER , WIN, +1

January 29, 2015: Traded Gustav Forsling to the Chicago Blackhawks for Adam Clendening. 5th ROUND PICK.... HINDSITE LOSS, WHO CARES, -1

March 2, 2015 traded a 2nd round pick in 2015 to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Sven Baertschi. BIG WIN, +2

March 2, 2015: Traded Dustin Jeffrey to the New York Islanders in exchange for Cory Conacher. AHL WIN, +1

June 27, 2015: Traded Eddie Lack to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 3rd and 7th round pick in the 2015 Entry Draft. WIN +1

June 27, 2015: Traded Patrick McNally to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 7th round pick in 2015. WASh, 0, YOU GOT THIS ONE

June 30, 2015: Traded Kevin Bieksa to the Anaheim Ducks for a 2nd round pick in 2016. WIN, +1.

July 1, 2015: Traded Zack Kassian and a 5th round pick in 2016 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brandon Prust. Wash both DONE, 0

July 28, 2015: Traded Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and a 2nd round pick in 2016 to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brandon Sutter and a conditional 3rd round pick in 2016. 3rd and the 2nd were 6 picks apart, who cares, Bonino wouldn't make us a contender. Wash, 0

January 8, 2016: Traded Nicklas Jensen and a 7th round pick in 2017 to the New York Rangers for Emerson Etem. Decent but where is jensen now?? Wash, who gives a rats ass, 0

February 22, 2016: Trades Hunter Shinkaruk to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Markus Granlund. win. +2

February 24, 2016: Canucks trade 5th pick in 2017 Draft to the Edmonton Oilers for D Philip Larsen. LOL Larsen sucks, SO DO 5TH ROUND PICKS, SO WHO CARES

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS / WAIVER CLAIMS AND DUMPS
July 1, 2014: Signed Ryan Miller to a 3-year $18 million contract. I am a big Miller fan, 6M, GOOD VALUE, WIN+1

July 2, 2014: Signed Radim Vrbata to a 2-year, $10 million deal. WIN, YEAR ONE, LOSS YEAR 2,
WHO CARES, WASH, 0

February 12, 2015: Claimed Brandon McMillan off waivers from Arizona Coyotes. SO CARES, 0

February 23, 2015: Released Tom Sestito. REALLY.... DON'T CARE

July 1, 2015: Signed Matt Bartkowski to a 1-year, $1,750,000 contract. MUD COULD SKATE... WHO CARES, -1

August 26, 2015: Signed Adam Cracknell to a 1-year, $575,000 contract. Cracknell had signed on a tryout basis. Good move, +1

October 5, 2015: Waived Linden Vey, Frank Corrado and Alex Biega. The Maple Leafs signed Corrado. MEh, WHO CARES, FUTURE OLYMPIAN THOUGH SO, -2.

January 12, 2016: Placed Chris Higgins on waivers. GOOD+1

January 19, 2016: Signed free agent Michael Zalewski to a 1-year, $575,000 contract. Nice AHL move ,+1

February 2, 2016: Waived Brandon Prust What else is he gonna do after that fiasco DON'T CARE

February 5, 2016: Waived Yannick Weber sucks... STILL DON'T CARE

adding them up.... more good then bad
PLUS 8, EVEN WITH THE CORADO TRADE TAKING 2 POINTS OFF

Obviously what we r lacking is game changers....

Top C & stud D standout but given the past drafts none have stood out considering where we picked & who was available. OJ has upside but too early to tell. Gaudette was a good find at 5th round but this draft & next r where we give JB no wiggle room. We MUST fill our needs & hit a home run or 2. Is that Glass or Makar idk? Both would be a good start if/& we can acquire another 1st. Next year we all expect another high pick. Furtermore i expect JV OJ & Demko to be contributing in 2018. How BB & other assets fair will be this years scrutiny if JB has done well. The PP is an immediate focus & can only get better. D will be an ongoing problem but players like EG Stecher & Hutton can all make a very significant impact if they r to be longterm solutions.
- Nighthawk

Im usually of the opinion that we should keep tanev. However if moving him means we can draft makar and then glass then Im for it. Makar could be that franchise D in a few years.

Global warming is just a naturally occurring phenomenon
- LeftCoaster

This I knew. The last ice age ended almost 12000 years ago. Did people really expect ice was just going to not melt? "OH my god that glacier is melting. We're all gonna die."

This I knew. The last ice age ended almost 12000 years ago. Did people really expect ice was just going to not melt? "OH my god that glacier is melting. We're all gonna die."
- thundachunk

I added a little edit above...

https://wattsupwiththat.c...r-retreat-is-nothing-new/

I added a little edit above...
- LeftCoaster

We only turned up the heat a lil...


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So if Florida is underwater idc
Its one way to get 2 franchuses relocated to Seattle & QC.
That Bettman is a shrewd dude.....

Takes time to make chicken soup outta chicken poop.
The vaunted Canucks fans base patience always rears its ugly head lol
- Nighthawk

so chicken poop soup? you hangin out in richmond lately?

so chicken poop soup? you hangin out in richmond lately?

- SMBDragon

Chicken Dumpling Soup....

I heard a rumor that Green is a caretaker coach as the Sedins will re-sign as player co-coaches and Messier will be brought in to be Pres/GM
- Tigersmyle

will his new office be on davie st?

Someone I know has seen him at the bar quite a few times. Apparently he is spending his summer trying to get laid, and telling people he is a lock to make the team this year. Couldn't quite tell of he was fit or not.
- Retinalz

A patient of mine is a young player who knows JV. He mentioned lots of drinking and he's all about trying at all odds to get the girls

We only turned up the heat a lil...


😜


So if Florida is underwater idc
Its one way to get 2 franchuses relocated to Seattle & QC.
That Bettman is a shrewd dude.....
- Nighthawk

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