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A_SteamingLombardi
Location: Systemic failure / Slurptastic
Joined: 10.12.2008

Apr 16 @ 3:31 PM ET
Dont people feel its weird that grown men are searching google for high school cheerleader files to post on HB?


- boonerbuck

You're just jealous they get google.
boonerbuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Not Quesnel, BC
Joined: 10.11.2005

Apr 16 @ 3:32 PM ET
You're just jealous they get google.
- A_SteamingLombardi



Marwood
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Apr 16 @ 3:34 PM ET

- RealityChecker

Codes1087
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 09.24.2014

Apr 16 @ 3:36 PM ET
all Bennings fault, fire everyone, don't sign anybody, don't trade for anyone, what rebuild? stop rebuilding, draft and develop, dont develop too fast, wait its not fast enough,why isnt Gaudette Kesler, why isnt Jake Bertuzzi, why isnt OJ Lidstrom, Why did we take Kole Lind, trade that guy, no not that guy, the other guy, he sucks, they suck, you suck,
- Brooks_Light


unpopular opinion - The track that Benning has us going today, with our current roster and current prospect pipline, is easily the most promising since he has taken over. (people will interpret that however they want)

another unpopular opinion - IF Benning spends major money and term trying to fill the holes that can and will eventually be filled from within, from good drafting and good developing and continuing the trend of making good trades (like leivo and pearson), I personally think he does more harm than good.

Having said all of that, the Canucks current roster and state of the team is easily the most promising since he took over, and people can take that statement however they want.
NorthNuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Yellowknife, NWT
Joined: 05.30.2016

Apr 16 @ 3:41 PM ET
This is funny. I've been seeing that commercial about fussy eating kids a lot lately and it reminds me of these guys.

"It's too crunchy", "it's not crunchy enough", "It touched the eggs", "The spaghetti is too long" etc...

- boonerbuck

The spaghetti is TOO LONG
CanuckDon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 08.05.2014

Apr 16 @ 3:46 PM ET
unpopular opinion - The track that Benning has us going today, with our current roster and current prospect pipline, is easily the most promising since he has taken over. (people will interpret that however they want)

another unpopular opinion - IF Benning spends major money and term trying to fill the holes that can and will eventually be filled from within, from good drafting and good developing and continuing the trend of making good trades (like leivo and pearson), I personally think he does more harm than good.

Having said all of that, the Canucks current roster and state of the team is easily the most promising since he took over, and people can take that statement however they want.

- Codes1087

You are an idiot sometimes. Bieksa should be GM
Codes1087
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 09.24.2014

Apr 16 @ 3:47 PM ET
You are an idiot sometimes. Bieksa should be GM
- CanuckDon


but not all the time

and boom boom bieksa can stick to color commentating and HNIC panels
boonerbuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Not Quesnel, BC
Joined: 10.11.2005

Apr 16 @ 3:47 PM ET
unpopular opinion - The track that Benning has us going today, with our current roster and current prospect pipline, is easily the most promising since he has taken over. (people will interpret that however they want)

another unpopular opinion - IF Benning spends major money and term trying to fill the holes that can and will eventually be filled from within, from good drafting and good developing and continuing the trend of making good trades (like leivo and pearson), I personally think he does more harm than good.

Having said all of that, the Canucks current roster and state of the team is easily the most promising since he took over, and people can take that statement however they want.

- Codes1087



boonerbuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Not Quesnel, BC
Joined: 10.11.2005

Apr 16 @ 3:47 PM ET
The spaghetti is TOO LONG
- NorthNuck



CanuckDon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 08.05.2014

Apr 16 @ 3:53 PM ET
but not all the time

and boom boom bieksa can stick to color commentating and HNIC panels

- Codes1087

I almost always say always and not sometimes
boonerbuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Not Quesnel, BC
Joined: 10.11.2005

Apr 16 @ 3:54 PM ET
Codes1087
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 09.24.2014

Apr 16 @ 3:54 PM ET
I almost always say always and not sometimes
- CanuckDon


Brooks_Light
Joined: 08.13.2015

Apr 16 @ 3:55 PM ET
You are an idiot sometimes. Bieksa should be GM
- CanuckDon


what he said
NorthNuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Yellowknife, NWT
Joined: 05.30.2016

Apr 16 @ 3:55 PM ET

- boonerbuck

Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 16 @ 3:57 PM ET
unpopular opinion - The track that Benning has us going today, with our current roster and current prospect pipline, is easily the most promising since he has taken over. (people will interpret that however they want)

another unpopular opinion - IF Benning spends major money and term trying to fill the holes that can and will eventually be filled from within, from good drafting and good developing and continuing the trend of making good trades (like leivo and pearson), I personally think he does more harm than good.

Having said all of that, the Canucks current roster and state of the team is easily the most promising since he took over, and people can take that statement however they want.

- Codes1087


Even more unpopular opinion:

even a potato as GM, who only made draft picks based on Brackett and co's suggestions and made zero trades would have this team in better position today compared to when Benning first took over just by default. It's kinda hard not to improve the prospect pool/young core when you finish at the bottom consistently.


When you take over a prospect pool headlined by Horvat/Shinkaruk/Gaunce/Corrado and finish near the bottom almost every year, there's nowhere to go but up
RealityChecker
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I stay away from the completely crazy rumours on the internet.I will occasionally debunk them-Eklund
Joined: 04.18.2010

Apr 16 @ 4:03 PM ET
Even more unpopular opinion:

even a potato as GM, who only made draft picks based on Brackett and co's suggestions and made zero trades would have this team in better position today compared to when Benning first took over just by default. It's kinda hard not to improve the prospect pool/young core when you finish at the bottom consistently.


When you take over a prospect pool headlined by Horvat/Shinkaruk/Gaunce/Corrado and finish near the bottom almost every year, there's nowhere to go but up

- Nucker101

but benning did it the honorable way by actually trying to win!
Codes1087
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 09.24.2014

Apr 16 @ 4:04 PM ET
Even more unpopular opinion:

even a potato as GM, who only made draft picks based on Brackett and co's suggestions and made zero trades would have this team in better position today compared to when Benning first took over just by default. It's kinda hard not to improve the prospect pool/young core when you finish at the bottom consistently.


When you take over a prospect pool headlined by Horvat/Shinkaruk/Gaunce/Corrado and finish near the bottom almost every year, there's nowhere to go but up

- Nucker101


im not disagreeing, and i am not a Benning supporter in the least. Fact still remains that the roster we ended up with at the end of this season, is probably 4 years behind where it should have been, is still better today than it ever has been. Again, i wholeheartedly disagree with his entire direction/philosophy of rebuild/retool/rewhateverhewantstocallit. I feel like our roster and pipeline today, is probably what it should have been a season or two after he took over.
boonerbuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Not Quesnel, BC
Joined: 10.11.2005

Apr 16 @ 4:06 PM ET
Even more unpopular opinion:

even a potato as GM, who only made draft picks based on Brackett and co's suggestions and made zero trades would have this team in better position today compared to when Benning first took over just by default. It's kinda hard not to improve the prospect pool/young core when you finish at the bottom consistently.


When you take over a prospect pool headlined by Horvat/Shinkaruk/Gaunce/Corrado and finish near the bottom almost every year, there's nowhere to go but up

- Nucker101


Boeser was not drafted anywhere near the bottom. Neither was Demko or Gaudette... or the up coming pick.

The only trade that was a significant setback was Gudbranson. Ya ya... death by a thousand cuts and all that other man bun whining... I wish the Canucks kept the couple of picks that were wasted... maybe they push this rebuild if they hit...or not... we cant assume that impact players were going to be selected... but this is hardly a counter argument. It's hyperbole mostly.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 16 @ 4:09 PM ET
im not disagreeing, and i am not a Benning supporter in the least. Fact still remains that the roster we ended up with at the end of this season, is probably 4 years behind where it should have been, is still better today than it ever has been.
- Codes1087


Of course, but that's just pointing out the obvious lol.


It would actually be really damn difficult to not have this team in a better position today compared to then. You'd almost have to purposely try to sabotage the franchise to not have a better group of under 25 year old players after finishing near the bottom for 5 out of the past 6 seasons.


A_SteamingLombardi
Location: Systemic failure / Slurptastic
Joined: 10.12.2008

Apr 16 @ 4:11 PM ET
but benning did it the honorable way by actually trying to win!
- RealityChecker

Because he didn't know what he was doing.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 16 @ 4:11 PM ET
Boeser was not drafted anywhere near the bottom. Neither was Demko or Gaudette... or the up coming pick.

The only trade that was a significant setback was Gudbranson. Ya ya... death by a thousand cuts and all that other man bun whining... I wish the Canucks kept the couple of picks that were wasted... maybe they push this rebuild if they hit...or not... we cant assume that impact players were going to be selected... but this is hardly a counter argument. It's hyperbole mostly.

- boonerbuck



Not sure what exactly you're disagreeing with. I said that even a GM who sat on his hands for 5 years would fall ass backwards into a better prospect group than Horvat/Shink/Gaunce/Corrado. Not sure how anyone can disagree with that statement.

Nowhere did I mention anything about Gudbranson, or poor drafting, you're seeing things you want to see in my post


Read the actual words, not the made up ones in your imagination
Codes1087
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 09.24.2014

Apr 16 @ 4:12 PM ET
Of course, but that's just pointing out the obvious lol.


It would actually be really damn difficult to not have this team in a better position today compared to then. You'd almost have to purposely try to sabotage the franchise to not have a better group of under 25 year old players after finishing near the bottom for 5 out of the past 6 seasons.

- Nucker101


i added to my original comment. I know what you are saying, regarding *he had nowhere to go but up*, and im not disagreeing. I am just simply saying, what we had hoped for in a roster in 2014/2015 is probably what we are saying today, 5 years after the fact. The fact is, we starting to finally see some positive turnover and possitive drafting and signing. Again, im not endorsing Benning, cause I could not disagree more with how things have gone since he took over, but I do finally think the direction we are heading is finally a good one.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 16 @ 4:14 PM ET
i added to my original comment. I know what you are saying, regarding *he had nowhere to go but up*, and im not disagreeing. I am just simply saying, what we had hoped for in a roster in 2014/2015 is probably what we are saying today, 5 years after the fact. The fact is, we starting to finally see some positive turnover and possitive drafting and signing. Again, im not endorsing Benning, cause I could not disagree more with how things have gone since he took over, but I do finally think the direction we are heading is finally a good one.
- Codes1087



For sure. Hopefully the next President/GM duo can build on that and correct some of the mistakes Benning has made
Codes1087
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 09.24.2014

Apr 16 @ 4:16 PM ET
For sure. Hopefully the next GM can build on that and correct some of the mistakes Benning has made.
- Nucker101


that's my hope.
RealityChecker
Vancouver Canucks
Location: I stay away from the completely crazy rumours on the internet.I will occasionally debunk them-Eklund
Joined: 04.18.2010

Apr 16 @ 4:17 PM ET
Because he didn't know what he was doing.
- A_SteamingLombardi

that's your narrative.
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