Rumor: Benning has green light to make a trade and is working the phones. Trying to fix "chemistry"

[UrbanImpact]

Hour 1: Frank Seravalli reacts to Canucks' poor start (sportsnet.ca)

" do not think that a trade is not on the table, I was shocked to hear that today, does that mean Benning is safe?"
-Shah on the Peoples Show on Sportsnet 650


According to Sat Shah of Sportsnet 650, Benning has been working the phone a tonne and has a green light to make any trades. Shah also indicated that Benning has targeted that there might be a "cancer" in the locker room that is effecting the team chemistry. Benning is trying to save his job and thinks that the chemistry/cancer is the problem with the team and is vigorously trying to move the player.


In all honesty if there was a "cancer in the locker room " id say the most viable candidate is JT Miller. The young guys might not be reacting well to his "passionate" demeanor.

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[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Sell high on Miller. How many near PPG forwards are available these days?

 

[A1LeafNation]

By Chemistry you mean coach? Can Benning trade himself?

 

[North Cole]

Lmao, this reeks of Chiarelli signing Koskinen and then being fired the next day. Also, coming out and saying "I need to trade this guy because he's a cancer" doesn't seem like a good way to preserve any value...

As much as the contract sucked, nucks fans would probably welcome a Koskinen contract if it guaranteed Benning was canned tomorrow .

 

[82Ninety42011]

Benning in a panic wowza gonna be frightening if true. I can see other GM's licking their chops right now !!

 

[UrbanImpact]

Sell high on Miller. How many near PPG forwards are available these days?

No kidding eh,

in his prime too at 28 yrs old.

AND only making 5 mil for this year and next.

If he is the guy that effecting chemistry, I'd move him for a solid young RD.

 

[Love]

It would be a very Jim Benning move to trade the only player on the team who looks like he gives a damn while he’s on an 8 game point streak.

But oh no he’s mean to the young guys!

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

As a Sens fan I’ll take Miller or Boeser lol.

 

[Kravtsov420]

Hour 1: Frank Seravalli reacts to Canucks' poor start (sportsnet.ca)

" do not think that a trade is not on the table, I was shocked to hear that today, does that mean Benning is safe?"
-Shah on the Peoples Show on Sportsnet 650


According to Sat Shah of Sportsnet 650, Benning has been working the phone a tonne and has a green light to make any trades. Shah also indicated that Benning has targeted that there might be a "cancer" in the locker room that is effecting the team chemistry. Benning is trying to save his job and thinks that the chemistry/cancer is the problem with the team and is vigorously trying to move the player.


In all honesty if there was a "cancer in the locker room " id say the most viable candidate is JT Miller. The young guys might not be reacting well to his "passionate" demeanor.

Idk man, I don’t think you can say player x is the cancer unless there is more evidence for this. Just seems like pure speculation that he would be the issue. Unless Canucks fans know something that would prove that statement true?

Ah regardless, management is simply trying to put the blame on the players (which some is, for sure) but let’s not lose sight of who’s vision this team is a result of. I’m not a Canucks fan, but you have to address the problem at the source. And it looks like that won’t happen.

 

[UrbanImpact]

Benning in a panic wowza gonna be frightening if true. I can see other GM's licking their chops right now !!

To be fair and unbiased, if looking at it from a neutral pov, Benning is bad at alot of things but he is actually decent at trading. Hes had his misses like all GMs but he has done well on msot trades as well.

Free agent signings, he has to be the worst in the league.


Drafting and Trades, id say better than average.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Bozo!

 

[Leaf Fans]

The person who he is 'vigoursly' trying to trade is the cancer. Teams should just ask for someone else.

 

[Kranix]

The Canucks roster (forward group at least) is good enough on paper that the right coach could take them into the playoffs??

 

[vanarchy]

 

[66-30-33]

Rust for JT.Miller please!

 

[UrbanImpact]

As a Sens fan I’ll take Miller or Boeser lol.

Boeser would be the last guy id say is a locker room issue.

 

[LOFIN]

I mean I get not canning the GM mid-season because the guy inheriting the job can't fix it before the offseason anyway. But making a change now could certainly prevent Benning f***ing up the team any further lol...

 

[Nucker42]

Here’s comes the 3rd round pick for waiver fodder acquisition

 

[vanarchy]

For the other fans, the reason most people think it's Miller is because he's been seen visibly arguing with other players like Boeser during games before.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I think the Devils should be interested in Boeser if Vancouver decides to move on from him.
If the Devils feel they can't sign him after next year I could see Severson being of some interest to Van, although I don't know if the Devils have the depth at RD to trade one without getting one back

 

[Lays]

I think it’s going to be JT Miller. His issues stem back to NYR. Has always been a hot head. Rounded into a much better player in Vancouver but he was already traded once for being a locker room issue. He gets into arguments with players and coaches pretty often

At the same time though, EP40 doesn’t seem happy with Nucks. Trade him to NYR

 

[M2Beezy]

-Benning announces he is trying to make a trade
-Benning has identified a lockeroom cancer who he wants to trade

Hmmmm I wonder if other GMs are capable of thinking and calculating when Benning offers lockeroom cancer player......

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

realistically, what's the best case scenario return on miller? replenishing the first round picks he burned on a month of toffoli and OEL?

a replacement for nate schmidt?

 

[Djp]

Changing team chemistry is vastly different than removing a cancer/ problem

 

[82Ninety42011]

To be fair and unbiased, if looking at it from a neutral pov, Benning is bad at alot of things but he is actually decent at trading. Hes had his misses like all GMs but he has done well on msot trades as well.

Free agent signings, he has to be the worst in the league.


Drafting and Trades, id say better than average.

I have no confidence in him sorry. Besides Miller deal he's done squat. He botched the Kesler trade but that was awhile ago. He generally trades 2nd tier guys for 2nd tier guys and adds picks for no reason going by his history. He's done better last year or two in trading but he set bar so low that he could only get better. He sucks plain and simple for me at least.

PS his drafting is nothing special he has a few hits and a few misses in the top ten which really hurt. 8 years and he hasn't drafted a Dman besides Hughes who were using in our top 4.