Horse McHindu
They call me Horse.....
Uhh say what now???
That’s how I see it.
Think about the 2015 trade deadline when the Canucks were actually in a playoff spot and/or were in the thick of things:
Did Benning/Linden trade any 1st or 2nd round picks for rental players? Or even *any* picks for pure rental players? Absolutely not.
Trust me: Benning and Linden knew where this team was when they took over in the Summer of 2014. They knew exactly what kind of mess they would have to clean up thanks to Gillis’ inept drafting, along with his careless use of handing out NTC’s/NMC’s to certain players.
A successful rebuild will take 5-7 years. The rebuild started in 2014. IF the Canucks aren’t a playoff team after the 2020-2021 season ends, then I’ll fully admit to the abject failure of this regime.
From what I see now however, they are trending in the right way and have cleaned up many of Gillis’ mistakes. The Canucks will miss playoffs this coming season, but will make the playoffs in 2019-2020. In 2020/2021, they will be a worthy 2nd round calibre team.