RobertKron
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Does Jim Benning strike you as someone who lowballs players in contract negotiations?
Beagle was actually looking for 7y/65m
Does Jim Benning strike you as someone who lowballs players in contract negotiations?
I suppose I got this a bit confused: Brian Burke doesn’t plan to be patient with Calgary Flames
Burke had no interest in being the general manager of that team. This was a time when the President and General Manager roles were usually done by the same person, otherwise the President was very seldom involved in hockey decisions.
I suppose, I just don't see why Lombardi would come here just to keep Jim Benning. It's also been reported that Aquilini is doing an audit of Benning's transactions, and after being the worst team in the league over a 4 year period despite trying to make the playoffs I can't see how anyone could come to the conclusion that he's done a good job and deserves to stay here.
I stand by my intuition. IF Dean Lombardi is hired, Benning is out the door very shortly after. And I would fully expect Ron Hextall to follow Lombardi.
The things Ferraro says make sense, so I would be okay with it from that perspective, but I would want someone in here who is well versed on the CBA like Gilman is. Also someone who is well versed in analytics. I don't think Ferraro fits either of those roles.
Did Hextall have someone in Philly who was well versed on the CBA as his assistant?
Just curious because he seemed to have a pretty good grasp on it during his time in Philly.
Why do you think this?
What would be the rush to sign the Canucks offers? Yes, I get he wants to be here, but if they're lowballing, there is no incentive to sign anything now. The difference in the offer could be $15m from Vancouver where another team was offering $30m.
I think Edler's camp has leverage, because it'll look bad if they just let him leave for nothing, and the closer they get to the window where other teams can show their interest , the more leverage they have.
Did Hextall have someone in Philly who was well versed on the CBA as his assistant?
Just curious because he seemed to have a pretty good grasp on it during his time in Philly.
Why was Hextall canned again?
..and who was it that promoted Brackett to DOS,and implemented a new procedure for identifying players?You are aware that NHL teams employ an entire army of amateur scouts whose entire responsibility is to scout for the upcoming draft right? If we had anyone else as GM, and they simply let brackett run the draft we would still have boeser and pettersson.
Peddling more baseless rumors again I see..You could have given a 10 year old a copy of the THN Draft Preview and let him run the draft and he’d have some home runs too, with those picks.
Completely meaningless. Especially since Benning didn’t want Pettersson.
I love EK but he's been hurt a lot this year and in the last few might not be best idea anymore I'm thinking.I think the ?Canucks arewaiting to see if they can get
EK. If they can get EK, then it’s bye bye to Edler. If they can’t get EK then I think the Canucks will reup with
Edler, but not if he wants a deal that means he has to be protected for Seattle expansion. He k, maybe the Seattle protection is all that’s holding up his signing?
Agreed that ,at the end of the day ,results do matter...I don’t believe that was the case this year (he was not expected to make the playoffs,but progress has been made)..He’s running out of distractions from the fact that the team performs terribly every year. Benning should already be fired based on his work to date, but when Hughes joins the team and they still struggle public opinion will turn even more than it has now and the promise of another young draft pick isn’t going to cut it.
Makes too much sense...I feel this was more of a move similar to Bob Nicholson with the Oilers. He becomes president and takes a year to assess the organization. This would line up with bennings contract so that they can decide whether to use the team option extension. That's how I feel it will go if we get a new hire. I believe Benning will be here next year.
Makes too much sense...
Agreed that ,at the end of the day ,results do matter...I don’t believe that was the case this year (he was not expected to make the playoffs,but progress has been made)..
Next year though,he will have to show hard results (same with Green as well,I imagine).
The fact that we were expected to be bad does not in any way reflect well on Benning after 4 years. Poorly constructed teams are supposed to be bad.
Every team that doesn’t have a winning record is poorly constructed,or has a defect somewhere..It’s taking a longer time here because a)..they wasted 2 years trying to retool on the fly..b)..the owners wanted to retain the ‘Sedin window’ as long as possible.The fact that we were expected to be bad does not in any way reflect well on Benning after 4 years. Poorly constructed teams are supposed to be bad.
Too busy finding the next Calder finalist.Why isn't this ****er gone yet?
He should go be a scout somewhere else then.Too busy finding the next Calder finalist.
..and who was it that promoted Brackett to DOS,and implemented a new procedure for identifying players?
Gillis just let his scouts take care of business..look what happened?
Aqua would literally blame Trevor Linden and Mike Gillis for thisAll the reports I ever saw were that Lombardi was being courted for the President's job, not the GM.
Benning is, unfortunately, not being fired this season. Or offseason. Unless he eggs Aqualini's house or something.