I would thoroughly enjoy seeing Benning get a good caning tbh.
caning? like being beaten lol.
Seriously though Jimmy the G.O.A.T. is doing a magnificent job considering he didn't get hired after said team didn't just draft Stamkos/Hedman (Yzerman to TBL) or McDavid/Hall/Draisaitl (Chia), no Benning walked into this GM position with the aging Sedins just re-signed and Horvat with nothing else to work with basically -
the Sedins as you seen recently are good enough to carry a team to mediocrity lately, not pure tank mode and they have owners freshly off a Cup run a few years prior, wanting a retool...but after 2015 they have conceded ok a rebuild in stealth mode is ok.
Never understatement the owner's of a teams input!
Look at the Senators - their owner hates that no one wants to watch their team in Ottawa and now he wants to frickin' relocate them if people don't start buying tickets. The owners are the ones paying everyone, it's their job to make money and not lose cash.
So you have to understand that in a team that can't totally just tank like the Oilers and be trash every year, especially in the expensive Vancouver real estate market - which so happens to be the Aquabros bread and butter.
Take that into consideration please CanaFan when you try to bash our beloved Jim Benning 24/7, who is piling up considerable prospect assets - even without "TANKING".
The proper assets are in place for a turn around in a few years.
HORVAT - BOESER
DAHLEN - PETTERSSON
GADJOVICH - LIND - GAUDETTE
JUOLEVI - TANEV
POULIOT - TRYAMKING (he will return)
DEMKO
And that's just the prospects for the most part, JB can and should turn some vets into picks/prospects at the TDD and in the offseason.