Post-Game Talk: 2018 Trade Deadline Debacle | We acquired *what?*

[Megaterio Llamas]

Benning certainly had the chips to get picks and prospects... Tanev, Baertschi, Gudbranson, Sutter & Del Zotto (both would require salary retained likely) but the problem is he doesn't want to give anything up. EVER. And since these players are doing so well mentoring our youngsters (Horvat, Boeser and Virtanen are the only notable ones that come to mind) he will not move any of them. Unlike the Rangers who came out straight up and said this isn't working, let's trade anyone we can. Luck has a funny way of working out and wouldn't at all be surprise if they won the Dahlin sweepstakes. Three more years of this ****e. Can't wait.

I loved what the Rangers did today. That's how it's done.

 

[PM]

you win this round pg canuck

srsly, i can't easily tell whether vanek or holm fetched a better return.

I’d say Holm did. I prefer Leipsic to Motte and we didn’t have to take salary back. Not that the Holm trade is any good but it’s probably a top-5 Benning trade overall.

 

[PM]

I’ve seen a couple say Motte is a good prospect and I don’t understand why. He’s 5’10, 22 and has crappy scoring stats. What are people expecting out of him?

He’s a dime a dozen minor league player that every team has right now. I wouldn’t trade Reid Boucher for him.

 

[MS]

I’ve seen a couple say Motte is a good prospect and I don’t understand why. He’s 5’10, 22 and has crappy scoring stats. What are people expecting out of him?

He’s a dime a dozen minor league player that every team has right now. I wouldn’t trade Reid Boucher for him.

He's a late pick who has done nothing really at any level since being drafted except for 1 year where he put up big stats as the 3rd wheel on a line with Connor and Compher.

 

[krutovsdonut]

I’ve seen a couple say Motte is a good prospect and I don’t understand why. He’s 5’10, 22 and has crappy scoring stats. What are people expecting out of him?

He’s a dime a dozen minor league player that every team has right now. I wouldn’t trade Reid Boucher for him.

i think you just did in a way. boucher and megna are surely toast with these two additions.

 

[y2kcanucks]

i think you just did in a way. boucher and megna are surely toast with these two additions.

Motte should not be ahead of Boucher on the depth chart.

 

[krutovsdonut]

i think the vanek trade was like an ebay snipe for cbj as the only bidder. except usually you win on a low bid on ebay because nobody notices the listing.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Motte should not be ahead of Boucher on the depth chart.

motte is under contract next year. boucher requires a decision.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

Motte,,Leipsic,,it took them all season long and this is what they could come up with.Instead of gutting this team of the crap they have,they move 2 guys who actually where not an issue.Vanek played ok this year,way better then Ganger and Eriksson and a few others.But we just keep adding crap to the crap pile that Benning has stock piled.Enough is enough with these idiots.
There should be fan backlash to have these guys fired asap.

 

[andersej]

At this point I'm just waiting for the Jokinen contract extension - just to 'prove' that it wasn't a bad move to trade for him....

It really is time to get some 'Fire Benning' chants or similar going at Rogers Arena.

 

[coastal_nuck]

At this point I'm just waiting for the Jokinen contract extension - just to 'prove' that it wasn't a bad move to trade for him....

It really is time to get some 'Fire Benning' chants or similar going at Rogers Arena.

The problem is, the fans complaining about these moves are not the ones paying to go to the arena. That is the unfortunate truth. So long as fans continue going to games and are oblivious to the faults that are committed, there won't be any change.

 

[CanaFan]

The problem is, the fans complaining about these moves are not the ones paying to go to the arena. That is the unfortunate truth. So long as fans continue going to games and are oblivious to the faults that are committed, there won't be any change.

I dunno, Rogers was still selling out back when Gillis was fired, no? We are a long ways away from selling out these days.

 

[CS95]

I didn’t have any confidence in this management team going into the deadline but I was fairly sure they could manage to trade Vanek for a 3rd-4th round pick. To not even be able to do that is a massive failure.

I don’t mind the trade with Vegas, however I don’t think it will make much of a difference in the long run.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

what? no "what do we have in random 5'10 guy i've never heard of" thread? no "what do we have in other random 5'10 guy i've never heard of" thread?

i'm pretty sure we had a "what do we have in jeremy welsh" thread.

 

[Carl Carlson]

Breaking news:...Rebuild has stalled over return for Thomas Vanek at the Trade Deadline..

I wasn't referring to just this day as stalled, I'm talking about since they admitted they are 'rebuilding'. This is just another frustrating day where you'd hope more would be done.

 

[CanaFan]

i think the vanek trade was like an ebay snipe for cbj as the only bidder. except usually you win on a low bid on ebay because nobody notices the listing.

Cause Benning typo’ed the listing?

 

[MS]

what? no "what do we have in random 5'10 guy i've never heard of" thread? no "what do we have in other random 5'10 guy i've never heard of" thread?

i'm pretty sure we had a "what do we have in jeremy welsh" thread.

That was back when people cared.

 

[CanaFan]

I wasn't referring to just this day as stalled, I'm talking about since they admitted they are 'rebuilding'. This is just another frustrating day where you'd hope more would be done.

Ya, I think the majority of frustration is that this TDL simply continued the broader trend of avoiding draft picks like the plague and focussing on “age gap” players with little upside.

The trades themselves aren’t terrible, just misguided. And the TDL as a whole was another dud for a team that should be (but isn’t) rebuilding.

 

[member 290103]

Motte should not be ahead of Boucher on the depth chart.

It's depressing we even have to have a discussion like this. The team is just chock full of replacement level players.

 

[Black Noise]

Rangers have 3 1st round picks a year after having 2 1sts and knocking both out of the park. Ahhh how nice it must be to be rebuilding....

 

[y2kcanucks]

motte is under contract next year. boucher requires a decision.

Doesn't matter. One has proven to at least be an elite AHL player, the other is barely an AHLer at this point.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Rangers have 3 1st round picks a year after having 2 1sts and knocking both out of the park. Ahhh how nice it must be to be rebuilding....

To be fair they could have had Vilardi and Tolvanen...but yeah, they're a team that JUST started rebuilding last week and already they're doing a better job than Benning has done in 4 years.

Yet somehow we're rebuilding because.....because the NHL gives us draft picks every year? Even though Benning will trade some AWAY.

 

[Black Noise]

To be fair they could have had Vilardi and Tolvanen...but yeah, they're a team that JUST started rebuilding last week and already they're doing a better job than Benning has done in 4 years.

Yet somehow we're rebuilding because.....because the NHL gives us draft picks every year? Even though Benning will trade some AWAY.

Honestly Andersson and Chtyil really aren't that far off. Both putting up great AHL numbers for U20 guys.

 

[canucksfan]

When Benning took over a rebuild should have started. They had good assets. Granted, he would have made crappy trades, and he did, but retooling wasn't really possible.

 

[VanJack]

Let me see if I have this straight.....The Habs trade Joe Morrow to the Jets and get back a fourth rounder; the Hawks trade Tommy Wingels to the Bruins and get back a fifth rounder; The Knights send a first, second and third rounder to the Wings for Tomas Tatar; the Wild get a fifth rounder for Mike Reilly; and the Sens get a seventh rounder from the Flames for Nick Shore.......but according to our guy Jimbo, nobody was offering even a fifth rounder for Vanek......it's pathetic really.