Ah so the goal post is moving again I see...
I was merely responding to the multiple posts complementing how good Mcann is now..which of course is a compliment to Benning and his drafting.
As for Pastrnak. .dont make me laugh. Tons of GM passed up on him ..even GMs that are considered top 5 in the league. You can make a case for every GM on a player they passed up on during their careers. Nobody bats .1000
That was a jackpot lottery pick in the 20s. We did the same thing a year later with Boeser.
Anyways... good to see Mcann doing well. Hopefully his character issues are past him.
It’s pretty funny to see someone using McCann to defend Benning.
Like, he was an OK pick but a superstar was taken with the next pick.
Then Benning and his Advanced Development Program decided to rush this physically and emotionally unready player to the NHL. And keep him there when it was obvious he wasn’t ready. And then, when he was a bit immature as a teenager who shouldn’t even have been in the league, made a disastrous evaluation and dealt him away in one of the worst trades of the past 5 years.
The whole McCann thing was a complete cluster**** that was completely on Benning.
LMAO. I dont think you understood what was happening on draft day 2017
Benning had EP40 pegged right from the get go.. * points him out from the crowd before it starts * flew him to Vancouver to have dinner w Linden and Sedins etc...
He tried to trade back 1 spot to get assets as he was sure Vegas wanted Glass. Vegas didn't want to pay the price.
He then spoke to Sabres about trading from 5 to 8 but quickly nixed it when Rangers traded for the 7th OA pick. The rangers were rumored to be very much wanting EP40. Remember EP40 was ranked somewhere around 10-15 on most boards with the occasional top 10.
So there was at no point that Benning wanted to move away from EP40....once again the goal post moved as on draft day he was crucified for taking EP40 waay too early and now you're trying to blame him for not instantly and firmly staying at 5 and drafting him there without trying to move back.
That’s literally the exact opposite of what happened, as has now been confirmed in the media. And you know what I said is correct.
Yes, Benning said nice things about the guy he just picked. Like what was he gonna say? ‘I didn’t like this guy as much as Glass and Linden made me take him?’
Keep shillin’!