50 Shades of Vey
Vey is Grey
- Sep 30, 2013
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Hey HF, haven't posted in a while. My friend and I have been having an argument on who the better GM is; Benning or Sweeney. I'm admittedly biased so I was wondering what everyone's opinions were.
Benning wouldn't have botched the 2015 draft like Sweeney did.
Benning also wouldn’t have received a lottery pick for Milan Lucic.Benning wouldn't have botched the 2015 draft like Sweeney did.
You’re ignoring the ridiculous term both those guys got, as they age those contracts are going to be a pretty big burden on the team.Benning gets a lot of hate, but most of his recent moves have been pretty solid. 2014-2016 Benning was a disaster. The past 2 years, Benning has really come into his own (minus the Eriksson and Gagner signings). Both Beagle and Roussel have become solid veterans on a team of young guys. They are worth the money. Plus, the prospect cupboard went from being a pile of crap, to arguably the best pool in the league.
I'd take Benning over Sweeney.
Benning also wouldn’t have received a lottery pick for Milan Lucic.
Instead he tried trading his first round pick (Brock Boeser) for him and ultimately got declined. He then tried trading a top 5 pick the next year along with Horvat and Tanev for PK Subban.
Benning is an ok scout but his pro scouting resume is the worst in the NHL by a decent margin since he took over in Vancouver.
In 2016 Sweeney ended up with McAvoy at 14 while Vancouver got Juolevi at 5 FWIW too.
Friedman and Ryan Biech both extremely credible sources have backed the “rumours up”Nothing but rumours regarding those proposed trades.
Watching a lot of Canucks games this year they have a lot of excellent young players.
Elias Pettersson - Franchise Center, 100-110 point potential, fantastic defensively with 40-50 goal shot
Brock Boeser - Elite Sniper, 40+ goal PPG potential, best GPG from the stacked 2015 draft.
Jake Virtanen - 2-way power forward with 20-25 goal potential, very good defensive numbers.
Quinn Hughes - Slam dunk pick though
Really liked the Dahlen and Goldobin( just under 50 point pace this year) trades as well.
Looking at their prospect pool probably top 3 in the entire NHL right now.
But Benning has made some awful FA signings like Eriksson and Gagner.
For Sweeney, he did steal Charlie MacAvoy which limits the aftermath of the 2015 draft.
I really like Urho Vaakanainen as well.
But he has been a buyer every year since he's been in charge giving up draft picks when he should be keeping his picks and trying to retool that oldish roster.
Not a fan of giving up prospects and picks for an ageing Rick Nash.
I'd give the edge to the former.