Canucks will be the most improved team next year - Benning GM of the Year?
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Canucks got off to a brutal start last season,but the exceptional play of Demko got them back in the playoff race (almost at .500 before the break)…Covid and injuries pretty much killed off the remaining part of the season.
whats Calgary’s excuse?
They don’t have gm of the year Jim Benning
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At least Benning did something…Treliving must have been napping .
Well I don’t mind shitting on the flames.
Honestly they went win now mode way too early if you ask me, now they’re stuck in no mans land.
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Team should be better, and hoping they are, but that's precisely because Benning made big sacrifices in our future so the LEAST you should expect is an improved performance.
For it to be a great off-season the team would need to be turned from just a team that can get into the playoffs to either being a contender or for Benning to find some way to make up for the future damage. For example, if Benning could unload Myers and recoup good picks/prospects, then that would give back our cap flexibility and restock our future pipeline that's been paid away to get us where we are today.
For it to be a great off-season the team would need to be turned from just a team that can get into the playoffs to either being a contender or for Benning to find some way to make up for the future damage. For example, if Benning could unload Myers and recoup good picks/prospects, then that would give back our cap flexibility and restock our future pipeline that's been paid away to get us where we are today.
My take is slightly different - as long as the team makes tangible and significant progress, even if Benning doesn't get the award, it'll still be a good thing.
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I think it’s the other way around. A good d core can carry a mediocre forward group.
I mean, it's not impossible. But nothing to do with Covid.
With how weak the division is, a return to the playoffs is within the realm of possibility. The big jump in the standings could garner quite a few votes from those just looking at the improvement in a vacuum.
The worst part about that scenario is if Benning won GM of the year he'd likely get an extension.
With how weak the division is, a return to the playoffs is within the realm of possibility. The big jump in the standings could garner quite a few votes from those just looking at the improvement in a vacuum.
The worst part about that scenario is if Benning won GM of the year he'd likely get an extension.
yesterday I wanted an honest conversation and you wouldn’t give me one.
here you are bringing up treliving nice deflection…
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My hopes are up for the team this year. The Benning part is an interesting scenario that might come about if the Canucks have a huge turnaround, but I far prefer team success over any kind of award Benning could receive because of it.
Then it would be better if you stuck with that, the first few posts had lines in there about laughing at the faces of Canucks fans who've been upset that Benning has been doing damage to this team for years and only want him out because he hasn't yet shown he's good for the team.
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Despite the bad signings, and whatever other bad moves, the team is positioned to become elite (IMO). It would be an interesting twist if Benning was rewarded for that. It is feasible, and that’s why I posted it.
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I don't think good teams need exceptional goaltending all the time to win games. And we always have key injuries, that's never changed since I've started watching the team. Injuries are a poor excuse when they are just a fact of life we need to except with the toughest travel schedule in the league.
Off topic, but has anyone ever done a study to find out who the most injury prone teams are and what may be causing it? I feel like that could and should be done. Maybe as some "Player Health and Safety audit" to try and make sure teams are up to code on their medical practices.
Just in general it sounds like it could be an interesting little factoid as well.
Just in general it sounds like it could be an interesting little factoid as well.
Reverend Mayhem
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As I alluded to, I think the travel-heavy teams are more prone to fatigue depending on the mental make-up of players. It's a hypothesis, and I'm hardly qualified enough to make any definitive statements on it. But, I think it's commonly accepted that more fatigue leads to more injuries.
Probably, but its always nice to get concrete information. Even if it is some what basic like a "who gets injured the most" factoid.
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Still had to get to the Finals to be in that position.
If I got paid for my analysis I would definitely look into it
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