garbageteam
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- Jan 7, 2010
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The premise of the thread is clickbait. Benning dragged and wasted seven years of a team and fan attention's history with no results and back to square one, or arguably worse than the team he had inherited. There is no "squeaking into the playoffs" from a near bottom of the table finish that will undo this sort of historical black mark. The award would be completely invalid if given to a GM who "improved" his team from a disaster entirely of his own doing and no one would care.
You know what would wipe the smug look off the Benning haters' faces, mine included: a Stanley Cup. I'll even throw my hands up in the air if his roster management somehow gets this team into a Cup finals and loses in respectable (i.e. not Montreal like) fashion.
After wasting 7 years of time and money, mortgaging the future just to get into the playoffs and even muster a second round exit while anchored by more stiffs to weigh the team down isn't going to cut it. No one's opinion will change.
You know what would wipe the smug look off the Benning haters' faces, mine included: a Stanley Cup. I'll even throw my hands up in the air if his roster management somehow gets this team into a Cup finals and loses in respectable (i.e. not Montreal like) fashion.
After wasting 7 years of time and money, mortgaging the future just to get into the playoffs and even muster a second round exit while anchored by more stiffs to weigh the team down isn't going to cut it. No one's opinion will change.