0din
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- Mar 8, 2016
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The owners haven't fired him for a few reasons.
Someone will need to be blamed, a scape goat, for destroying the team for a decade and firing him will renew fan confidence for improvement.
The owners didn't want to be paying for 3 GM's and presidents all at the same time.
Gillis - Linden/Benning and the new hire.
So the contract will just not be renewed, either will Linden's although Linden will have the media on his side saying they didn't give him a chance to "right" the ship so he will retain his reputation.
Benning will go on to some other organization as a scout or something.
It may all be moot anyway as after looking at many of the recent contracts signed by other teams it appears they are getting ready for some kind of labour problem in 2020, more will be known at the end of next season when both sides indicated their choice to terminate the agreement or not, I expect the NHL will not this time hoping to curry favour with the fans but hen again being the first does give some perceived power.
Someone will need to be blamed, a scape goat, for destroying the team for a decade and firing him will renew fan confidence for improvement.
The owners didn't want to be paying for 3 GM's and presidents all at the same time.
Gillis - Linden/Benning and the new hire.
So the contract will just not be renewed, either will Linden's although Linden will have the media on his side saying they didn't give him a chance to "right" the ship so he will retain his reputation.
Benning will go on to some other organization as a scout or something.
It may all be moot anyway as after looking at many of the recent contracts signed by other teams it appears they are getting ready for some kind of labour problem in 2020, more will be known at the end of next season when both sides indicated their choice to terminate the agreement or not, I expect the NHL will not this time hoping to curry favour with the fans but hen again being the first does give some perceived power.