FORMER Canucks Part |||

[M2Beezy]

honestly thought Gadjjovich would be doing better ...

But drafting guru

 

[CalderSchmalder]

 

[tyhee]

Toffoli. First Benning gives up a 2nd rounder and a prospect who was at the time considered one of Vancouver's best prospects for him while the team was slogging along right about at the playoff line. Then after the Canucks got a few games out of him he signed a reasonable contract with the Canadiens, with Toffoli later being quoted that the'd wanted to stay and that he never got an offer from the Canucks.

Then he stars in games against the Canucks.

To me the big thing was paying future assets for Toffoli while the team had no ghost of a chance of winning a championship, then not making a single offer to keep him despite him clearly being one of the team's best forwards. Does this team really think the benefit of trying to make the playoffs (not win a Cup, just get into the postseason) is worth giving future assets for?

 

[4Twenty]

Toffoli. First Benning gives up a 2nd rounder and a prospect who was at the time considered one of Vancouver's best prospects for him while the team was slogging along right about at the playoff line. Then after the Canucks got a few games out of him he signed a reasonable contract with the Canadiens, with Toffoli later being quoted that the'd wanted to stay and that he never got an offer from the Canucks.

Then he stars in games against the Canucks.

To me the big thing was paying future assets for Toffoli while the team had no ghost of a chance of winning a championship, then not making a single offer to keep him despite him clearly being one of the team's best forwards. Does this team really think the benefit of trying to make the playoffs (not win a Cup, just get into the postseason) is worth giving future assets for?

But the playoff experience…It makes players better lol….look at their record side the bubble…lol

 

[rypper]

 

[Nucker101]

He probably just laughs when he sees Myers play

 

[likash]

He probably just laughs when he sees Myers play

It's Mike Gillis fault for getting such a good player for nothing. If Tanev sucked like Myers , Hughes would not miss him. In the end it is still Mike's fault- but Gillis.
Checkmate Jimbo haters.

 

[F A N]

It's Mike Gillis fault

It is. If Gillis had simply drafted Myers, Pearson, Paryko, and traded Kesler to the Penguins as rumoured...

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

i chuckled out loud imagining tanev hate-watching canucks games on his off-nights

 

[rypper]

i chuckled out loud imagining tanev hate-watching canucks games on his off-nights

I kind of read it more like a proud dad keeping tabs on how his son is playing, maybe giving him notes and advice.

 

[M2Beezy]

 

[M2Beezy]

Oninob ot Nelhad

 

[Dab]

That feeling when you escape vancouver

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

I kind of read it more like a proud dad keeping tabs on how his son is playing, maybe giving him notes and advice.

i don’t doubt that there’s some him looking out for his boy, but i also imagine he’s enjoying the f out of watching this team be a tire fire.

 

[likash]

It is. If Gillis had simply drafted Myers, Pearson, Paryko, and traded Kesler to the Penguins as rumoured...

If Benning traded Horvat, Brock pick for PK , Lucic as rumored.....or if Liden does not overrule Jimbo to draft Petey as rumored....

 

[Bubbles]

Kole Lind gets his first NHL point tonight with the Kraken.

Who would have thought back in 2017 that both Lind and Gadjovich would get their first NHL points, but with different teams?

 

[IslandBeast]

honestly thought Gadjjovich would be doing better ...

Meh, still better than 1 point in 20 games Juho Lammiko, while taking on some of the leagues best fighters and earning space and freedom for his teammates. At the very least he's a great teammate and a fan favorite with a bit more upside still left in the younger tank

 

[VanJack]

It's a head-dizzying exercise trying to rate all of Benning's bad deals. Some of them turned out so poorly, you just want to stop thinking about them to preserve your sanity.

But surely letting Tofoli and Tanev walk in the off-season and then signing a journeyman backup goalie for $5m in Holtby; and reupping Virtanen at close to $3m, has to to take the cake. They ended up buying both guys out this off-season.

For the kind of money Benning threw at Holtby and Virtanen; plus their buyout money; he could have brought Tanev and Tofoli back for five years each, with a chunk of change to spare.

I mean does it get any worse than that?

 

[Oliewud]

our gm is legit forest gump. stupid is as stupid does

 

[Javaman]

It's crazy that this thread is consistently in the top 10 of active threads.

If the Canucks were actually a well run organization, very few of us would pay any attention to how ex-Canucks were currently doing in the NHL.

It's emblematic of just how bad Benning/Acquilini et al have been for this franchise, IMO.

Parts II and III are the top two threads in HFCanucks at the moment!

 

[racerjoe]

our gm is legit forest gump. stupid is as stupid does

Way too much credit. Forest had huge accomplishments.

 

[Javaman]

Way too much credit. Forest had huge accomplishments.

Hey now. Let's not be hasty. We've never witnessed JB playing table tennis. It's possible JB is even better at it than FG is.

 

[Oliewud]

Way too much credit. Forest had huge accomplishments.

yeah thats true forest was actually brilliant. i think the similarity is more in the speech

 

[Breakers]

Another example of getting away from the Travis Green Anchor

Worst coach in the league

 

[likash]

Another example of getting away from the Travis Green Anchor

Worst coach in the league
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Most LA and Calgary forwards have a decent two-way game unlike ours and it helps defenders.