The question is simple. Grade the Canucks management, the Canucks' coaching staff and all of the Canucks' players based on their performance this season. You can also give reasons for your grades if you like. I'm only including guys still with the team and who have played enough games to warrant a grade.
Here's a template to copy and paste:
Management: GTFO.
Travis Green (Head Coach): If we can get Quenneville, do it ASAP. Back a dump truck full of money up to his front door, I don't care. Otherwise okay with keeping Green for another year or two.
Newell Brown (PP): You can go.
Nolan Baumgartner (PK): Ditto.
Jacob Markstrom: A. Team wins <20 games without him.
Thatcher Demko: B. Showing very well in limited time. A definite keeper.
Alex Biega: B-. Not as high on him as some. Bottom pairing guy at best, but still better than most of the dmen who play ahead of him.
Alex Edler: B. Still the best all-around dman on the team.
Ben Hutton: C+. So much better without Gudbranson tying him down.
Derrick Pouliot: GTFO.
Ashton Sautner: Meh. Okay, but not seeing much potential there.
Luke Schenn: B for what he is. The guy Gudbranson's fans (both of them) think Gudbranson is. Keeps it simple, doesn't get ahead of himself, and actually stands up for the rookie beside him. Would keep for another year or two on a cheap deal if possible.
Troy Stecher: C+. Like Hutton, improved from last year but neither can shoulder the load when Edler and Tanev go down, which they always do.
Chris Tanev: incomplete. You wish he could stay healthy.
Jay Beagle: C-. I realize it's not fair to hate him for his idiotic contract, but I do. Good guy, but obviously another overvalued secondary vet.
Brock Boeser: C. Never really started skating until February; on one hand I hope it was a nagging injury. On the other, that would really piss me off because it meant they kept playing Boeser with a nagging injury. Looking for more from him if he can stay healthy for next season.
Loui Eriksson: GTFO.
Adam Gaudette: C-. Showed okay here and there, but clearly lost a lot of the time. Not sure what the solution is with him.
Nikolay Goldobin: GTFO.
Markus Granlund: GTFO.
Bo Horvat: A. Future captain was one of about 5 players keeping this crap team afloat.
Josh Leivo: C+-ish. Basically a tougher Granlund. Fed tons of icetime at the top of the lineup and still produced like a 3rd liner. Not nearly as high on him as some around here.
Tyler Motte: ...meh. Okay with him as a 4th liner, but he's a dime a dozen player.
Tanner Pearson: Garbage time hero a la Sutter last season. Those expecting him to go back to his LA form are in for a rude awakening. But at least he's not Gudbranson. That's just about the only thing going for him.
Elias Pettersson: A+. Duh. The only thing worth watching many, many nights this season.
Antoine Roussel: B+. A very pleasant surprise this season.
Tim Schaller: GTFO.
Ryan Spooner: GTFO.
Jake Virtanen: C-. Marginal improvement from last year, but still prone to individualistic rambling. Showing little understanding of team play, and you can't help but doubt if he'll ever really "get it". Would've been long gone by now if not for his draft pedigree.
BONUS QUESTION: Do you think this team was rebuilding, re-tooling or trying to make the playoffs this season?
I don't think Benning even knows for sure. They're so passive it's anybody's guess.