HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Happy December 5th

[M2Beezy]

It has been one year. Last December 5th was the Stanley Cup for Canucks fans, but unfortunately as the year has gone by, the changes to correct Bennings disaster have not been made, or in some cases has gotten worse

A lil bitter sweet I guess for Canucks fans as his firing was obviously long overdue, but we are in the same mess for a long time as fans of the team

Heres the link to the original celebration:

Confirmed with Link: - Canucks fire GM Jim Benning, AGM John Weisbrod

Care of @canucksfan @CpatainCanuck just found a photo of Benning finding out: EDIT: Sportsnet650 just carried this as confirmed news, so I’m removing the speculation tag and opening this thread. Certainly hope we aren’t in for a lunch bucket let down of some sort. In the meantime -...

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[gringo]

It was a head spinning two weeks going into that last day. Shout out the guy who held the “Mr Luigi” sign. Shout out the Jersey thrower. Shout out to all the fans.

We deserve better.

 

[Aphid Attraction]

This time last year I was water blasting the frames of a friend’s house who had a fire. Somke does alot of damage. After cleaning the framing we then painted it with thick smell sealing paint.

Despite being a builder himself, and having a community of trades people around him, it took insurance forever to ok a rebuild (sound familiar lol) and they move back in just before Christmas.

I listened to all the radio shows and podcasts about the canucks as I did the more tedious stuff…

Moral is somethings are far more important then sports. And also I don’t even bother to keep up with the latest news this year because we have not really moved forwards since a year ago.

 

[Aphid Attraction]

What has me confused is JR. He seems to be terrible with his public alienation of BB, and how his record at the penguins was a trade a month or something and now…

 

[Hoglander]

Looking at our current roster, W/L record, player contracts, number of draft picks left, and lack of developing prospects... if I didn't know better, it's almost as though Benning never left.

 

[M2Beezy]

Looking at our current roster, W/L record, player contracts, number of draft picks left, and lack of developing prospects... if I didn't know better, it's almost as though Benning never left.

Theres that famous Benning 4D chess again...

 

[Nucker101]

Still a great day but no longer as fun to look back on since new management isn't exactly off to a flying start.

 

[rypper]

I was out at a work Christmas party when the news broke and did what I always said I would, danced in the streets. Still the best thing to happen to the Canucks in years.

 

[hellstick]

Benning must have been sent by Boston to absolutely cripple the franchise. It's going to take many years to turn around the mess of low to no value contracts on this roster. I hope Allvin and JR are up to the task.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Benning must have been sent by Boston to absolutely cripple the franchise. It's going to take many years to turn around the mess of low to no value contracts on this roster. I hope Allvin and JR are up to the task.

With their chosen path... I would not be surprised if they are not around to actually do the rebuild when it finally happens in ~5 years.

 

[Jay26]

Looking at our current roster, W/L record, player contracts, number of draft picks left, and lack of developing prospects... if I didn't know better, it's almost as though Benning never left.

It's almost as if, while he was definitely a problem, Benning wasn't THE problem in Vancouver.

That said, we need a bit longer to assess the drafting and development of the new regime. Does anyone know if there was any scouting overhaul done by JR or do we have the same staff as under Benning?

 

[sandwichbird2023]

A year ago I thought the franchise would be at a much better spot 12 months later, evidently I'm wrong.
Kind of took all the optimism out of me. A lot of the moves are too much like what Benning would do, almost feel as if he never left.

 

[MS]

I was out at a work Christmas party when the news broke and did what I always said I would, danced in the streets. Still the best thing to happen to the Canucks in years.

We were driving home from my parents' house after helping them set up for Christmas and I checked my phone as I was pumping gas at a Petro Canada. I think I scared a guy at the pump next to me when I yelled.

 

[EpochLink]

We haven’t heard from Benning since he got canned. I wonder when the NDA expires for him to speak on what happened here?

Anyways, hope he never becomes a GM again cause he sucks monkey nuts.

 

[M2Beezy]

We haven’t heard from Benning since he got canned. I wonder when the NDA expires for him to speak on what happened here?

Anyways, hope he never becomes a GM again cause he sucks monkey nuts.

I dont know EL, Id be thrilled if the Oilers or Leafs hired him

 

[EpochLink]

I dont know EL, Id be thrilled if the Oilers or Leafs hired him

Also, his health at the end didn’t look well. He looked stressed as a mother f***er

 

[M2Beezy]

Also, his health at the end didn’t look well. He looked stressed as a mother f***er

Obviously hes responsible for his actions, but looking at how poorly Alvin and JR have done since last December 5th, makes me wonder really how much input Benning actually had in management decisions. The results and moves are nearly identical. As you said, he did look stressed, maybe he was frustrated with the ownership. Hard to know at this point. Anyways I still hold him responsible for the destruction of our team, but more info is always coming about what happend

 

[valkynax]

Dear JEB:

Happy anniversary!

Signed - Orca fans.

 

[MS]

Obviously hes responsible for his actions, but looking at how poorly Alvin and JR have done since last December 5th, makes me wonder really how much input Benning actually had in management decisions. The results and moves are nearly identical. As you said, he did look stressed, maybe he was frustrated with the ownership. Hard to know at this point. Anyways I still hold him responsible for the destruction of our team, but more info is always coming about what happend

And again, not even close.

Results might be similar because of Demko's issues but the quality of transactions is exponentially better.

 

[archangel2]

case could be made that the team is still a burning shit sticl

 

[rypper]

We haven’t heard from Benning since he got canned. I wonder when the NDA expires for him to speak on what happened here?

Anyways, hope he never becomes a GM again cause he sucks monkey nuts.

I imagine he's not going to say shit while he's still being paid by the team.

Even then he never struck me as a "tell all" kind of guy, he'll quietly twiddle his thumbs until he gets to stamp his old boys club card for a new job.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

And again, not even close.

Results might be similar because of Demko's issues but the quality of transactions is exponentially better.

The problem is that comparing the new management to management to Benning is such a low bar. We could hire am orangutan and they would be exponentially better than Benning. How would you rate management with a real standard? I'd say we're in the below average to middling in NHL management right now. They have made some good transactions in Bear and Kuzmenko. Mikheyev has been solid. However I think there misses are looking incredibly bad right now and are more impactful than there wins. That being the Boeser and Miller extensions.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

And again, not even close.

Results might be similar because of Demko's issues

Not true.

but the quality of transactions is exponentially better.

Is true.