James Elmer Benning will be on SN650 at 8:30am Today

[canuckfan75]

I will try and recap for those at work and can not listen.

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[brokenhole]

How many times will he drop the injury card?

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

How many times will he drop the injury card?

Or the ,,,we like this player,,,moving forward..

 

[LordBacon]

Can you do a “you know” counter for me?

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

Talked about UFA,s in July,,we probley wont be going after the 11 mill type players,,,so that means more scrubs on this team.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

"I wish to resign from the GM position as I no longer feel suited for this position."

I wish.

 

[canuckfan75]

Benning 1 : Quinn had all the tests done this morning and we will know more shortly. This year gave him the chance to get stronger and play a ton of minutes. He did everything he needed to development wise so all in all it was a great season for him and we're happy he is here.

 

[canuckfan75]

Benning 2 : We are on the right path right now. Our young guys are up and running and with the addition of Teves we are happy with our track. We have players ready to push for jobs next year so July 1 wont be crazy for us.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

Out of that interview, I got a sense ,it don't look good for Eriksson going forward.Dam I hope...

 

[canuckfan75]

Our plan is to draft and develop. With that you don't know how young players will be until they're ready so, our signings have been to bring in guys for those young guys to help them become great NHLers.

 

[canuckfan75]

Ryan Johnson and Trent Cull have done a great job and some players fall through the cracks. But, thats hockey and we are happy. People forget the AHL is a tough league. Kole Lind has taken big steps and I am happy with how they're working down there.

 

[canuckfan75]

Benning 5 : I know he is not happy (Loui Eriksson) with his goal production but, he has been extremely useful for us and helped a ton with our younger guys. He is one of our better penalty killers and a guy Travis trusts.
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[Hansen]

Loui is the biggest dogf***er of a NHL player I have ever seen

 

[Peter10]

I guess it was the usual softball questions from 650?

 

[The Poacher]

I guess it was the usual softball questions from 650?

Yup, soft ball questions with zero follow up. Really lazy “journalism”.

 

[clunk]

Apparently they won't be going for any of the '12 million dollar contracts'. Aka, Karlsson/Panarin range.

So expect Myers, Gardiner, Ferland, etc

 

[Soups On]

Figured it would be obvious to ask about Juolevi and where he's. Sometimes I feel these guys just wanna ask easy questions to maintain positive business relationships :/

 

[canuckfan75]

Myers and Ferland sounded about right. $7 million per year for Myers and $5 million for Ferland

 

[VanJack]

Yup, soft ball questions with zero follow up. Really lazy “journalism”.

I wouldn't even use 'journalism' and Sportsnet in the same sentence. They're all part of the Rogers conglomerate. So really all you can expect are puffball questions and high lobs.

As we wake up this morning, the Arizona Coyotes are in a playoff spot.....and they've had far more serious injuries than the Canucks. Among other things, missing their starting goaltender and top scorers.

But one of the things they have that we don't have, is an NHL defense.....and one of the key pieces is Jacob Chychrun, drafted 11 spots after Oli Juolevi in 2016.

 

[Horse McHindu]

Apparently they won't be going for any of the '12 million dollar contracts'. Aka, Karlsson/Panarin range.

So expect Myers, Gardiner, Ferland, etc

-I would love Ferland.
-Please no to Myers
-I’m undecided on Gardiner (leaning towards ‘no’).

 

[canuckfan75]

says he talk to Francesco everyday and that he is on board with what is happening

 

[Horse McHindu]

I wouldn't even use 'journalism' and Sportsnet in the same sentence. They're all part of the Rogers conglomerate. So really all you can expect are puffball questions and high lobs.

As we wake up this morning, the Arizona Coyotes are in a playoff spot.....and they've had far more serious injuries than the Canucks. Among other things, missing their starting goaltender and top scorers.

But one of the things they have that we don't have, is an NHL defense.....and one of the key pieces is Jacob Chychrun, drafted 11 spots after Oli Juolevi in 2016.

Wins and losses occur in drafts all the time. There are plenty of examples of where we picked players that turned out to be better than those elected before our pick.

To your last point - who did the Yotes draft in 2018?........and Quinn Hughes was there for the picking?

Arizona have been rebuilding far longer than we have. It’s expected that they will be further ahead in their developmental curve.

Be patient. Good things will happen.

 

[Fire Benning]

Free agency is going to be a disaster lol

Sounds like they will be active again but won't go after 11 million dollar players, the middle tier late 20s/early 30s ~50 point players almost never work out and immediately become albatrosses, that leaves the lower end cheaper guys, some of whom might be good targets but Benning's idea of finding value adds are the Beagles and Tim Schallers of the world. Could get ugly.

 

[Hit the post]

Wins and losses occur in drafts all the time. There are plenty of examples of where we picked players that turned out to be better than those elected before our pick.

To your last point - who did the Yotes draft in 2018?........and Quinn Hughes was there for the picking?

Arizona have been rebuilding far longer than we have. It’s expected that they will be further ahead in their developmental curve.

Be patient. Good things will happen.

Arizon has a value village budget. Imagine the quality of jockstraps in your collection if you were only allowed to spent a fraction that Aquaman has allowed Elmer. It's the difference between getting a Troy Gamble one and a Kirk MacLean one.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Ferland is barely able to play full hockey games right now. He is brittle and ridiculously injury prone. You know this is a player that lacks the IQ to adapt. Ferland will be useless without the physical element.

Myers sucks and is being exposed as a shitty Dman in Winnipeg. Slow and lacks any skill. Gudbranson clone.

You just know these two will be paid and on the Canucks.