Management Thread: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Edition.

[m9]

Well said by Sekeres, though really all of these things have been said here since things went down. It feels like the NHL is being a bit vindictive towards the Canucks organization for how this whole situation went down and isn't giving them any breaks in terms of the schedule. That leads me to believe the NHL blames the Canucks organization to some extent for the sloppy job they did when things first broke. It's possible now that the NHL blames them again for not bringing in enough healthy bodies to get things moving again. Players are kind of caught in the middle here, being forced to be accountable for the mistakes of others.

 

[geebaan]

the Canucks are a joke league wide

 

[I am toxic]

Who's words are those, Sekeres?

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

I'm pretty skeptical that it matters or will result in anything positive happening, but the "mainstream" canucks media has definitely turned harder against Benning and Aquillini over the past month than at any previous point in benning's tenure

 

[Fatass]

Why would any players choose to come here unless it’s in a grossly over pay? This is just so bad, and only adds to the troubles from last off season’s terrible management.

 

[F A N]

What a turnaround for Miller. From being called whiny, childish, and a bad teammate with attitude problems to being called the Canucks best leader!

 

[rypper]

Who's words are those, Sekeres?

Yes.

 

[rypper]

What a turnaround for Miller. From being called whiny, childish, and a bad teammate with attitude problems to being called the Canucks best leader!

To be fair Bo wasn't allowed to speak to the media while under covid protocol.

 

[Fatass]

What a turnaround for Miller. From being called whiny, childish, and a bad teammate with attitude problems to being called the Canucks best leader!

Miller likely can’t wait to get out if this management mess. He came from TB, so he knows what good management is.

 

[VanillaCoke]

the Canucks are a joke league wide

Openly now, other cities media and fans rip on us openly now, both the team and its management.

 

[F A N]

Miller likely can’t wait to get out if this management mess. He came from TB, so he knows what good management is.

Did he think trading him was a Stanley Cup winning move? Just curious.

 

[lawrence]

Didn’t I just write one thing Benning did that was good was putting Bracket in charge of scouting and the draft? I added hiring Clarke as goalie coach was good too.
That’s 2 good things Benning has done.
What else has Benning done that’s good?

In my opinion the motte trade was good. The toffoli trade itself was a needed one. The jt miller trade is also pretty good.
Smidtht trade was good one but that landed on his lap type of luck trade. In year one signing Ryan Miller to a 3 year deal was not bad and kesler trade wasn’t that bad either.

 

[m9]

What a turnaround for Miller. From being called whiny, childish, and a bad teammate with attitude problems to being called the Canucks best leader!

He's actually gone full circle in like a year. Was considered those things in Tampa/NY, then was thought of a great leader here last year, then back to whiny earlier this year, then now back to great leader.

 

[I am toxic]

Yes.

Well then.

If he thinks he can get off my "bootlicking" list, he still has a long way to go.

This piece should have been written before JT Miller had to go public and resort to the nuclear option to get the basic thing done.

It's one tiny baby step, and a lot more needs to be done by the bootlicking media.

Good that the piece was written. Or spoken. Or texted. Whatever it was. Next time, it better be before a player has to risk his livelihood to ensure player safety over a corporate stooge like Daly's/Bettman's ego/agenda/profit motive on behalf of a handful of wealthy owners.

Silence equalled complicity. And the media was silent, until JT Miller had to step forward and do their job for them.

Because I am an optimist, I believe that some day the bootlicking media will remember what journalism is, and actually do their job of holding public figures accountable to their stakeholders. That optimism is why I am so endearing to people.

 

[Fatass]

Did he think trading him was a Stanley Cup winning move? Just curious.

What?

 

[Fatass]

In my opinion the motte trade was good. The toffoli trade itself was a needed one. The jt miller trade is also pretty good.
Smidtht trade was good one but that landed on his lap type of luck trade. In year one signing Ryan Miller to a 3 year deal was not bad and kesler trade wasn’t that bad either.

I don’t agree these moves were good ideas. The timing of Miller and Tofu deals were too soon. We gave up Madden, and a first, second, and third for two guys who are not going to be here, when our core is actually matured enough to compete. Madden and those high picks will be the right age to support the core.

 

[bandwagonesque]

Well then.

If he thinks he can get off my "bootlicking" list, he still has a long way to go.

This piece should have been written before JT Miller had to go public and resort to the nuclear option to get the basic thing done.

It's one tiny baby step, and a lot more needs to be done by the bootlicking media.

Good that the piece was written. Or spoken. Or texted. Whatever it was. Next time, it better be before a player has to risk his livelihood to ensure player safety over a corporate stooge like Bettman's ego/agenda/profit motive on behalf of a handful of wealthy owners.

Because I am an optimist, I believe that some day the bootlicking media will remember what journalism is, and actually do their job of holding public figures accountable to their stakeholders. That optimism is why I am so endearing to people.

Sports journalism is always awful relative to other contemporaneous journalism, largely because most people identify so strongly with the athlete, team or sport being discussed that they enjoy reading anything that even mentions these things. If you need evidence of this, just recall how discussion of a certain sport stays in a sort of stasis during the offseason talking about absolutely meaningless details or contingencies, and that this causes people to clamour for more rather than lose interest.

 

[Peen]

Trading Hughes is this year's trading Boeser. The guy is 21 and has the 3rd highest PPG among all active Dmen. in the NHL. We should pump the brakes on any idea of trading this player.

I think this is a false equivalence.

 

[DS7]

The demise of 1040 really loosened some tongues, when's the last time language this strong was used against any management?

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Even Buffalo fans are saying “We at least we are not Vancouver”.

 

[LordBacon]

Love how we have a bunch of clowns running the team.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Well then.

If he thinks he can get off my "bootlicking" list, he still has a long way to go.

This piece should have been written before JT Miller had to go public and resort to the nuclear option to get the basic thing done.

It's one tiny baby step, and a lot more needs to be done by the bootlicking media.

Good that the piece was written. Or spoken. Or texted. Whatever it was. Next time, it better be before a player has to risk his livelihood to ensure player safety over a corporate stooge like Daly's/Bettman's ego/agenda/profit motive on behalf of a handful of wealthy owners.

Silence equalled complicity. And the media was silent, until JT Miller had to step forward and do their job for them.

Because I am an optimist, I believe that some day the bootlicking media will remember what journalism is, and actually do their job of holding public figures accountable to their stakeholders. That optimism is why I am so endearing to people.

Thomas Drance was speaking against the schedule from the start. One of the few non bootlicking media we have.

 

[Blue and Green]

Take a good look at the age of the blueline.

That's one problematic aspect. There's plenty of young & prime age talent at forward, plus Hughes is 21 and Demko 25. I didn't say it was looking great, just that it's not bleak. Put a smart GM in charge and good things are possible.

 

[canuckking1]

I think this is a false equivalence.

How so?

 

[Petey O]

JT has proven that he's the real leader in the room. He'll probably get traded now for defying the OBC.