Management Thread - Read OP

[timw33]

Ristolainen is absolute dog crap.

He's a 3rd-pairing defender with the IQ of a fire hydrant who gets overplayed because tools and ends up being the best Tank Commander in the NHL.

It would be extremely poetic to trade the 2020 1st for Risto, only to have him tank us into a lottery pick that we no longer own.

 

[Bleach Clean]

Look at the clinic Doug Wilson is putting on this off-season. This is the level of GM I would want in VAN. This is management all can respect.

I’m so done with Benning. When will this owner finally clue in here? It’s well past time to move on. There’s no sense in allowing a lame duck to run the team.

 

[Horse McHindu]

For all of the posters that are unhappy with Benning, take solace in the fact that he’ll likely be gone at the end of next season if the Canucks miss the playoffs.

 

[ginner classic]

Please, pretty please, with sugar on top, fire Jim Benning.

Sign the Petition

 

[Jyrki21]

For all of the posters that are unhappy with Benning, take solace in the fact that he’ll likely be gone at the end of next season if the Canucks miss the playoffs.

The Canucks could very realistically make the playoffs next season despite still being directionless and having had basically no positive movement from the GM. This would be a horrible reason to re-sign the general manager.

If you can identify that someone is bad at their job – and anyone with an ounce of critical thinking can – why would you leave it to fate? You make the change.

 

[Peter10]

why would you leave it to fate?

Ignorance and stupidity

 

[TruGr1t]

 

[elitepete]

Fixed that for you

Only reason I don’t think they are further than us is because they don’t have a franchise player.

Whereas we have one, and he is one of the only positive things in our organization.

 

[xtra]

Only reason I don’t think they are further than us is because they don’t have a franchise player.

Whereas we have one, and he is one of the only positive things in our organization.

I mean this post isn’t going to age well past Friday when they get kakko or Hughes

 

[elitepete]

I mean this post isn’t going to age well past Friday when they get kakko or Hughes

They’re not EP level.

 

[DonnyNucker]

Look at the clinic Doug Wilson is putting on this off-season. This is the level of GM I would want in VAN. This is management all can respect.

I’m so done with Benning. When will this owner finally clue in here? It’s well past time to move on. There’s no sense in allowing a lame duck to run the team.

The Braun trade was a win for sure...but EK for $11.5MM? Thats more damaging then any of Bennings blunders

 

[Bleach Clean]

The Braun trade was a win for sure...but EK for $11.5MM? Thats more damaging then any of Bennings blunders

For a team that has essentially scorched the earth trying to stay relevant, it was a brilliant move. This move for elite talent buys them time. It buys them relevance even if Burns leaves.

Like I said, Wilson is operating at a different level.

 

[Bleach Clean]

Any player can show improvement. That doesn't mean that given opportunity at more ice (for a guy who's already developed) that more minutes will equate to more points. JB tried the same stuff with Vey, and Baer, and Sutter, and Guddy, and others. It didn't work out at all for us. I don't want to see JB lead us down the same road again.

Connolly need not improve in talent to be able to put up more points. He simply has to be afforded more opportunity to do so. Thus far, he's played 3rd line minutes with 3rd line talent. If he's stapled to a 1C/2C like Horvat and is given prime minutes, it stands to reason that he would put up more points as a result.

Is it a guarantee? No. It's a projection. Same player, better environment and circumstances should lead to greater production.

This is only not the case if you 100% believe that Connolly has nothing left to give no matter how his minutes are increased and who he is playing with. Do you believe this to be the case?

 

[Addison Rae]

They’re not EP level.

Kakko is franchise level.

 

[Horse McHindu]

Look at the clinic Doug Wilson is putting on this off-season. This is the level of GM I would want in VAN. This is management all can respect.

I’m so done with Benning. When will this owner finally clue in here? It’s well past time to move on. There’s no sense in allowing a lame duck to run the team.

In my opinion, that Karlsson contract will end up hurting San Jose more than helping them. I don’t think Wilson is putting on a clinic at all this off season.

 

[Bleach Clean]

Kakko is franchise level.

Tough to say this early. What he does next year will provide for a better comparison point.

As of right now, he has a 1RW projection. Beyond that, let's see.

 

[MadaCanuckle]

In my opinion, that Karlsson contract will end up hurting San Jose more than helping them. I don’t think Wilson is putting on a clinic at all this off season.

Any of FA D we are rumoured to be interested will be even more painful . He's putting a real good plan in motion.

 

[Horse McHindu]

Tough to say this early. What he does next year will provide for a better comparison point.

As of right now, he has a 1RW projection. Beyond that, let's see.

Kakko is beyond a projection in my opinion. Nothing is guaranteed obviously, but this guy will very likely be a Star right from the get go.

 

[bossram]

Risto the only good one

He's not.

He's Tyler Myers with gobs of PP time.

 

[bossram]

Only reason I don’t think they are further than us is because they don’t have a franchise player.

Whereas we have one, and he is one of the only positive things in our organization.

They're gonna draft Kappo Kakko.

 

[bossram]

For all of the posters that are unhappy with Benning, take solace in the fact that he’ll likely be gone at the end of next season if the Canucks miss the playoffs.

It'll be too late. So much damage has already been done. And this offseason has the potential for catastrophe with Benning at the helm.

 

[MS]

Kakko is beyond a projection in my opinion. Nothing is guaranteed obviously, but this guy will very likely be a Star right from the get go.

Kakko is going to walk into the NHL next year and score 25-30 goals. The guy is like a mini-Jagr from the hashmarks down in the offensive zone.

 

[xtra]

Ok I glad it’s not just me that thinks kakko is a franchise player;

 

[PG Canuck]

Ok I glad it’s not just me that thinks kakko is a franchise player;

I don't think just that, I think he'll be the best player in the draft.

 

[xtra]

I don't think just that, I think he'll be the best player in the draft.

Did we just become best friends....

I felt all alone on that island