Most positive part of the 2015-16 season?

[kanucks25]

The fact that it is going to end.

Benninng doesn't get his playoffs.

Tankers don't get their top 3 pick.

 

[TruGr1t]

Came in here to vote for Hutton, and to a lesser extent Virtanen recently, but had to take the entire youth core. Horvat has been inconsistent and McCann has fallen off the face of the Earth. Hutton and Virtanen look legit though.

 

[Flik]

Oh, one weird unforeseen positive from this cluster of a season, once it became more and more obvious how terrible this team was and how poorly it was being managed, I noticed a lot more camaraderie on these boards.

Still some highly volatile debates to be found, but there's definitely been a sharp downturn in antagonism (at least that I can see!).

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

Oh, one weird unforeseen positive from this cluster of a season, once it became more and more obvious how terrible this team was and how poorly it was being managed, I noticed a lot more camaraderie on these boards.

Still some highly volatile debates to be found, but there's definitely been a sharp downturn in antagonism (at least that I can see!).

I agree. I love you man.

But there are a couple here in particular that will defend everything Benning just for the schtick. It's obnoxious.

Differing opinions are fine.. and obviously expected; but if you can't find one chink in this regimes armour than you're really just a bored troll with little to no life.

 

[CanaFan]

The fact that it is going to end.

Benninng doesn't get his playoffs.

Tankers don't get their top 3 pick.

Don't count your chickens and stuff.

 

[earl grey]

Won't be happy unless they get a top 5 pick.
I guess, as the majority , the youth movement. Virtanen has been good since January, so pleased with his development.

 

[NYVanfan]

- Early b2b wins in Ana/LA to keep Kings winless
- Ending the Habs streak
- Ol' time twins whupping the Hawks late Nov
- Jan road trip culminating with win in Boston. (then blew it in Pitt and feels like season in the tank ever since...)


and youth progress, as noted

 

[Stonz]

Voted organizational management. The Sedins and youth are both great stories, but for this team to realize maximum benefit from those areas going forward, they'll need better management top to bottom.

With more awareness and scrutiny of the mismanagement, there's a better chance change happens.

 

[MS]

I would argue the youth movement has been one of the more disappointing parts of the season. Virtanen and Mccann are non factors most nights, and Horvat was here last year. Hutton has been the one bright spot of the new guys

/puts on anti-flame suit

Yup. Having young players on the roster means nothing if they aren't doing anything and don't deserve to be there.

But yeah, having Hutton come from nowhere to become a major building block is easily the best development of this season. And maybe the only significantly positive development.

 

[Jarko2004]

The thing is the little positives don't matter and will be minute compared to other franchises as long as we have that ownership and the kind of lapdog management that would be willing to work with them.

 

[KDizzle]

I'm encouraged by the young guys on the team.
But until we get competent management, their talents will go to waste. Under Benning, we'll continuously be flooding the team with tweeners and small enforcers while relying on overpriced veterans to provide "mentorship".

We've had enough time to see Benning's vision of this team and I'm glad a lot of us can agree on how it's terrible and that he and his crew of flunkies have to go.

 

[VanJack]

Hutton, hands down. Hell, he would have been the easy choice if he maintained the level he played at at the beginning of the year, now it looks like he's taken several additional steps in addition to that and is somehow already a twenty+ minute, 30 point, borderline top 4 D-man/PP quarterback coming from thin air.

Agree...it has to be Hutton....guy started the season not even penciled in as a top-four guy in Utica....now he's a solid top 2-3 in VanCity and seems to be growing before our eyes....been a long time since a Canuck rookie d-man has shown that kind of savvy confidence with the puck....kind of astonishing really.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Agree...it has to be Hutton....guy started the season not even penciled in as a top-four guy in Utica....now he's a solid top 2-3 in VanCity and seems to be growing before our eyes....been a long time since a Canuck rookie d-man has shown that kind of savvy confidence with the puck....kind of astonishing really.

Who didnt have him in the top 4 in Utica?

 

[DL44]

I think the trio of in-season trades will get an overwhelmingly favorable review in a couple yrs.

Etem, Granlund and Larsen
for
Shinkaruk, Jensen, 5th, 6th

 

[Addison Rae]

Hutton and Marsktrom, in terms of players.

 

[me2]

Hutton

Daylight second

Sedins, it were can't lose enough to get a top 3 pick might as well enjoy them

 

[MikeK]

Nothing... The fact we're likely getting a high draft pick eases the pain

 

[Wilch]

A glimmer of hope that these imbeciles may be on the chopping block soon.

Then it's probably that Hutton, Horvat, and Tanev have all played well enough to save themselves from getting traded for some AHL goon.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Hutton by a mile. I didn't see that coming at all. Sitting and watching games live you can see how his skating ability is just so much better than the other defensemen. A treat to watch!

 

[vancityluongo]

Would vote for Hutton alone but since that isn't an option, going with the Sedins. The start they had to the year was something to watch.

 

[pgj98m3]

For the best part will be when I get to select my seats for next season. I expect I will be able to move to a much better location.



No...not another city.

 

[Cogburn]

Hutton. All other reasons aside, he can hold the puck in when we're pressing, unlike any other PP options we have had since the nineties.