Ranking the worst Benning moves

[ginner classic]

I am going to provisionally include the Myers deal in here at 6.5M x 7 (to lowball it a touch). I am also including some well know conjecture surrounding some of these options. Don't debate the rumors...just make a pick.

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[Hit the post]

Signing his contract extension from Aquaman.

 

[LaVar]

Juolevi

Drafted a bust and gave a divisional rival a 21 year old PPG winger

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

I have a bad feeling about that first we just sent to Tampa turning into the Ottawa situation.

 

[DL44]

This one seems pretty easy...
Loui Eriksson contract. Never sat well with me from the onset. The World Cup gave ya hope... but... downhill ever since.
Best thing about it, is that its half over.

 

[I am toxic]

I have a bad feeling about that first we just sent to Tampa turning into the Ottawa situation.

 

[Bobby Digital]

Tied between Loui and Myers.

 

[ginner classic]

Damn I forgot to include the Gudbranson contract. Will add it next time.

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

Bennings worst move was leaving his balls somewhere and letting Aqua do his job for him.

 

[Canucker]

Too many bad ones to choose from....my choice was "other". I picked the Kesler trade...I chose this trade because it signaled how he was going to operate. He caved to pressure and showed his belly to rival GM's right from the get-go.

 

[ginner classic]

Too many bad ones to choose from....my choice was "other". I picked the Kesler trade...I chose this trade because it signaled how he was going to operate. He caved to pressure and showed his belly to rival GM's right from the get-go.

Good point. I shall add that.

 

[Diamonddog01]

Either this recent trade, Gudbranson trade or the Eriksson signing. The rest is just sort of meh to me.

 

[ginner classic]

Either this recent trade, Gudbranson trade or the Eriksson signing. The rest is just sort of meh to me.

You are good with Myers?

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Easily the Luoie Eriksson signing.

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

what an incredible list. I can't really choose, but I voted Juolevi over Tkachuk. Jim obviously decided Olli was the pick at the world juniors, and completely ignored Tkachuk's second half and playoff run. The canuck scouts who were watching london that year must have been so pissed.

but the miller trade has the potential to be the worst by far. The idea of an ottawa-style lost season with no pick at the end would be crushing, devastating, gut punch for an entire generation of canucks fans.

 

[Diamonddog01]

You are good with Myers?

Myers hasn't happened yet lol. But I would not be good with a 7x7 contract for a 5th defenceman.

 

[Carnal]

I voted the Gudbranson trade but it took me a while to select that option as there have so many other horrible decisions made. The Juolevi pick, Sutter trade, Eriksson, etc.

Not many wrong answers here.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

It’s about to be the Myers deal.

He’s not even negotiating against anyone else and he’s going to drop $56 million as his opening offer.

 

[vanuck]

What a list of suck. I'm tempted to just vote "Other" because while maybe there hasn't been a truly horrifying move, it's largely been death by a million cuts so far with Benning here.

Though I would rank the JT Miller trade up there with passing on Tkachuk and the Ryan Miller non-trade to SJS.

Almost forgot: he tried to trade the 2015 1st for Lucic too... lol.

 

[Jyrki21]

Firing Gilman/Henning as the only check on his insanity has to be up there too.

 

[vancityluongo]

Surprisingly, Benning doesn't have that one Erat-Forsberg or Hall-Larsson level trade yet, which I think may actually explain why he still has support... this list truly is death by a thousand knife wounds rather than a single gunshot though.

Picked Juolevi over Tkachuk, because while it wasn't the most inexplicable move he has made to date, with hindsight it's the one that absolutely hurts the franchise the most. The stupidest at the time of the transaction is probably the Gudbranson trade.

The Sbisa/Beagle/Eriksson/Myers contracts are horrendous, but the team was/is so bad as is, with no sign of improvement through this window, that the ultimate impact won't be as lasting as losing out on a Debrincat level player, without even considering McCann or the negative impact Gudbranson had on our defense.

Firing Gilman/Henning as the only check on his insanity has to be up there too.

Yeah, the moves that really created the chasm between the two sides (Sbisa + Dorsett extensions, Kassian-Prust trade) led to their firings, which then led to the unmitigated chain of events from June 2015 to September 2016 that make up the bulk of the list.

 

[passive voice]

Christ this is hard. I've already changed my vote once.

 

[passive voice]

Are we assuming the Miller non-deal was for the 9th OA in 15?

 

[ProstheticConscience]

That's...quite a list there. Astonishing this GM still has people defending his work.

 

[Cheeks Clapinski]

Is there a "D) all of the above"?