Bloody McCann... He wasn't scheduled in the Succession Plan to do this at training camp until next season. Why is he ****ing things up, and making things unnecessarily difficult. Vey was scheduled in the Succession Plan to do what McCann is doing, this training camp. By outshining Vey, he's making Vey look worse. The brighter McCann gets, the darker the shine on Vey (relative brightness). Look McCann, Vey got his raise. Richardson wasn't re-signed. Vey has been mentioned during the offseason as one of the centers for this team. You're not going to replace him. It just screws too much up in the planning, if McCann takes Vey's spot... and then, say if McCann fails after the 9 games, and say if Vey is lost on waivers?
Oh well, no harm, no foul. The Succession Plan states that McCann can still be rationalized to be sent down after training camp, because of his size, and for further development. To make the shine on Benning and Vey look brighter (by elimination the brighter shine), the correct course of action is to get McCann out of here ASAP.
During or soon after the elaborate ceremony known as the Canucks' Training Camp concludes, McCann back to juniors... Vey, 4th line center, 2nd unit powerplay... Also, Virtanen makes the team (NHL size, being the justification, why Virtanen is up and McCann is down). Baertschi, 2nd line next to Vrbata. It's been written both in the Succession Plan, and in the twinkle of Benning's eyes. Hutton never had a chance... Neither did Biega. Neither did McCann. What stops me from saying bank on this, is that (1) McCann makes Benning look good with the Kesler deal, and McCann is a Benning-loved pick - granted, McCann tearing up juniors would do the same (to a lesser degree, but still)... and (2) who can reasonably say with any degree of certainty what the hell Benning will do. He chews charcoal pencils, licks the canvas, signs it, and hangs it at Rogers Arena as art.
