Post-Game Talk: Season's over! See you at training camp! (List of GDTs from the past season are embedded in OP)

[Zombotron]

Spoiler

Game #	Opponent	Author	pre-game	separate post-game
1	Calgary	Z		here
2	Calgary	M2B
3	Carolina	Z
4	Tampa Bay	Z
5	Florida	Z		here
6	Pittsburgh	Z
7	Winnipeg	Z
8	Boston	Z
9	Washington	Z
10	Vegas	Z
11	Arizona	Z
12	Pittsburgh	Z
13	Minnesota	M2B
14	Chicago	Z
15	Colorado	Z
16	Detroit	Z
17	Boston	Z
18	Buffalo	Z
19	NYR	Mr. C
20	NYI	Z
21	Minnesota	Z
22	Montreal	Z
23	Winnipeg	Mr. C
24	Anaheim	M2B
25	San Jose	Z
26	Los Angeles	Z
27	Los Angeles	Z
28	Vegas	Z
29	Dallas	Z
30	Minnesota	Z
31	Nashville	Z
32	St. Louis	Z
33	Columbus	Z
34	Nashville	Z
35	Philadelphia	Z
36	Edmonton	Z
37	Tampa Bay	Z
38	St. Louis	Z
39	Winnipeg	Mr. C
40	Edmonton	Z
41	Calgary	Z		here
42	New Jersey	Z
43	Ottawa	Z
44	Montreal	Z
45	Toronto	Z
46	Arizona	M2B
47	Florida	Z
48	Edmonton	Z
49	Buffalo	Z
50	Detroit	Z
All-Star Game	-----	FacepalmBenning
51	Carolina	Z
52	Colorado	Z
53	Philadelphia	Z
54	Washington	Z
55	Chicago	Z
56	Calgary	Z
57	San Jose	Z		here
58	Anaheim	Z
59	Los Angeles	Z
60	San Jose	Z
61	Arizona	Z
62	NYI	Z
63	Anaheim	Z
64	Colorado	Z
65	Arizona	Z
Trade deadline	-----	Z
66	Vegas	Z
67	Toronto	Z
68	Edmonton	Z
69	Vegas	Z
70	NYR	Z
71	New Jersey	Z
72	Dallas	Z
73	Chicago	Z
74	Ottawa	Z
75	Calgary	Z
76	Columbus	Z
77	Anaheim
78	Los Angeles	ProstheticConscience
79	Dallas	Z
80	San Jose	Z
81	Nashville	Z
82	St. Louis	Z

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[Baby Pettersson]

Pettersson gonna drag this season out as long as he can!

 

[ErrantShepherd]

Party on, Not!Wayne Gretzky!

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Looking forward to the Pettersson Boeser Hughes OT line for years to come! That was fun to watch!

Let's hope our prospects and young players can keep developing their game and I could see us squeaking into the playoffs next year.

Hopefully we can purge our junk players. Sign a worthwhile free agent and hopefully get some new management. Big offseason ahead!

 

[Addison Rae]

#FireBenning

 

[Breakers]

Pettersson 3rd star.

I thought Pettersson was really bad in the first two periods. Just shows how good players can pull something out of nowhere.

 

[carolinacanuck]

gah, i hope edler isn't upset and hughes isn't overly uncomfortable with all that OT ice-time

 

[geebaan]

If Benning is still here, I can only hope he doesn't lose his f***ing mind this offseason for free agents, in a vain attempt to make the playoffs and save his job.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Finally

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Either you fire JB or hires president that can hides JB’s phone throughout July

 

[Fire Benning]

Hallejujah!!

Now time to shoot Benning out of a f***ing cannon

 

[EpochLink]

#FireBenning

He be reppin Van City at the Draft Lottery MAH *****

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

So if anyone wants a recap of the next 5 months here it is.

1.)Canucks lose lottery
2.)Benning says the canucks attempted to add picks but nobody wants to move them at the draft.
3.)Canucks add another washout defenseman from another organization that was drafted high. Let's go with Honka
4.)Jimbo signs a free agent forward and defenseman to stupid contracts.

Bring on another exciting season of canucks hockey next year...

 

[NoShowWilly]

pettersson
horvat
boeser
baertschi
gaudette
pearson
roussel
beagle
sutter
virtanen
leivo
motte
granlund
schaller
spooner
goldobin
eriksson

legit forgot eriksson existed again. that's 17 and a lot of that is bottom end of the lineup. should be an interesting offseason.

 

[ErrantShepherd]

So if anyone wants a recap of the next 5 months here it is.

1.)Canucks lose lottery
2.)Benning says the canucks attempted to add picks but nobody wants to move them at the draft.
3.)Canucks add another washout defenseman from another organization that was drafted high. Let's go with Honka
4.)Jimbo signs a free agent forward and defenseman to stupid contracts.

Bring on another exciting season of canucks hockey next year...

Gonna be interesting how this ages.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Fire Benning, Weisbrod. Give Green a shorter leash.

Change in ownership would be nice too.

 

[Hit the post]

Gonna be interesting how this ages.

Frankly I thought that post was from last season. Or the season before. Or the season before that.

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

Gonna be interesting how this ages.

it will age well. Jimbo/Weisbrod combo is pretty predictable with their movies. The only way Ferland or Myers don't end up on the canucks is if another teams saves us from those contracts.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I’m predicting playoffs next season

 

[Fire Benning]

I'm predicting we improve from 35 wins to 37 next year, all shootout wins.

 

[The Drop]

Cup next season

 

[ErrantShepherd]

pettersson - 1st line center we needed and wanted
horvat - 1b/top end 2nd line center, has been amazingly steady with junk all year on the wings
boeser - only legit top sniper we have, nice to see him returning to form
baertschi - love him, but all his concussions are a huge concern going forward, otherwise one of our few top six options
gaudette - 3rd line center seems his lot
pearson - surprisingly effective, looks like a legit top sixer beside Bo so far
roussel - useful piece up and down the lineup, hopefully injuries don't hamper him
beagle - ...a trade would be helpful perhaps?
sutter - needs to be traded, likely little value
virtanen - 3rd line seems his lot, ok if he can get some consistency
leivo - top nine player, has been good here
motte - have legit forgot about motte, good hustle, but very replaceable
granlund - frustrating player, goes from useless to apparently indispensable. 13th forward at best.
schaller - nice that he finally scored, please take him back, Boston.
spooner - ...buyout
goldobin - his own inconsistency has robbed him of career progress here
eriksson - I don't get as frustrated with Loui as some. But he's just not producing like he should at all.

 

[EpochLink]

Fire Benning, Weisbrod. Give Green a shorter leash.

Change in ownership would be nice too.

Who wants to buy the Canucks, I'm sure there are some pretty eager Lower Mainland buyers.

 

[clunk]

Bad season.

Positives:

Pettersson's Calder worthy year, establishing himself as a 1C going forward.

Markstrom establishing himself as a starter.

Horvat's progression in solidifying himself as a big minute 2C faceoff machine.

Quinn Hughes looked decently electrifying in his short stint, but a very small sample size.

Gudbranson being shot out of a cannon and Pouliot being sat for a lot of the latter half of the season (which likely means he's a goner)


Negatives:

Failing to accumulate more draft picks for veteran players at the deadline/before the deadline. Picks will now be at a premium during the draft, which is when, AGAIN, Benning will try to acquire them and fail to do so.

Letting a young goalie get shelled and embarrassed because the GM was too stupid to sign a veteran in Leighton who was available in the AHL. Then, deciding to trade a pick for a goalie after the fact while still having Leighton available to sign. Terrible asset management and terrible handling of a young player.

Useless wins throughout the season that destroyed the Canucks' lottery chances and a real shot at Jack Hughes.

Team usually played better when it didn't matter and worse when it did. Not a good sign going forward.

Team is overall just boring to watch when the young guys aren't carrying the team on its back. Full of lifeless veterans who are shells of their former selves, and an overall pretty boring style of play.

Mismanagement of players from the coaching staff may have affected confidence levels of players such as Goldobin going forward, but far from the biggest negative this season.

Still a lack of direction from management. What is management trying to do? Are they trying to make the playoffs? Lots of mixed messages. Jim Benning recently stated he wants to bring in a top 6 forward and d-man through trade or free agency. Aren't the Canucks supposedly 'rebuilding'? Are they still 'retooling'? Are they gunning for the playoffs next season?

Lack of team identity. Lack of emotion and mutual teammate support. Only guys that really showed push back when young players have been bullied have been Luke Schenn and Roussel. What kind of team is this supposed to be?

Terrible PP. This was a problem all season and needs to be addressed. Being on the PP actually felt like it gave the Canucks less of a chance to score than being even strength.

Overplaying bad players. Granlund on PP2. Granlund on the PK. Granlund Granlund Granlund. Why is this guy getting so much ice time? He should be getting 8-10~ minutes MAX. He averaged 15 minutes a night this season.

AHL mismanagement. Not much else to say. Just stupid incompetence. Benning being 'too busy' to help the AHL team, etc.

Team defense has been atrocious.

I could go on but I think that mostly covers it...

 

[Steely Van]

Who wants to buy the Canucks, I'm sure there are some pretty eager Lower Mainland buyers.

Maybe local self made billionaire Chip Wilson (founded Lululemon and Westbeach clothing)