The Stig
Your hero.
I'm getting jittery. It's quickly gone from 'excited for the season' to 'drop the f***ing puck before I lose it'
I hope it's Benning and hope it's color commentary for the Oilers.I wonder who gets an NHL level job again first: Green or Benning?
I wanna hear him try and do pbpI hope it's Benning and hope it's color commentary for the Oilers.
Benning just needed a little more time.Benning and Green could both have NHL jobs right now if they wanted them. The reason they don’t is because they are both under contract for next season so any job they accept must have incentive.
Benning could get a scouting job right now; guaranteed. I’m doubtful he’ll ever get serious GM consideration again. Maybe he’ll be an AGM and then slide into interm-GM when his bungling inevitably aids in getting his GM fired. Probably tops out as Director of Amateur Scouting somewhere.
Green will be a coach somewhere. Green could resurface as a mid-season replacement or a candidate next off-season. He’ll slide into the AHL head coaching ranks or NHL assistant if nothing materializes before his contract runs out.
They are both as old boys club as you cooks get. Their buddies will get them a job. Just like how Rutherford brought on Tallon.
Benning and Green could both have NHL jobs right now if they wanted them. The reason they don’t is because they are both under contract for next season so any job they accept must have incentive.
Benning could get a scouting job right now; guaranteed. I’m doubtful he’ll ever get serious GM consideration again. Maybe he’ll be an AGM and then slide into interm-GM when his bungling inevitably aids in getting his GM fired. Probably tops out as Director of Amateur Scouting somewhere.
Green will be a coach somewhere. Green could resurface as a mid-season replacement or a candidate next off-season. He’ll slide into the AHL head coaching ranks or NHL assistant if nothing materializes before his contract runs out.
They are both as old boys club as you cooks get. Their buddies will get them a job. Just like how Rutherford brought on Tallon.
Agreed, and when I heard he was allegedly coveted around the NHL, I found it very very hard to believe.Benning due to his OBC connection will probably get some stupid scouting role.
Green is quite possibly the worst coach I have ever seen. Attitude aside...he showed no abilities in understanding the game and failed to employ any sort of system in 7 years with the organization (Comets and Canucks).
Can’t freaking wait for camp to start.
Also - feeling pretty bad for Tyler Motte that he is still without a deal. There’s one guy I sure wouldn’t mind us bringing to camp / trying to sign for cheap.
I’m pretty sure he was offered a contract here before being traded and turned it down.
I’d agree on a one year deal. I’d be leery on anything longer term though as his playing style makes injuries a real possibility as we saw last year. The guy just gives it his all every shift.He was, but the market was different then. The trade and free agent market has been a lot lower this summer than many (including him and his agent, I’m sure) thought it would be.
I don’t think it’ll take much to sign him on a one year deal, and he’s not only a quality player, but a quality human being, too.
Wish we had Motte instead of Dickinson.
It seems like every Canuck training camp, there's more 'wishing, hoping and praying' than there are expectations. Just about everything has to go right for past Canuck teams to even hang around in the playoff race. And of course their chances were killed right out of the gate when they plummeted to the bottom of the standings..
But this edition of the Canucks just feels different. Solid in goal; more center depth than almost any team in the Western Conference; and oozing character in the room. The blueline is still a concern, but Boudreau seems to be a past master at extracting the maximum out of every player, especially his d-men.
Obviously they'll be in tough with Calgary and Edmonton; but I like their chances of third in the Pacific over L.A. and Vegas.
Can’t freaking wait for camp to start.
Also - feeling pretty bad for Tyler Motte that he is still without a deal. There’s one guy I sure wouldn’t mind us bringing to camp / trying to sign for cheap.
The only thing that will keep Dickinson in vancouver is his contract (for another 2 years so it will problematic) and then he will be gone and likely out of the league for the younger cheaper version.Who knows where/if Dickinson will fit in.
Mikheyev - Pettersson - Boeser
Podkolzin - Miller - Garland
Pearson - Horvat - Hog/Kuz
??? - Lazar - Hog/Kuz
So then you have Joshua, Dickinson and even a younger guy like Lockwood competing for that last spot.
In before we invite Chiasson on a PTO and sign him to league minimum on the last day after he gets PP1 time all preseason
That is nightmare scenario stuff
He scored 13 goals last year.