Bleach Clean
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The reality is Benning does not care that the Canucks may lose a lottery draft pick because he will no longer be GM if he does not make the playoffs in the next 2 years. It's similar to the CEOs of the American banks taking massive risks to collect performance bonuses because if they end up bankrupting the bank, someone else is picking up the tab anyways. It won't be a Jim Benning problem, it will be a Canucks problem.
Which makes sense for a lame duck GM to do, but how does this daft owner approve of this? Are there no alarm bells going off?
Where is the dissenting voice in the room for this?
I hear people saying that if the Canucks make the playoffs next year that this is an OK trade. No, it's still a stupid and needless trade because we lack the perfect knowledge of that eventuality. That's why we have to bank on probability. And in that sense, this trade does not justify the probability of risk taken.
I do appreciate the percentage work done on the last few pages though. HF on display there.