Green will no doubt be the fall guy as Benning just signed a new 3 year extension. I don't see Benning going anywhere unfortunately. Even if/when this team crash and burns. Benning is the perfect puppet for this overcontrolling owner. We are likley stuck with him for another 2 season at least.
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Green will no doubt be the fall guy as Benning just signed a new 3 year extension. I don't see Benning going anywhere unfortunately. Even if/when this team crash and burns. Benning is the perfect puppet for this overcontrolling owner. We are likley stuck with him for another 2 season at least.
We miss the playoffs this year and Benning is firmly cemented with GM legends such as Doug MacLean and Mike Milbury. It's actually pretty historic that he even has a chance to miss the playoffs in 5 straight years.
Won’t he set a Canucks record for missing the playoffs in a row?
The special 50th anniversary season is for setting records!
Usually this team has a good October giving most fans a false hope. Looks like we're ahead of schedule this time.
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Guis I'm so excited.
But all seriously, tank on, BRUTAL start to the season. Time to fire GM/Coach/Eriksson/Sutter
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Yeah really you can't read too much into the first few games, winning and losing will come and go, but considering the team usually starts better than they actually are it will be much funner if they just start in a hole right out of the gate.
Too early to get excited, but definitely a solid start to the tank.
Beautiful giveaway by Myers on the game winning goal. Not sure it rises quite to the level of Eriksson's empty-netter in his first game as a Canuck, but it's pretty damn close.
If they lose the home opener to start 0-3, all against division rivals, I'd say a quiet "hell yeah" was in order.
Beautiful giveaway by Myers on the game winning goal. Not sure it rises quite to the level of Eriksson's empty-netter in his first game as a Canuck, but it's pretty damn close.
If they lose the home opener to start 0-3, all against division rivals, I'd say a quiet "hell yeah" was in order.
So happy I decided to watch UFC instead. What a load of pile of shit this team is.
Jack Burton
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lololo!
I found this gif and if anybody has some photoshop skillz please insert the following.....
Jim Bennings head on that fine lady.
big block letters PLAYOFFS on that sweet little dog.
The Canuck franchise emblem on the top of the apartment building.
wait for it.
I found this gif and if anybody has some photoshop skillz please insert the following.....
Jim Bennings head on that fine lady.
big block letters PLAYOFFS on that sweet little dog.
The Canuck franchise emblem on the top of the apartment building.
wait for it.
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Gutting the depth is a good tank move. 1-2 injuries on D will solidify the tank.
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This is what scares me. While Benning is far from blameless for some truly awful decisions. One has to wonder just how much Aquilini is breathing down his neck, and if that will only continue with another GM. I really want to hope that if we completely collapse this season, that's enough to wake Aquilini up and finally fix the actual problems: Himself being too involved and Jim Benning.
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How many coaches does a GM get to fire before the heat is on him? He got to play that card with Willie Desjardins. Historically it should be his job in the crosshairs next, but I never expected him to get extended once, let alone twice.
He's already fired Desjardins.
It's no coincidence that Green is still coach despite failing to make the playoffs, ever.
Normally a GM gets to fire one coach before getting fired himself, but with FAQ, who the hell knows?
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Nothing is normal. A GM misses the playoffs multiple years in a row you expect him to be fired, not extended.
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I think Myers has been fine so far, for what thats worth.
I don't think we have to wonder too much. They deny it through and through but I think it's pretty obvious at this point from all the rumors and events we've seen and heard over the course of the past 5 years or so that the owner is more involved in the hockey ops than should be. Plus, you don't sign a GM to a 3 yr extension if you have any reservations about his future.
All of us may not want to believe it but Benning isn't getting fired this season and likely not next either. He's obviously a yes man and that is exactly why the owners want... which is why even when Benning is finally fired we're still likely not going to get a qualified and competent team in replacement. Those type of people aren't willing to put their reputation on the line when the owner decides he wants to play fantasy hockey. We'll be cursed with another buffoon whose main job is to ask how high when the owner says jump.
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When our D starts getting injured and they will Benning will panic. Literally no qualified depth in the minors to call up. Other teams will help Jimmy out tho packaging and polishing up a former 1st round turd in exchange for a future 1st. It’s written in the cards. Great for the tank but disastrous for the future It’s like a Greek tragedy in 10 acts.
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Everybody keeps saying "If we miss the playoffs, Benning is gone", but I just don't see it. We've already done that multiple times, and all it convinced ownership to do was to re-up him twice.
Would a long losing streak to start the year do it? That's my only hope.
But I fear they'd just can Green, and keep Bozo.
Would a long losing streak to start the year do it? That's my only hope.
But I fear they'd just can Green, and keep Bozo.
I think there is levels to missing the playoffs, if they miss by a point or two, a la Montreal last year he'll get the year and might even get to bring in a new coach, but if this team is an 84 point team and the playoff bar is 93+ like most years, he's gone.
Because I think even his most ardent supporters would finally come around to calling for his head after setting a franchise record for consecutive playoff misses. They're might be chants are the Rog this year.
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