Does Jim Benning get a 2nd look ?

[Canuck Luck]

That's BS. He had the power to override everyone and pick Glass. But they picked Petterson. So you can't just put that on his CV.

And again , I'm not defending him. Just trying to be objective


Demko , Silovs , Forsling , Mccan , Boeser Hoglander. Only Mccan and Boeser was 1st round.

There was others too

Mr Benning, everyone knows Trevor Linden had power over you. No need to pretend that you had the most power in the organization. I'm pretty sure Linden has basically said as much that he made the call to allow Brackett and the scouting department pick Petey over letting you pick Glass

 

[Bond]

Hopefully Edmonton gives him a go

 

[eviohh26]

He really shouldn't be allowed near a team. But this is the NHL after all. People who shouldn't get 2nd shots are on their 3rd 4th .

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Dubas can pitch himself to executives through being innovative and trying to be new. Same reason Chyka got hired. He can somewhat speak business/analysts talk. Probably why the org that hired him the 2nd time is owned by Fenway who always think back to Theo Epstein and being ahead of the curve. From what I've seen, Jim Benning would make a terrible snake-oils salesman, Dubas might be able to get through a couple towns before being killed.

I'd love to know what old western movie you've been watching, because I am so in the mood for it.

 

[MS]

That's BS. He had the power to override everyone and pick Glass. But they picked Petterson. So you can't just put that on his CV.

No he didn't. His boss was Trevor Linden at the time. Trevor Linden has literally gone on TV and said he had to intervene to give the scouts the autonomy to pick the player they wanted in Pettersson.

 

[Strangelove]

Jim Benning is probably the kindest, bravest, warmest, most selfless human being I've ever known.

 

[Captain97]

I think k he would be a good AGM, GM probably not again.

 

[SUX2BU]

 

[Grifter3511]

true, this is very much in his favour

talent guru jim!!

Why is OEL there? Because he is getting paid replacement level money to play on the 3rd pairing. Benning brought him in to Vancouver with 1st pairing money.

 

[I am toxic]

Does Jim Benning get a 2nd look ?​

 

[God]

That's BS. He had the power to override everyone and pick Glass. But they picked Petterson. So you can't just put that on his CV.

And again , I'm not defending him. Just trying to be objective


Demko , Silovs , Forsling , Mccan , Boeser Hoglander. Only Mccan and Boeser was 1st round.

There was others too

Linden overrode him, which caused a power struggle and Aquilini sided with Dimbo.

Another funny one was Benning really wanted Conner Bleackley, but the Avs took him 1 pick before the Canucks and he defaulted to the scouts because it was his first year as GM. All of the struggles between Dimbo and the scouting department are fairly well documented/insinuiated over the years, with people like Brackett (responsible for US players like Boeser/Gaudette) and Palango (McCann) eventually leaving for greener pastures.

 

[Artemi Panarin]

I think he's the perfect candidate to clean up that mess in Edmonton

 

[timw33]

No he didn't. His boss was Trevor Linden at the time. Trevor Linden has literally gone on TV and said he had to intervene to give the scouts the autonomy to pick the player they wanted in Pettersson.

It is insane that anyone wants to still die on the hill that Benning and Delorme were the deciding factor in drafting Elias Pettersson.


To the question at hand, no, Jim Benning should not get a role at any level and is not only completely incompetent and stupid, but also a completely arrogant self-serving asshole who took no accountability or responsibility at any point of his disastrous tenure.

 

[nowhereman]

As a Canucks fan, I'd like to see Benning take over for Holland once he's canned. Hopefully, he brings Weisbrod with him.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

I think he's the perfect candidate to clean up that mess in Edmonton

If the Canucks had beaten the Oilers I think this narrative would have actually flown in Edmonton.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

Why is OEL there? Because he is getting paid replacement level money to play on the 3rd pairing. Benning brought him in to Vancouver with 1st pairing money.

And gave up the 9th overall pick for the honor of doing so! Incredible!

 

[mriswith]

Worst GM in the last 30 years. I'd hire Milbury over him. I would literally hire a random fan off the street before him and expect a better performance.

And a big f*** you for executing the worst trade in franchise history right before getting fired. One that everyone knew would be crap and that Arizona fans were gloating about how bad they robbed us in it before it even was made official.

I hope he gets hired somewhere else and we take full advantage of the dumbest and most inept GM in decades.

People don't get that he had three of Pettersson/Hughes/Markstrom/Demko/Boeser making ELC amounts of money for three years. That's like 20 mil of cap advantage and is literally a once in a generation cap advantage for any franchise and the best he could do with that was finish bottom 10 every year except the one year where we were going to miss until covid play ins saved us. It's hard for the average fan to grasp how bad this is.

 

[Killer Orcas]

He has a better chance getting into PR then a another GM position in my opinion. Guy was horrid in pretty much every way imaginable.

 

[Bgav]

Worst GM I have ever witnessed. (edm please hire him)

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Didn't a Vancouver fan go back and look and if the nucks just drafted the player with the highest point total in the chl each time they were set to pick, they would have developed a better prospect pool than he created, or was that someone else ?

 

[Rowlet]

Didn't a Vancouver fan go back and look and if the nucks just drafted the player with the highest point total in the chl each time they were set to pick, they would have developed a better prospect pool than he created, or was that someone else ?

CanucksArmy or PassitToBulis did this, and it was not close.

 

[Peen]

Christ. Jim Benning fans still. Literally one of the least intelligent human beings to ever be a part of cap era NHL.

People will die on the dumbest hills.

 

[Vector]

It is insane that anyone wants to still die on the hill that Benning and Delorme were the deciding factor in drafting Elias Pettersson.


To the question at hand, no, Jim Benning should not get a role at any level and is not only completely incompetent and stupid, but also a completely arrogant self-serving asshole who took no accountability or responsibility at any point of his disastrous tenure.

To be fair to Delorme, I think he was influential in that he probably sided with the scouts and the scouts wanted Pettersson. Not that Pettersson was a personal pick of his.

 

[Guttersniped]

That's BS. He had the power to override everyone and pick Glass. But they picked Petterson. So you can't just put that on his CV.

And again , I'm not defending him. Just trying to be objective


Demko , Silovs , Forsling , Mccan , Boeser Hoglander. Only Mccan and Boeser was 1st round.

There was others too

I agree, he drafted Petterson.

But McCann played 69 games in Vancouver and then this happed:


And drafting Forsling in the 5th round in 2014 and then doing this:

Means that Benning is unconnected to his later success. Vancouver didn’t development him and didn’t get much for him.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Jim Benning is probably the kindest, bravest, warmest, most selfless human being I've ever known.

Kindred spirits