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I can't believe Jimbo watched less canucks games than me during Tanev era
Former Canucks Thread 2023-24 Off-Season Edition
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I spent nearly a decade trying to explain to people that Jim Benning simply had no idea what he was watching when he was looking at a hockey game. He wasn't just a 'good scout' that didn't have business/management skills - he was legitimately a terrible scout who did not understand hockey or what was happening in front of him in a hockey game.
Your average idiot casual fan walking down the street in Vancouver understood hockey better than Jim Benning.
vadim sharifijanov
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the funniest thing is that benning acquired brandon sutter, who was one of the softest players on the puck i’ve ever seen. but he expected him to be a culture-carrier, i assume because his last name was sutter.
just dumb as shit.
This was before we signed Tanev to a 5x$4.45M deal?That year Tanev's dad is referring to, Tanev made less than Sbisa, who we acquired because he was big & strong instead of angling for Theodore in the Kesler deal
Tanev has an interesting career arc. He went from playing 53, 42, and 55 games to not missing a game at age 30, bouncing back to being the elite shutdown defenseman he was (while not missing a game at age 31). This year at age 35 he has missed only one game so far.
It's the literal equivalent of an NHL GM looking at a 25 year old Patrice Bergeron's PIM totals and saying that he was a creampuff who was 'soft as baby shit'.
Just total incompetence and a total lack of understanding of how hockey works. And people still insisting that Benning was 'just a bit over his head and a tool for Aquilini to meddle' or some such should be forced to sit and read quotes like this Clockwork Orange style.
Jim Benning was the worst GM in NHL history. Jim Benning was the most incompetent GM in NHL history. Jim Benning was the dumbest GM in NHL history. And it isn't close to #2 on any front.
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You think you hate Benning enough, but you don't.
What a moron.
At any rate, what is he up to these days? I'm sure he's having to beat all the job offers away with a stick.
I still love how Benning signed sutter to his contract before he even stepped on the ice for the Canucks.
God I f***ing hate that man
God I f***ing hate that man
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Innovative (in a bad way) unheard of retroactive trade protection.
Nope. It was a clip with the Tanev’s Dad and he was talking about how dumb a man Jim Benning is.
