HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY 5TH!

[PuckMunchkin]

That was our stanley cup.

 

[M2Beezy]

The Jim Benning portraits were one of the best part of the Benning era...

Example 1. Stunned Benning:

Example 2. The maybe Juolevi will be Lidstrom moment:

Example 3. The realization of the consequences of the Juolevi and Virtanen picks:

Example 4. When Brackett told him to stop trading picks for age gap solutions:

Example 5. When told tampering is against the rules:

Example 6. When Brackett insisted to pick Pettersson:

Example 7. The how can I trade Horvat and the 5th overall for PK Subban look:

Example 8. Watching Mccann and Forsling play ice hockey:

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

Don't cry because it happened. Smile because it's over

-SVU cop

 

[RandV]

I think the single thing that saved him here was Brock Boeser being a Calder candidate that season. Like everything else about his management was a complete disaster but look at little Brocky go! That Benning really can draft and that's the only thing that matters!

 

[LordBacon]

Im still so happy this happened.

I just cant stand incompetent people, cant believe he was at helm for such a long time.

 

[WTG]

I think the single thing that saved him here was Brock Boeser being a Calder candidate that season. Like everything else about his management was a complete disaster but look at little Brocky go! That Benning really can draft and that's the only thing that matters!

I'll take responsibility then. I put him in my Boeser highlight video.

 

[VanJack]

Benning liberation day!....seems like eons ago now, but only three years.

But the best part of the Dec. 5th massacre was that the owner finally bowed to the obvious....it was time for him to butt out as well. But not before he personally hired Bruce Boudreau, and saddled the incoming administration with another coaching headache to sort out.

Amazing what can happen when you hire competent, experienced hockey executives......and then get out of the way and let them do their jobs.

 

[jd22]

What an abysmal POS.

 

[valkynax]

 

[Curm]

In the beginning, the homer in me really wanted to believe he was the right hire, I even defended some of the moves he made that turned out not so good, but after a while it became painfully obvious he was in over his head.

In the end, the Benning era felt to me like the darkest part of the 80's.

 

[pitseleh]

 

[EpochLink]

I’ve heard he’s in Portland but has residence in Vancouver and his kids, not sure how many, still live there.

There were rumblings about his kids in Vancouver and how they conducted themselves. Don’t wanna say too much on here as there’s ‘stories’ may have shit twisted.

 

[Vector]

There were rumblings about his kids in Vancouver and how they conducted themselves. Don’t wanna say too much on here as there’s ‘stories’ may have shit twisted.

One of my best friends has a story involving his kids so…yeah there’s a lot out there about his family.

 

[rypper]

I suddenly really want to get a copy of Ed's book.

 

[Jyrki21]

I read Ed's book and facepalmed at this part... but like, what's Aquilini doing? If he's a "fan-owner" as everyone says, his first thought should be "that guy ain't coming here, don't waste my time."

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

I read Ed's book and facepalmed at this part... but like, what's Aquilini doing? If he's a "fan-owner" as everyone says, his first thought should be "that guy ain't coming here, don't waste my time."

i mean there’s the kind of fan who knows all the obscure australia-only b-sides and has studied the inner workings of which producer contributed the most to the songwriting, whose string arrangements were the best, what sticks the drummer uses. and then there’s the kind that just wants to spend $300 or $600 or $2,000 and hear born to run or jeremy or shake it off.

guess which kind aqua is

 

[Xspyrit]

I can't believe we don't have something like that for a much much worse GM (1st anniversary was on November 1st)

At the same time, that's the apathy he has built, nobody cares anymore, we're just zombie fans.

 

[rypper]

I can't believe we don't have something like that for a much much worse GM (1st anniversary was on November 1st)

Hard disagree.

 

[F A N]

I think the single thing that saved him here was Brock Boeser being a Calder candidate that season. Like everything else about his management was a complete disaster but look at little Brocky go! That Benning really can draft and that's the only thing that matters!

What saved Benning was Trevor Linden. He "put his job on the line" to save Benning.