HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY 5TH!
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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:
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:
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RandV
It's a wolf v2.0
Im still so happy this happened.
I just cant stand incompetent people, cant believe he was at helm for such a long time.
I just cant stand incompetent people, cant believe he was at helm for such a long time.
WTG
December 5th
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.
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.
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.
In the end, the Benning era felt to me like the darkest part of the 80's.
EpochLink
Canucks and Jets fan
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
21-12-05 it's finally over.
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I suddenly really want to get a copy of Ed's book.
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
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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
DJ Dorion
rypper
21-12-05 it's finally over.
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Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
Pierre Dorion traded 24 y/o Filip Gustavsson for 35 y/o Cam Talbot (1 year before UFA) and this is not even Top-5 in his worst moves
You were saying?
Believe me, there's absolutely no limit to how bad Pierre Dorion was as a GM. Whatever Benning did in comparison is PALE
I started a comparison with Mike Milbury a few months ago and stopped quickly as I realized it would not be EVEN CLOSE.
Read that again.
Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
ok that's bad but McCann wasn't proven at all back then and it took years before he became relevant. Gudbranson was a young Top-4 D-man former 3rd OA pick so it's actually not that bad.
To be honest, I'm not even sure it would make Dorion's Top-10 but I'll re-up you with :
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Zibanejad was 23 y/o, a recent 6th OA who had paced for 21 goals, 49 points per 82 games at 21-22 y/o. Brassard was 29 y/o, scored 100 pts in 201 games with Ottawa. Notice how they are the ones who gave up a 2nd round pick, which is a meme among Sens fans lol
rypper
21-12-05 it's finally over.
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Jim Benning on the trade call with Florida said "you guys probably want more then Jared McCann right?" The guys in Florida could barely contain their laughter as they waited to see what else they could get.
Tampering penalty. Had to have his hand held on getting his team cap compliant for the season.
Left his lame duck coach hung out to dry to answer questions about the teams terrible season, sexual assault allegations about one of their players, covid etc. He just disappeared and didn't do any media.
Treated Utica like it was Siberia. Went almost a whole season without talking to anyone in the development system.
That's barely scraping the surface. Also, do you know where you are?
Forsling for Adam Clendenning lol.
