This is a strawman. No one has made this claim. People have claimed it indicates he's likely improved and as of now might theoretically be a good GM, which is the subject of this thread.
No one is acting this way or has said anything like this.
No, he didn't. I'll quote him:
Why would I give other GMs credit for making good picks there when most GMs don’t get a first line player with a pick in the mid 20’s. That’s a home run by Benning. Here’s Mike Gillis’ picks in the 20s for comparison:
What goalposts were moved? as far as I can tell it's mostly you saying things that don't make any sense, like Boeser's acquisition being a reward for failure or that Benning shouldn't get credit for any player drafted with a pick he happened not to acquire. In general, when you say things that aren't accurate or that people find they can't take seriously, the discussion becomes about that no matter what you were originally talking about.
The Canucks have had one 2nd round pick in Benning's tenure from a draft long enough ago for any 2nd rounder to have a reasonable chance of making the league. He picked Thatcher Demko, who is in the NHL. Another 2nd rounder is 8th in the AHL in scoring and outpacing most of his draft cohort, and the most recent was one of the best players at the WJC.
Fair point on Gillis.
Virtually none of Lind and Gadjovic's cohort have made the league, and Lind is currently one of the best 2nd rounders from his draft in the AHL or anywhere else. Regarding Hague, you're simply isolating a single player picked later who has outperformed a given pick and citing it as evidence that pick was poor despite that pick outperforming its cohort. Absolutely nothing you're saying has any merit or is making any sense.
This statement is true of nearly every drafted player who has not yet played in the NHL. It's a nearly meaningless statement. No matter who you draft, someone better is liable to be drafted later in the same round unless you draft the best player from that point in the round onward, which is obviously not a meaningful or reasonable standard. Do you understand this?
No you can’t assess Lind, Madden or Rathbone yet but all three are tracking very well. As are a number of other picks.
Two thirds of the players from that round have not yet played in the NHL. 5 players have played more than 10 games. Of the 150 or so players drafted after Gadjovic, 3 are in the NHL. If you think any of this contradicts anything I said, you simply don't understand what we're talking about. I don't know what else to say at this point.
