[poll] Which is the worst Benning-era transaction?

[kanucks25]

Holy crap... sometimes you forget all the bad transactions he's made. That list is just disturbing my god.

Can't even decide. I was going down the list and every time I thought I saw a winner, there was one just as bad below it.

 

[Toxic0n]

The only trade that made me take a breath was dumping Forsling after his great WJR tourney..

It was tough seeing no trades at the TDL... but that was understandable.

Understandable? I'm not sure the words means what you think it means.
It was a total failure as a GM and I voted for it as his worst move.....It was a tough choice though

 

[thenextone]

We should just keep this thread on-going...i feel like there will be plenty more

 

[crazychimp]

Hmmm.. So many options, I think I'll go with the Sbisas/Sutter contracts or giving up the picks in the McCann/Gudbranson deal I think a one for one swap would have done it considering EG is a soon to be RFA or maybe adding in a 4th wouldn't have been so bad but that 2nd hurts us.

Edit: Looking at all the deals here, I don't mind the players we gave up/got in these trades it mostly the picks we gave up that I really have a problem with. Benning stop giving away free picks!

 

[DL44]

Understandable? I'm not sure the words means what you think it means.
It was a total failure as a GM and I voted for it as his worst move.....It was a tough choice though

I knew some would have difficulty understanding.

It was easy to predict Hamhius wasn't going anywhere once he broke his jaw. He was one of our worst dmen prior to injury and the injury brought him back with only a small sample of games left prior to the TDL. It was easy to predict (and I did at the time) that teams would of had difficulty buying him based on how he was playing... but then to add 2 months of inactivity on top of that was going to be a tough sell.

The ONLY point of optimism was Hammer actually playing his best hockey of the season upon his return from injury, albeit a 7-8 game sample size.... but he still wasn't productive, and the team wasn't winning. 7 or 8 games of decent individual defensive hockey wasn't enough to overcome his pre-injury sample of poor play... nor the fact he wasn't 100% and returning to play after 2 months off.
It's a nice thought that teams would of bit on name recognition and previous seasons of work... but they have pro scouts as well watching the games Hamhuis did play this season..

Pretty simple to understand.


Vrbata... well.. 12g, uninterested play (many of those directly vs potential suitors)and injured at the TDL. So hardly shocked.
Add to the fact that allegedly his trade list included non-playoff teams to further hamper a potential transaction...
So yes... i would say its extremely easy to understand.


But also easy to understand why people don't wish to understand.

 

[VanJack]

Voted the trade deadline paralysis...a 28th place team that can't trade any of its impending UFA's for even a used roll of hockey tape, is an epic fail....especially when you look at what the Jets/Flames did.

 

[keslerburrows]

Granlund/Shinks + Sbisa signing tie IMO.

 

[DL44]

What would be a more interesting question... using the OP's transaction list ONLY, which of THOSE would you vote as his BEST move?

(Best of the worst if you will)


I would easily go with Dorsett for a 3rd on the trade alone... but the re-signing is inevitably tied to it...

But otherwise this Gudbranson trade could be it..

 

[hockeyplay]

Is there a fire benning petition anywhere?

 

[kanucks25]

What would be a more interesting question... using the OP's transaction list ONLY, which of THOSE would you vote as his BEST move?

(Best of the worst if you will)


I would easily go with Dorsett for a 3rd on the trade alone... but the re-signing is inevitably tied to it...

But otherwise this Gudbranson trade could be it..

His best move is either the Baertschi trade or the Bieksa trade because those are his only 2 good trades.

Dorsett trade was bad and the subsequent signing made it trash.

 

[DL44]

His best move is either the Baertschi trade or the Bieksa trade because those are his only 2 good trades.

Dorsett trade was bad and the subsequent signing made it trash.

You didn't comprehend my post.

 

[NoShowWilly]

The Shinkaruk one for me just makes the least sense. Even without Mccann, Granlund fills no role in my opinion. He doesn't fit the mould this team looks to be building towards.

 

[kanucks25]

You didn't comprehend my post.

Oh my bad, I thought that list contained all his trades and didn't exclude the two good ones I mentioned.

I'd probably say the Lack trade; I was hoping for at least a 2nd but wasn't too pissed off.

 

[Pip]

I think I may have voted too early as I'm sure there will be a few more terrible moves this offseason.

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

I knew some would have difficulty understanding.

It was easy to predict Hamhius wasn't going anywhere once he broke his jaw. He was one of our worst dmen prior to injury and the injury brought him back with only a small sample of games left prior to the TDL. It was easy to predict (and I did at the time) that teams would of had difficulty buying him based on how he was playing... but then to add 2 months of inactivity on top of that was going to be a tough sell.

The ONLY point of optimism was Hammer actually playing his best hockey of the season upon his return from injury, albeit a 7-8 game sample size.... but he still wasn't productive, and the team wasn't winning. 7 or 8 games of decent individual defensive hockey wasn't enough to overcome his pre-injury sample of poor play... nor the fact he wasn't 100% and returning to play after 2 months off.
It's a nice thought that teams would of bit on name recognition and previous seasons of work... but they have pro scouts as well watching the games Hamhuis did play this season..

Pretty simple to understand.


Vrbata... well.. 12g, uninterested play (many of those directly vs potential suitors)and injured at the TDL. So hardly shocked.
Add to the fact that allegedly his trade list included non-playoff teams to further hamper a potential transaction...
So yes... i would say its extremely easy to understand.


But also easy to understand why people don't wish to understand.

lmao come on man. GMs didn't want him because... he played on a bad team? But he was playing really well when he came back from injury (even though you say he wasn't 100%), but GMs didn't want him because he was bad immediately before he got hurt? But he was really good before that? You sound like Jim Benning trying to explain why he wasn't able to make any trades at the deadline.

Anyways, this thread will be hilarious to revisit in a few years when the extent of the damage is more evident. My choice for worst move is the Kesler trade, as that was the best asset we had and a good trade at that point was our best chance at a quick rebound. The extremely confusing disaster that's unfolded since is the result.

 

[NoShowWilly]

What would be a more interesting question... using the OP's transaction list ONLY, which of THOSE would you vote as his BEST move?

(Best of the worst if you will)


I would easily go with Dorsett for a 3rd on the trade alone... but the re-signing is inevitably tied to it...

But otherwise this Gudbranson trade could be it..

yup i'd agree on the dorsett for a 3rd.

 

[racerjoe]

Its' very depressing to see this listed out like this.

 

[DL44]

lmao come on man. GMs didn't want him because... he played on a bad team? But he was playing really well when he came back from injury (even though you say he wasn't 100%), but GMs didn't want him because he was bad immediately before he got hurt? But he was really good before that? You sound like Jim Benning trying to explain why he wasn't able to make any trades at the deadline.

That's seriously what you got outta my post?






Understandable.

 

[timw33]

Its' very depressing to see this listed out like this.

I don't think we have a single fair value trade.

 

[Archangel]

Not trading hamuis

 

[NoShowWilly]

I don't think we have a single fair value trade.

i liked the bieksa one.

 

[MS]

Kesler trade the most damaging but Shinkaruk/Forsling deals are the worst in the way that we gave up a legitimate prospect for a replacement-level player. Sbisa and Dorsett contracts are the most brain dead moves he's made.

HM to the Miller signing

Wow, so many good options.

For me, the Kesler trade was the worst transaction because it was SO important and so badly screwed up. To not get a puck-moving defender out of that trade considering who we were dealing with was a complete disaster.

Other trades have been stupider, but less damaging.

But really, it's like being forced to eat 20 different kinds of animal feces and determine which is the worst.

The level of incompetence is just astonishing. And even more astonishing is that there is still anyone here who supports this total trainwreck.

 

[PM]

The List of Shameâ„¢ just keeps on growing and growing and growing and growing...

 

[VanillaCoke]

i liked the bieksa one.

That's the only one.

 

[canuckfan75]

It is " Jimmy being Jimmy"

You do not like it talk to Jimmy !!!!