SKYO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:17 pm
Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:37 pm
Doyle Hargraves wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:21 pm
ESQ wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:46 am
Thanks god some Canucks fans could handle a rebuild and see this through!
Meh.... that’s Doc’s party line, and nobody on this board couldn’t handle a rebuild. Some of us have been calling for it at various times, but most if not all embraced it. Benning got his head caved in here from his own hemorrhaging of picks for useless tits. That’s water under a bridge.
Funny fact: a huge majority of this board wanted Noah Dobson and Gabe Vilardi/Cody Glass in 2017 and 2018. I didn’t see many people jumping up and down to pick Petterson and Hughes until AFTER they were chosen. If he would have went with THIS boards preferences he would h
be out of a job. Credit Benning and the scouting staff for saving his bacon. He would have been out of a job without Hughes and Pettersson.
You might be right Blob. Those two make up for a lot of mistakes.
I see what you are saying, but two players don't change a franchise totally,
it takes an entire team to win.
Just look at the Oilers with McJesus and Draisaitl BEASTS, top point getter's in the league and playoffs - yet knocked out in the qualifer.
Leaves have arguably 3-4 High End game changers - yet knocked out in the qualifer.
What I'm trying to say is YES obviously Petey and Hughes are game changers and franchise players - it's similar to the Chicago Blackhawks - when they were built different and then added Kane/Toews to their pretty good team, it put them over the top.
Jim Benning has put together a strong supportive cast around Petey and Hughes, from before and after they arrived so they can better succeed, JB has never tried to tank, Benning has always maintained a steady goal in mind in trying to build a competitive team since his arrival, by adding competitive players who never quit, work hard and are go-getters, it helps build the teams mentality and character, he did this through drafting, free agent signings via UFA or college FA's and trades.
I think the point of Blobcat's post, and ESQ's reply was exclusively pointing to drafted players.
Currently the only Benning-drafted players in our lineup are Pettersson, Hughes, Boeser, and Virtanen.
Take the Alien and Huggie out of that mix and the players he's drafted don't make the impact required for us to be where we are.
Nobody can dispute the job he's done with the supporting cast. In particular Pearson, Miller, and Myers, and to a lesser extent Beagle and Rooster.
Also credit has to go to him (and Green?) for some of the assistant coaching positions. Malhotra has been huge in Bo's development, and whoever is working with Markstrom (Ian Clarke?) has been fantastic.