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http://www.canuckscorner.com/forums/vie ... 46#p253846Blob Mckenzie wrote: Ding ding ding!!! Winner winner chicken dinner. Most salient points of the entire thread. Benning had a ghastly trade deadline and the fact that some people can't admit that shows their true troll colours .
OR... they actually believe Benning to be one of the very best in the business.5thhorseman wrote: The "Benning is a genius" crowd here is just trying to be first on the bandwagon so that in a few years or a decade from now they can pull out a quote and say "told you so, knew it all along" and one-up the next poser, er, I mean poster.
Just believe Cliffy.Ronning's Ghost wrote:Well, you see5thhorseman wrote:Don't get so worked up analysing everything RG.
I WANT TO BELIEVE
and I was hoping some of the posters here could offer some reasons.
Looks like I will have to derive my own kool-aid formulation, though.
You would have made a trade for making a trade's sake. You would have accepted the garbage offer late in the day. You like being bent backwards over the bike.Blob Mckenzie wrote:Ding ding ding!!! Winner winner chicken dinner. Most salient points of the entire thread. Benning had a ghastly trade deadline and the fact that some people can't admit that shows their true troll colours .Island Nucklehead wrote:Eric Staal was having a terrible season, waived to only 1 team, and got a couple second-rounders in return. And sure guys make it to free agency all the time, smart managers try to maximize their value by getting cap space AND assets in return. Just because I don't want a guy to re-sign doesn't mean he doesn't have value to other teams. Give your head a shake.Strangelove wrote:Firstly, how's about waiting until a thing actually happens before urinating mmmmkay?Island Nucklehead wrote:letting an asset like Hamhuis walk away for nothing is piss-poor asset management
Secondly, pretty tough to trade an old vet who will only waive for 2 teams.
Thirdly, "assets" often make it to UFAgency (or are you criticizing every GM in sports?)
Fouthly, aren't you one of the guys who doesn't want Mr Hometown Discount back?
(if so, how much of an "asset" is he really in your eyes)
Anyways, this is the kind of blind, absurdly pro-Benning nonsense that people are referring to, Doc. If you can't even entertain the notion that Vancouver had a disappointing trade deadline we're really so far apart it's not worth discussing much with you.
The Gillis Special. That and offering his good buddy - Old man with one good leg - 36 year old Matts Sundn a $20 million dollar contract.Topper wrote:aaaaahhhh Skyo, good point. Remember the good old days when second and third round picks were used for veteran reclamation projects instead of rookie/sophomore reclamation projects?
Yep, sounds like blind faith to me.Strangelove wrote:OR... they actually believe Benning to be one of the very best in the business.5thhorseman wrote: The "Benning is a genius" crowd here is just trying to be first on the bandwagon so that in a few years or a decade from now they can pull out a quote and say "told you so, knew it all along" and one-up the next poser, er, I mean poster.
OR... they're offering up a cure for the "Benning is an Idiot" hysteria of 2015-16.
I mean who the fuck knows eh Horsey.
He's batting .500 so far. Baertchi is a success, and a top 6 player. Vey is still ok for bottom 6, and power play. Etem (traded for Jensen, so not technically a pick) is only so-so. And, Granlund is still up for debate. Those are still better odds than a 2nd or 3rd round pick.RoyalDude wrote:The Gillis Special. That and offering his good buddy - Old man with one good leg - 36 year old Matts Sundn a $20 million dollar contract.Topper wrote:aaaaahhhh Skyo, good point. Remember the good old days when second and third round picks were used for veteran reclamation projects instead of rookie/sophomore reclamation projects?
chx dinnerTciso wrote: Those are still better odds than a 2nd or 3rd round pick.
As opposed to all the blind doubt overrunning Canuckdom of late?5thhorseman wrote: Yep, sounds like blind faith to me.
2nd rounders for old vets is a bad memory, thanks for the reminder ha.RoyalDude wrote:The Gillis Special. That and offering his good buddy - Old man with one good leg - 36 year old Matts Sundn a $20 million dollar contract.Topper wrote:aaaaahhhh Skyo, good point. Remember the good old days when second and third round picks were used for veteran reclamation projects instead of rookie/sophomore reclamation projects?
SKYO wrote:Canucks Corner just keeping it real 5th horseman.
This whole new draft and develop, while also acquiring a few garbage youngsters like Vey for picks to blast the youth movement forward,and signing shitty players like Miller, Dorsett, Sbisa and especially Sutter to long term boat anchor contracts is a technique no one is used to around here in ohhh about never.
Blob Mckenzie wrote:SKYO wrote:Canucks Corner just keeping it real 5th horseman.
This whole new draft and develop, while also acquiring a few garbage youngsters like Vey for picks to blast the youth movement forward,and signing shitty players like Miller, Dorsett, Sbisa and especially Sutter to long term boat anchor contracts is a technique no one is used to around here in ohhh about never.
Every year that 5.5 will go up like viagra.Blob Mckenzie wrote:The Wart will help stabilize the tank .
It's always good to see young guys progress .
As a Benning basher it is nice to see the decisiveness he acts with . He has climbed to a 5.5 on the Blobcats manager meter with this handling of the Higgins situation . Eye Bags could learn something from Ignitowski when it comes to cutting bait.
