The Great Jim Benning Debate! (And personal insult thread)

[Island Nucklehead]

Classic Dude, fall back to Gillis. Gillis' drafting sucked. Nice revelation.

[Strangelove]

If I understand your position correctly, you and Jim Benning believe that culture and mentorship are bigger factors than draft position and number in building a championship team. I guess we'll see. But if the Oilers (heaven forbid !), or worse, the Maple leaves, win a Stanley Cup before the Canucks, will you acknowledge that as evidence contrary to your position ?

UMMM... Leaves and Oilers won the draft lottery in key draft years.

(you must account for the luck factor there Einstein)

As an aside, if the Leaves win the Cup before Canucks, I will quietly lay down on the railway tracks

... so I wouldn't be around to acknowledge anything.

Not to worry though, ain't gunna happen.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Have you thought Of changing your handle to Lumpy for all the lumps you have been receiving?

[Chef Boi RD]

Classic Dude, fall back to Gillis. Gillis' drafting sucked. Nice revelation.

I wouldn't feel the need to constantly remind you just how screwed up an organization can become due to some gawd dang it awful drafting skills by your fearless leader UVIC Professor, the Blacklisted - Mike Gillis, if you could just appreciate the deft drafting skills of the Genius - Lord Benning.

2-3 years

[Strangelove]

Have you thought Of changing your handle to Lumpy for all the lumps you have been receiving?

Have you thought about a new avatar:

[Ronning's Ghost]

If I understand your position correctly, you and Jim Benning believe that culture and mentorship are bigger factors than draft position and number in building a championship team. I guess we'll see. But if the Oilers (heaven forbid !), or worse, the Maple leaves, win a Stanley Cup before the Canucks, will you acknowledge that as evidence contrary to your position ?

UMMM... Leaves and Oilers won the draft lottery in key draft years.

(you must account for the luck factor there Einstein)

Heck, even Mike Gillis knew that luck was a factor in winning a Stanley Cup, but part of strategy is playing the odds.

We'll see how the 2018-2019 season unfolds.

[Chef Boi RD]

Have you thought Of changing your handle to Lumpy for all the lumps you have been receiving?

Have you thought about a new avatar:

LOL

[Blob Mckenzie]

Lol anyone who only blames Gillis but absolves Elmer of any blame for today's team is a retard. I have it at about 50-50.

[Strangelove]

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Remember this Bubbles?

http://www.canuckscorner.com/forums/vie ... 94#p266894

Who's bitter? Calling a spade a spade isn't necessarily bitterness.

Well I've already apologized for lumping you in with Lumpy (aka Blob).

Although you do seem just a tad bitter.

Perhaps "jaded" would be a better word...

[Island Nucklehead]

Classic Dude, fall back to Gillis. Gillis' drafting sucked. Nice revelation.

2-3 years

Til what? Benning is fired? Or we're back in the playoffs?

[2Fingers]

Classic Dude, fall back to Gillis. Gillis' drafting sucked. Nice revelation.

2-3 years

Til what? Benning is fired? Or we're back in the playoffs?

That is when RD and Doc will somehow try to back peddle on everything being said right now. It will also mark the time the Nucks finally pick first overall and they have the right path moving forward.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Classic Dude, fall back to Gillis. Gillis' drafting sucked. Nice revelation.

2-3 years

Til what? Benning is fired? Or we're back in the playoffs?

That is when RD and Doc will somehow try to back peddle on everything being said right now. It will also mark the time the Nucks finally pick first overall and they have the right path moving forward.

RD and Lumpy have humiliated themselves with their behaviour regarding Elmer. They have been given opportunities to present a realistic viewpoint but instead they have painted themselves into a corner. People won't forget how they been acting up for the last three years.

[Chef Boi RD]

People won't forget how I - Bubbles has been crying his eyes out for the last three years since his Favourite human - Gillis was fired by the sold out crowd at GM Place.

Fixed

[Strangelove]

Classic Dude, fall back to Gillis. Gillis' drafting sucked. Nice revelation.

2-3 years

Til what? Benning is fired? Or we're back in the playoffs?

That is when RD and Doc will somehow try to back peddle on everything being said right now. It will also mark the time the Nucks finally pick first overall and they have the right path moving forward.

RD and Lumpy have humiliated themselves with their behaviour regarding Elmer. They have been given opportunities to present a realistic viewpoint but instead they have painted themselves into a corner. People won't forget how they been acting up for the last three years.

"humiliated themselves"

This from a guy who is in bed with flakey Tuna

... and now the battered Fishman ("politics make strange bedfellows").

Ewwww that smell, can't you smell that smell...

NO MATTER WHAT the future holds... people won't forget that.

[nuckster]

Have to say, it gets under the skin a little when I see that Nylander picked up a hat trick last night and there's ole Virtanen sitting on his 7 points in 30 plus games down on the farm in Utica. You would have to think that Benning, along with the 'Benning is genius crowd', barring a frikin miracle turn-around, will have to conclude that Virtanen is a bust and Benning really 'screwed the pooch' with his 6th over-all selection. We needed Benning to come thru with a decent selection and he bombed. There's Ehlers now (9th pick) and he has 19 goals for the Jets; Nylander with 34 points for the leaves; and Nick Ritchie with 11 goals for the Ducks.

Thing is, even if we had a relative rookie like Nylander on the club, I sincerely doubt that 'shoulda-woulda-willie D.' would have permitted him to play on the top lines anyways - Nylander would likely have toiled on the 4th line, under-produced, and then be seen as a defensive liability and be sent to the farm.

Elmer did score through when he acquired Tryamkin in the 3rd and we'll see what Boeser can deliver some day. Obviously ya win some and lose some, it just seems to be apart of the prevailing culture/history in 'canuckland' though, to be on the losing side of the ledger. Long live misery! Go Canucks go!