Gillis didn't leave a complete mess, this is such a crock of BS! He was mandated by the owner to be competitive but when he left Jim Benning had a perfect opportunity to to start a rebuild, but again, they chose not to. That's not Mike Gillis's fault.

Jim Benning didn't really have any prospects because Gillis's drafting was so bad but he had 18 million dollars in cap space, with a 69 million dollar cap, he had a bunch of guys of value to trade like Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa, Chris Higgins, Jannik Hansen, Jason Garrison, Alex Burrows and Dan Hamhuis.

The notion that Mike Gillis left a complete mess because he didn't draft well is complete bullshit.

Benning turned Kesler, Bieksa, Garrison, Hansen and Burrows into a 1st, two 2nds, a 3rd and two first round project drafted guys. They had a 100 point season Benning's first year, there was plenty of opportunity when Jim Benning arrived.
- Pacificgem

The common thread: a meddling owner.

4PM start, love the early starts....wife and I are watching "Yellowstone" on Amazon Prime TV. A little dry at the beginning but it's gotten pretty good well into season one so far

Yup, the story/plan changes as time goes on.
- VanHockeyGuy

Short term thinking.

Short term thinking.
- golfingsince

"You have to realize we're in a Pandemic" JB

"You have to realize we're in a Pandemic" JB
- VanHockeyGuy

the Canucks are the only team in the pandemic I guess LOL.

Short term thinking.
- golfingsince

I think JB just thinks year by year: what can we do to be competitive this year.

Will Beagle/Rous/Myers make us competitive this year? Yup! Don't worry about the back half, we'll deal with that when we get to it.

Just a little more forethought....

Los Angeles Kings are in year three of a retool and some of their prospects are starting to arrive for them. Still being lead by older veteran players though, apparently they might be ahead of schedule?

https://www.espn.com/nhl/...gs-arrived-ahead-schedule

the Canucks are the only team in the pandemic I guess LOL.
- Pacificgem

I laughed at the zoom call yesterday, JB clearly wasn't comfortable speaking to the media. I can see rival GM's messing with him during trade talks. He's happy being off the grid scouting players.

I think JB just thinks year by year: what can we do to be competitive this year.

Will Beagle/Rous/Myers make us competitive this year? Yup! Don't worry about the back half, we'll deal with that when we get to it.

Just a little more forethought....
- NewYorkNuck

There you go, well put.

I laughed at the zoom call yesterday, JB clearly wasn't comfortable speaking to the media. I can see rival GM's messing with him during trade talks. He's happy being off the grid scouting players.
- VanHockeyGuy

I watched a few clips of it, he looked like a complete haggard, clueless, mess. Now the media is on the attack and they've involved Francesco Aquilini again, which will surely piss him off to the nth degree. Why the organization allows Benning to speak publicly is beyond me.

I watched a few clips of it, he looked like a complete haggard, clueless, mess. Now the media is on the attack and they've involved Francesco Aquilini again, which will surely piss him off to the nth degree. Why the organization allows Benning to speak publicly is beyond be.
- Pacificgem

He was complaining about the "uncharted territory" Canadian division. Give me a fuking break, all teams are in the same boat.

Both articles were spot on. Benning is a joke.

He was complaining about the "uncharted territory" Canadian division. Give me a fuking break, all teams are in the same boat.
- VanHockeyGuy

The organization, regarding it's management, is embarrassing, to be honest. I think when other organizations management see his interview he's probably somewhat of a laughing stock around the league....it's sad for the fans really.

Yup, the story/plan changes as time goes on.
- VanHockeyGuy

Week by week. I think it's called flailing. Other GM's do it.

I think JB just thinks year by year: what can we do to be competitive this year.

Will Beagle/Rous/Myers make us competitive this year? Yup! Don't worry about the back half, we'll deal with that when we get to it.

Just a little more forethought....
- NewYorkNuck

I read the article regarding all the really good management guys who've left the organization, in the Province maybe, we're pretty much left with just Aquilini, Benning and Weisbrod in the hockey operations.

Had to share

Gillis didn't leave a complete mess, this is such a crock of BS! He was mandated by the owner to be competitive but when he left, Jim Benning had a perfect opportunity to to start a rebuild, but again, they chose not to. That's not Mike Gillis's fault.

Jim Benning didn't really have any prospects because Gillis's drafting was so bad but he had 18 million dollars in cap space, with a 69 million dollar cap, he had a bunch of guys of value to trade like Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa, Chris Higgins, Jannik Hansen, Jason Garrison, Alex Burrows and Dan Hamhuis.

The notion that Mike Gillis left a complete mess because he didn't draft well is complete bullshit.

Benning turned Kesler, Bieksa, Garrison, Hansen, Lack and Burrows into a 1st, two 2nds, three 3rds, two 7ths and two first round project drafted guys. They had a 100 point season Benning's first year, there was plenty of opportunity when Jim Benning arrived.
- Pacificgem

Week by week. I think it's called flailing. Other GM's do it.
- Marwood

It's called throwing shit against the wall to see what sticks, which has been described in the past as Benning's management style/plan.

The organization, regarding it's management, is embarrassing, to be honest. I think when other organizations management see his interview he's probably somewhat of a laughing stock around the league....it's sad for the fans really.
- Pacificgem

Yup.

Take from Drance.

The organization, regarding it's management, is embarrassing, to be honest. I think when other organizations management see his interview he's probably somewhat of a laughing stock around the league....it's sad for the fans really.
- Pacificgem

He'd be fun to negotiate against. Agent's & GM's must love going up against him.

He'd be fun to negotiate against. Agent's & GM's must love going up against him.
- VanHockeyGuy

They phone him 1st.

Anyways, gonna go give this softball a shot. It's really hard to make out where the bases are under two feet of snow. Tonight i'll try getting laid for the first time.

Alex Edler will reach 900 games tonight, joining the Sedins and Trevor Linden as the only other players to achieve this for the Canucks

Anyways, gonna go give this softball a shot. It's really hard to make out where the bases are under two feet of snow. Tonight i'll try getting laid for the first time.
- golfingsince

Don't forget to read to your kids before you go gallivanting.