First off NO GM IN HISTORY has ever been as bad as Gillis was.

Second off, when is the last time the 1oa pick was traded a year and a half into his career. Year 4 is when top picks get traded.
- manvanfan

lol Gillis got this club within 60 min of a cup and helped build a dominant squad to 55 wins in 2011. The honors go to Keenan and Nonis bro and it aint close...

First off NO GM IN HISTORY has ever been as bad as Gillis was.

Second off, when is the last time the 1oa pick was traded a year and a half into his career. Year 4 is when top picks get traded.
- manvanfan

Wrong. Benning.

Wrong. Benning.
- Marwood

see above*

see above*
- LordHumungous

Easily the worst GM in Canucks history. No contest.

Wrong. Benning.
- Marwood

Thought provoking. Detailed. Well researched. All words I would (not)use to describe Softwood posts.

Thought provoking. Detailed. Well researched. All words I would (not)use to describe Softwood posts.
- neem55

lol Gillis got this club within 60 min of a cup and helped build a dominant squad to 55 wins in 2011. The honors go to Keenan and Nonis bro and it aint close...
- LordHumungous

Cody Hodgson, Bo Horvat, Ben Hutton, Kevin Couuntannen, Brendan Gaunce. 6 drafts and that is all that was produced. Canucks might have won if he didn't waste just about every pick for 6 years.

Easily the worst GM in Canucks history. No contest.
- Marwood

There’s plenty of contest, the team hasn’t been very good. Name a good gm in the 70’s and 80’s? You can’t, we were a laughing stock until the 90’s other than Broduer catching lightning.

First off NO GM IN HISTORY has ever been as bad as Gillis was.

Second off, when is the last time the 1oa pick was traded a year and a half into his career. Year 4 is when top picks get traded.
- manvanfan

First off, that wasn't the point. Your initial posturing was drafting traded picks > trading for players. That's clearly not true, both sides can lose or win in the end.

Second off, there's a first time for everything. The Rangers LW is set with Kreider and Panarin for the next few years, so if they believe JTM will push them over the top while those guys are in their prime, Laf would be an asset they could move.

Wrong. Benning.
- Marwood

Benning is like Burke. Set up the team for the future.

Cody Hodgson, Bo Horvat, Ben Hutton, Kevin Couuntannen, Brendan Gaunce. 6 drafts and that is all that was produced. Canucks might have won if he didn't waste just about every pick for 6 years.
- manvanfan

He and Craig Button… two gm’s with probably the worst draft record in the NHL as GM’s and still both get love on this board

Easily the worst GM in Canucks history. No contest.
- Marwood

Not in Nonis or Keenan territory IMO.

Benning is like Burke. Set up the team for the future.
- manvanfan

Yep.

Benning is like Burke. Set up the team for the future.
- manvanfan

Exactly. Now we need a guy a bit better at trading and cap management. Hopefully JR can be that. Giraffe contract is going to Benning’s ghost.

First off NO GM IN HISTORY has ever been as bad as Gillis was.

Second off, when is the last time the 1oa pick was traded a year and a half into his career. Year 4 is when top picks get traded.
- manvanfan

You mean 2 time president trophy winning game 7 gm Mike Gillis who got fired cause he wanted to rebuild?

Jim Benning and it's not close

Benning is like Burke. Set up the team for the future.
- manvanfan

Set up the team for the future. Maxed cap, no prospects and perennially trying to squeeze into the playoffs with a slow, soft team. The future looks bright!

You mean 2 time president trophy winning game 7 gm Mike Gillis who got fired cause he wanted to rebuild?

Jim Benning and it's not close
- Jkuzzi

Ya Gillis is far from the worst. Terrible at drafting though.

You mean 2 time president trophy winning game 7 gm Mike Gillis who got fired cause he wanted to rebuild?

Jim Benning and it's not close
- Jkuzzi

Benning is like Burke. Set up the team for the future.
- manvanfan

Demko Hughes Petey will be all that's here. He cost us so much time by trading picks and signing poop players

Demko Hughes Petey will be all that's here. He cost us so much time by trading picks and signing poop players
- Jkuzzi

Yup.

Set up the team for the future. Maxed cap, no prospects and perennially trying to squeeze into the playoffs with a slow, soft team. The future looks bright!
- Marwood

Benning is the Jar Jar Binks of GMs. Stumbling, bumbling idiot who by sheer luck made some good happen as he was tripping over his own feet.

The best part is, he wasn't trying to "set up the future". He was trying to "win now"

First off, that wasn't the point. Your initial posturing was drafting traded picks > trading for players. That's clearly not true, both sides can lose or win in the end.

Second off, there's a first time for everything. The Rangers LW is set with Kreider and Panarin for the next few years, so if they believe JTM will push them over the top while those guys are in their prime, Laf would be an asset they could move.
- NewYorkNuck

Playing some kind of hard ball that I've really never seen before.

Demko Hughes Petey will be all that's here. He cost us so much time by trading picks and signing poop players
- Jkuzzi

Podkolzin, bowser and hoglander say hello.

Can anyone name me a GM prior to Pat Quinn who wasn’t a complete waste? Anyone?

Benning is the Jar Jar Binks of GMs. Stumbling, bumbling idiot who by sheer luck made some good happen as he was tripping over his own feet.

The best part is, he wasn't trying to "set up the future". He was trying to "win now"
- NewYorkNuck

"Day by day".

Benning is the Jar Jar Binks of GMs. Stumbling, bumbling idiot who by sheer luck made some good happen as he was tripping over his own feet.

The best part is, he wasn't trying to "set up the future". He was trying to "win now"
- NewYorkNuck

Lmao yup

(frank) he was brutal