Grandmaster Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) https://canucksarmy.com/news/report-roberto-luongo-alerted-canucks-pending-retirement-team-chose-cap-recapture-instead# Not sure if this was ever posted. Basically says we had an opportunity to get Lui back and put him on LTIR. Seriously WTF is wrong with Benning? He has to be the worst GM in Canuck history. Edited October 8 by Grandmaster 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snoop Hogg Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 The Donald Trump of GM’s. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-By Body Pierce Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 The excessively redundant proverbial "nail in the coffin." 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeNiro Posted October 8 Popular Post Share Posted October 8 He probably thought that the cap recapture was a good thing. Like wow the league is gonna give me cap space? Great now that OEL contract will be a bargain! 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 It's another example of Benning's lack of understanding towards the salary cap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 2 minutes ago, Master Mind said: It's another example of Benning's lack of understanding towards the salary cap It wasn't on cap friendly yet so he wasn't sure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 2 minutes ago, Bob Long said: It wasn't on cap friendly yet so he wasn't sure. I'm betting half the league GM's are pissed that Washington purchased CapFriendly... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 47 minutes ago, Grandmaster said: https://canucksarmy.com/news/report-roberto-luongo-alerted-canucks-pending-retirement-team-chose-cap-recapture-instead# Not sure if this was ever posted. Basically says we had an opportunity to get Lui back and put him on LTIR. Seriously WTF is wrong with Benning? He has to be the worst GM in Canuck history. "A cheap trade that would’ve brought Luongo back to Vancouver could’ve been a win-win for both teams, one that might’ve also opened the door for Luongo to join the Canucks’ front office. Bobby Lu could’ve been like the Sedin twins, helping mentor the team’s next generation of players, like Thatcher Demko and Arturs Silovs. But for reasons we’ll likely never know, the Jim Benning-led Canucks seemingly never entertained it as a serious option and took on the cap recapture penalty instead." What ifs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 19 minutes ago, Bob Long said: It wasn't on cap friendly yet so he wasn't sure. Thankfully we know what his reaction was when he saw the cap penalty added on cap friendly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JamesB Posted October 8 Popular Post Share Posted October 8 58 minutes ago, Grandmaster said: https://canucksarmy.com/news/report-roberto-luongo-alerted-canucks-pending-retirement-team-chose-cap-recapture-instead# Not sure if this was ever posted. Basically says we had an opportunity to get Lui back and put him on LTIR. Seriously WTF is wrong with Benning? He has to be the worst GM in Canuck history. I don't think is an exaggeration. I think Benning really was the worst GM in Canuck history. And probably the worst GM in the league during much of his time with the Canucks. He came up through the scouting channel and by all accounts had a good eye for talent. When player evaluation was all about "the eye test" he had some value. But after he was with a Canucks for a short time I thought it was obvious that he wasn't smart enough to be a good GM. He did not like or understand "analytics" and never really "got" cap management or anything else to do with numbers. And his strategic understanding was limited. Whenever I heard him explain his moves I groaned inwardly (or outwardly). And he was unable to build a strong organization and could not get along with anyone smart who disagreed with him (Trevor Linden, Laurence Gilman, Judd Bracket, etc.) and was increasingly isolated as time went on. If he had stuck with his relative strength (player evaluation) and tried to acquire draft picks and do a good job of drafting he might have been ok. But he saw himself as a wheeler-dealer type could rebuild a team on the fly. He couldn't, and the team lost value every summer through his moves. I still don't understand why Aquilini stuck with him for so long. Apparently he believed or wanted to believe the "this is the year" mantra. 1 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsiders Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Snoop Hogg said: The Donald Trump of GM’s. Joe Biden. Mr. Beach vs Mr.Ranoutoftime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunjabiCanucks23 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Imagine if we actually retooled instead of effing around for years. Not wasting $ on Loui/ Beagle/ Roussell / Myers. 3 years of 20 M to sign players/ take on caps/ acrue picks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LillStrimma Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Grandmaster said: https://canucksarmy.com/news/report-roberto-luongo-alerted-canucks-pending-retirement-team-chose-cap-recapture-instead# Not sure if this was ever posted. Basically says we had an opportunity to get Lui back and put him on LTIR. Seriously WTF is wrong with Benning? He has to be the worst GM in Canuck history. I truly believed he did it just to pin something on Gillis and let his drones on CDC carry out the message. When this was reported on CDC we had som furious posters talking shit about Gillis in absurdum. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Paging the user with the video of Former Canucks AGM Chris Gear. Your party is waiting for you in the thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 There's a reason why Benning has never gotten another sniff at an executive job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounce000 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 25 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said: There's a reason why Benning has never gotten another sniff at an executive job. Him and Gillis just straight up went into self exile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 move along, nothing to see here. Really he is gone, we have great management. Time to move on people. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Down By the River Posted October 8 Popular Post Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Bob Long said: It wasn't on cap friendly yet so he wasn't sure. Benning: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrammaInTheTub Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) I heard if you say Benning three times in a mirror, Anthony appears… Edited October 8 by GrammaInTheTub Grammar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteyBOI Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 1 minute ago, GrammaInTheTub said: I heard if you saying Benning three times in a mirror, Anthony appears… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking_10 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 2 hours ago, Snoop Hogg said: The Donald Trump of GM’s. For Canada... is that Trudeau then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghostsof1915 Posted October 8 Popular Post Share Posted October 8 16 minutes ago, Viking said: For Canada... is that Trudeau then? PP, blames everyone else for his mistakes..... 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogs and Podz Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 "we ran out of time..." A true indictment of the disfunction within 'management'. Benning had chased away all his management team excluding Weisbor and didn't replace them. He had all these hats to wear and not enough hours in the day to do all his jobs. I think he hasn't been hired with another franchise since, is for a number of reasons, but I believe the number one reason, is because he doesn't know how to work well with others. Beyond his less than steller track record, I believe he's burned a whole lot of bridges.... Remember when he had a 'heated' discussion with Sakic on the draft floor that one year? I bet that happened a lot behind closed doors. BUT one thing that doesn't get mentioned enough... Linden hired him. Rookie president mistake... and also big mistake Aquallini keeping him as long as he did. Thank the lord, that stories behind us. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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