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Author:  Logical Progression [ Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Official Trevor Linden/Jim Benning Era Thread

https://thecanuckway.com/2018/06/10/van ... meet-team/

This is a little bit surprising. Suppose the Canucks could in theory throw the world at him but can't imagine there's even the semblance of team to make it worthwhile for him to play out west, never mind the media scrutiny and travel.

Author:  Pokecheque [ Thu Jun 21, 2018 6:34 pm ]
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Count Benning sporting a new look.

https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1009866352163581953

Image

Author:  Logical Progression [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:37 am ]
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Hey Jimbo - 2 minutes for lookin' so good....

https://www.amazon.com/GRECIAN-Formula- ... VS99O6FS73

Author:  Logical Progression [ Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:17 pm ]
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Canucks re-sign Darren Archibald. Phew - was getting worried there for a minute. :?

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/can ... -contract/

Author:  E.L. [ Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:19 pm ]
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First time I've ever heard the name Troy Stetcher. Apparently worth almost 3M!

Author:  Logical Progression [ Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:09 pm ]
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E.L. wrote:
First time I've ever heard the name Troy Stetcher. Apparently worth almost 3M!
Well, $2.3M for 2 years but point taken. Home grown d-man who can skate and move the puck quickly but gets uncomfortable in his own end when he is has said puck.

Author:  Pokecheque [ Sat Jul 21, 2018 2:17 am ]
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For a minute I thought that was the guy in the doghouse all season but I think I'm mixing him up with Ben Hutton

Author:  Logical Progression [ Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:28 pm ]
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Pokecheque wrote:
For a minute I thought that was the guy in the doghouse all season but I think I'm mixing him up with Ben Hutton
Yup that was Ben Hutton - he's as good as ruined.

Author:  E.L. [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:57 pm ]
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Linden era over. It's all Benning now.

Author:  Logical Progression [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:23 pm ]
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E.L. wrote:
Linden era over. It's all Benning now.
I am sitting here scratching my head wondering exactly what Trevor did in his four year tenure apart from sign a rookie GM and Coach ?

Author:  E.L. [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:24 pm ]
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Good news, everyone: Brian Burke doesn't want the job!

Author:  Pokecheque [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:03 pm ]
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Time to close this thread and go FULL BENNING?

Author:  Pokecheque [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:13 pm ]
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Some of the names getting bounced around: Dean Lombardi and Chris Pronger.

If Dean gets the job (uggggghhhh) I'm guessing it'll be like what went down with Shapiro and Anthopoulos in Toronto, which I guess might be a good thing, I'm just bummed that Lombardi might get the chance to GM another team again.

Author:  Logical Progression [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:02 pm ]
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Yeah Lombardi isn't the best GM in the world but he has 2 Cup rings and you know he's going to be shoving them right in Aquilini's face.

Some wild speculation about how the resignation (err firing) went down. Apparently when Benning's contract was re-upped in February, he was required to then report directly to Aquilini -- bypassing Linden altogether. Strange set of circumstances concerning the clubs Director of Hockey Operations.

In his series of tweets, Aquilini mentioned that a rebuild is a long, slow, gradual process. Everybody needs to be united behind the same vision and pulling in the same direction, implying that Linden was being impatient one and cutting corners on the "plan". But most of the speculation around the club is staying precisely the opposite. That is was ownership who were growing impatient and agreed with Bennings scale and framework of their plan. Sorted relationships indeed. One thing is certain though - working for the Aquilini's never ends well.

https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/n ... ith-regime

Author:  Logical Progression [ Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:02 pm ]
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Another strange tidbit - Aquilini said they would name a new club President in due course on the Tweeter but Benning said today in an interview that Aquilini told him he has no plans on hiring a new president (of hockey operations).

The mixed messaging continues. :roll:

Author:  Logical Progression [ Sat Jul 28, 2018 11:54 pm ]
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Hughes heading back Michigan.

https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canu ... -299612802

Author:  Stinky [ Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:45 am ]
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Future still looking positive.

Author:  Logical Progression [ Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:31 pm ]
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What a wholly dysfunctional ownership group if true. But I guess we already knew that. This story is far from over.

https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/si ... er-canucks

Author:  Fogghorn [ Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:47 pm ]
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Logical Progression wrote:
What a wholly dysfunctional ownership group if true. But I guess we already knew that. This story is far from over.

https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/si ... er-canucks


It could be all B.S. journalist muckraking but I love the story so I'm choosing to believe it. I have not enjoyed disliking Linden for the last few years and the sympathy this story brings up puts him right back in my good books where he belongs. The last few years have been wiped. Logical, nah...........but still satisfying.

Author:  Logical Progression [ Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:34 am ]
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Sounds like John Weisbrod is a thug. A Harvard graduate mind you -- but still a thug.

http://ckstam.streamon.fm/listen-pl-10942?smc=10

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