Rehab of Eriksson, the goal-scorer, promises to be challenging | The Province
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theprovince.comPosted Jul 25, 2018, 7:15 AM UTC
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theprovince.comFor those of you who haven't seen this article yet either, here is a very good read by CancuksArmy going in-depth on Eriksson.
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Why the downvotes? This is a good read.
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Some people here hate Canucks Army and instantly downvote any of their links. I don't get the mentality. They put out some good content once in a while, you just need to wade through some crap to find them.
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Well, maybe he is our Vanek this year. You know, adequate pace, brings a little offensive savvy.
I'm an incorrigible optimist!!
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Pretty sad he's still signed for 4 more years. I mean the contract was going to be bad from day 1 as signing 30 year olds to 6 year deals isn't a good idea. He's already been disappointing in the first half of the contract where presumably he would have kept up his level of play before he declined due to age.
I think any prospect of Eriksson bouncing back at the age of 33 is just wishful thinking. Gonna be a big mess of a contract for our next gm to have to try and clean up.
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"for our next gm"
but papa Benning
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As the article says, we've already paid out 22 of the 36 mil in real money, so a cap floor team will be willing to take him off our hands. I'm sure he will be traded next off season. Hopefully he can put up some decent numbers this season by playing on the 2nd line and actually get us a decent return.
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When do you think Benning gets canned? My money is on next year. I feel like he gets a pass this year based on the development of the youngsters, but the following year he gets no such leeway. And if we aren't a playoff team by then, sayanora Jimmy.
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I agree that if the canucks don't make the playoffs by the 19-20 season then benning is gone. However, i think there is a small chance he gets fired this year if the team is in the basement and a couple of the ufa signings look terrible. If that's the case, the only thing that could save him is pettersson having a good rookie year.
If pettersson struggles a bit (which is common for rookies) and puts up ~30 pts AND the team is in the bottom 5 again, there will definitely be heavy criticism from media/casual fans and that could be what turns the tide.
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It depends whether they replace Trevor, or just go with the current management team.
I suspect he gets this season, then they hire another President next summer, and he'll re-evaluate everything at that point.
There's really no point making the change at this point in time. The rebuild is moving along ok, but after next years draft we'll probably shift gears and start pushing for the playoffs, so that's when the clock starts ticking for Big Jim.
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Fairly short and sweet, but I like having the reminder that loui’s contract isn’t quite as bad as it looks.
Reported you to the mods.
Banned.
To the shadow realm.
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Have Eriksson take some faceoffs and then offer a "veteran goal scoring centre" to the Habs.