Rutherford has been cruel but Benning was just outright stupid. Benning will go down as one of the worst GMs in NHL history. I don’t have much of a problem with any of the moves JR and PA have done thus far but the way they conduct themselves is classless

TANK, there it is! TANK, there it is! TANK, there it is!

Hiring Rutherford was a huge miss by ownership and bringing Yeo in was such a bad move.

Sorry Nucks fans, the future doesn't look good for ya.

I agree that what Rutherford has done to Bruce is unprofessional, despicable and unfortunate, but it might have been necessary if he was serious about tanking this year. I refuse to believe that they didn't know signing Miller over Horvat at the start of the year would throw off the team's chemistry; They knew that would happen and did it to cause the kind of turmoil that can sink a team to the bottom of the standings. Going after the coach publicly and making a circus out of this provides two strategical advantages: It undermines the coaches authority leading to more losses and controls the narrative by making this horrible season about coaching and management rather than the players. I'm not condoning what's gone on, the scrum this morning was heartbreaking, but there may be a method to this madness.

Of course, it's also possible that Rutherford has been out of his element in dealing with Vancouver media compared to Carolina and Pittsburgh. He made a comment earlier in the year about how PIttsburgh as other sports teams in the city which absorb some attention whereas in Vancouver it's nothing but the Canucks pretty much. Maybe the heightened media awareness caught him off guard and he used to do things this way in the past and not get called on it.

The downfall of this team happened as soon as they choose Miller over Horvat. It's not a coincidence. Miller is a lazy sack of blank while Horvat, even despite being on a burner, should've been a lifelong Canuck. Rutherford panicked instead of trading Miller for Chytil, Lundqvist, and a first.

Blues say no thanks. We already had our run with him and we’d rather not repeat that abomination.
But ig we did technically get a cup the season he coached us? Makes you think.

I don't think you can blame it all on JR, Yeo and PR, it should be mainly on the Aquillini family for hiring them