That's the main culprit of the rot in the organization. It's as if Aquaman thinks giving Benning more and more responsibilities is some sort of incentive for him to perform better, when in reality he's long been proven to be in over his head just as a barebones GM.

We're reaching Sabres levels of managerial incompetence where the GM is little more than an overworked muppet for micromanaging owners who don't actually know what they're doing.

i think aquaman keeps benning around because he is his yes man,

aqua truly believes he can cheap out on staff and manage it.

if his plan is to really hire rookie staff because they're cheap, i rather they just keep benning. Imagine having a rookie goalie coach, rookie coach, rookie GM, rookie everything. It's gonna go from waiting 1 more season to possibly much longer. Since when did aquaman become melynk 2.0???

The trend for cheapening out predates COVID so it's a clear strategic direction from Aquaman to micromanage and keep a skeleton crew. Which boggles the mind since Vancouver is one of the biggest bandwagon cities, at least when you compare attendance when the team sucks vs when it's good. The team WILL lose money if it sucks. Prices between 2009-2015 were soo high, very hard to pay anything less than $100 even for nosebleeds at a shitty game. Then when the team started sucking 50 bucks got you decent seats in pretty much any game not featuring a Canadian team. Not to mention that the Aquilinis have a ton of rentals in and around the arena, so if people don't care about the team they lose money there too.

Even though the team was still selling out most nights pre-COVID prices were way down by 2020. Our resale prices were actually cheaper than the Jackets and the Sabres lmao.

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So to me Aquaman either is so much of a megalomaniac he thinks he can do a better job than a fully staffed hockey ops team... or he's preparing to sell the team by giving prospective owners a blank slate. He clearly knows how much the bottom line fluctuates when the team performs vs when it doesn't.

[Novet] Colin Campbell used his authority to influence referees and complain about penalties called against his son. His defense was that he didn't think anyone would find out. I'll never understand why that wasn't a Pete Rose-level banned-for-life level scandal

it's finally getting some spotlight, league wide after the whole Rangers fiasco

i still have no idea how he is still employed as well.

same with Auger/Burrows incident, league ain't changing with these retards running it. It's still pretty much "you make us look bad huh?!?! well ur gonna pay!!!"

LOL MacEwen actually got suspended 1 game for the "knee"



definitely deserved cuz the intent was there and it's reckless, dumb, useless, non hockey play, but not even a 5k fine after all these recent shit

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This post was edited by Secksii on May 7 2021 04:25pm

Careful you might get fined by the NHL

Remember when all those e-mails came out? Should have been made a much bigger than it was but the media guys were involved too, so they downplayed it and it just went away lol.

This post was edited by LuLer on May 7 2021 05:14pm

NHL just isn't big either, or just shitty at marketing. Like mcdavid doing some crazy feat in modern NHL, none cares or knows about it if ur not a hockey fan lol

Anyone who is not a yes man will be gone sooner or later.

Aquqman's meddling is destroying the team. Shitty ownership group to say the least.

They are cheap af too, as already discussed. Not looking good.

Still have no idea how he was allowed to even keep that position for so long despite the obvious conflict on interest.

League has that 'old boys club' stench about it. Makes the entire operation look bush league.

The league is so pathetic. They protect incompetence. If someone blatantly fucks up they should be called out on it.

Instead anyone who speaks up gets fined into submission.

This post was edited by Killingyouall on May 7 2021 07:59pm