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Benning now on 650: all I can say is that those players aren’t unavailable to us. We will have more info to share tomorrow
Cont; Canucks are in Edmonton, Hawerlyck, Benn & Miller are not available to the Canucks for tomorrow’s game
Doesn’t sound like Jayce is a COVID thing
Doesn’t sound like Jayce is a COVID thing
Canucks have a travelling bubble of 50 people who get tested everyday
Benning says he really likes the defence this year. “Defence is as solid as it’s been since I’ve been here”
More Benning: ultimately the players have to take responsibility (for safety) Says the team has all the safety portocals in place and they have educated the players. Says players have to be disciplined in their approach
Benning says team must be flexible, be able to adapt and thinks the team has good depth
Benning on Hamonic expectations: Benning felt there was a fit because Hamonic is a big, strong, stay at home D. Says Travis wanted a defensive D partner for Hughes
How content are you with the roster? How much will you evaluate the rookies?
Benning: that is a natural process of playing games and watching your players. Will see how team does in W and L column. Says they will give Hog a chance with Bo and Pearson. If he takes a step back 1/2
Benning: that is a natural process of playing games and watching your players. Will see how team does in W and L column. Says they will give Hog a chance with Bo and Pearson. If he takes a step back 1/2
The team will have to look internally before looking outside the org to fill Hog’s spot with Bo
Benning says the Canucks wanted to give Hoglander a long look at training camp because he thinks Hoglander has a lot of tools to help the team win games this season
Benning says the team has a lot of players in the pipeline who are ready to play at the NHL level
Benning thinks Juolevi is ready for the NHL
Benning likes the depth of the veteran players. Says veterans will do a lot of the heavy lifting and can “shield” the younger players
Benning confirms Eriksson is on the taxi squad. Says Eriksson is still part of the group, “still a valuable guy” as he can PK and is a good 2-way player
Benning says there will be an opportunity for Eriksson to get into the lineup at some point (due to injuries). Says Eriksson can do some things really well
Benning expects Green to coach the team tomorrow without an extension. Benning says he will not comment on contract negotiations
Benning says it’s important to have continuity moving forwards. Says him and Green get along really well. “Goal is to win a Stanley cup with this group at some point”
Benning on plan to potentially lend AHL players to Canadian team to reduce quarantine: says taxi squad is “next man up” and will not keep the same players on the taxi squad all year. Says NHL allows team to keep players in Vancouver until Jan 20. May change out players on taxi sq
This sounds like a reference to players not in active roster, but not yet assigned to Utica. So Rathbone would fall into this category as a player who is sticking around Vancouver for another week or so
