I thought the Forsling for Clendening move was a good trade at the time.
intelligentx5
A colossal fuck up. Forsling is arguable one of the best Defencemen in the league right now and at a steal of a contract…and we drafted him.
Benning should never hold a hockey position ever again. We gave him away for nothing.
Also yeah, I get it he got waived twice after. But we had first crack at him, and we were the first to fuck up. I’m not big into absolving our mistake because others made it too.
letstrythatagainn
That’s “Best defenseman in the world according to Paul Maurice” Forsling…
PaperweightCoaster
What, you didn’t like the 17 games we got from Clendening?
At least he has the pleasure of saying he was traded for the best defenceman in the league.
awayfromcanuck
Forsling went through 2 other teams before finding his place in Florida.
Benning trading Forsling to Chicago is fine, he just got shit value by trading for Clendening. If Benning got anything of value the trade would have been a win for Vancouver and a lost for Chicago instead it became a nothing trade for both teams.
Forsling was never going to develop under the Benning era development system in Utica and Abbotsford.
Forsling struggled in Chicago and in Carolina they chose other young dmen over him when it came to him making the NHL and put him on waivers.
kawachee
u/AdamClendeningWasWorthGustavForsling
Holyshitmuffin
Hughes better
OddBaker
Jared McCann too. Another guy we drafted in 2014 who really turned it around after we got rid of him 😞
pigeonbobble
Whatever happened to his development would not have happened if we held onto him
jehcoh
This is why you always have to be careful with giving up too early on guys.
StElmosFireFighter
Hind sight is 20/20 they say. Why is everyone crying over spilled milk? The past is the past and should stay that way, we move forward in my house, not backwards.
MasterChrom
Sometimes players need the right coaching, system, and opportunity to flourish. I agree that Benning gave up on him too early, similar to McCann, but there’s no guarantee he would’ve developed into the player he is today had we kept him. He struggled in Chicago and Carolina, before finally getting an opportunity Florida.
TL;DR: Shit happens.
noharmantrying
At least the Baertschi trade worked out. Usually slim pickings in the second round anyway. (Please don’t check)
CommanderTouchdown
At some point, you gotta let go.
The Canes waived him much later in his development. Some guys just come out of nowhere.
Zestyclose-Way-7768
As an avid poker player, takes like these are results-oriented and irritate me. People who think this way grossly underestimate the butterfly effect of living a completely different life in a different city with a different employer, different bosses, and different colleagues. Maybe he would have been a fringe NHL player with a miserable personal life if he tried staying in Vancouver. We’ll never know for sure and, quite frankly, we really shouldn’t care about these what-ifs. Conversely, if Joshua didn’t sign a 2-year extension in 2022 and played like ass for some AHL club elsewhere, no one would bat an eye.
OneChet
You think about a cartoon picture of wolverine looking at a picture of Forsling everyday? Dude you are weird.
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I’ll snitch on myself…
I thought the Forsling for Clendening move was a good trade at the time.
A colossal fuck up. Forsling is arguable one of the best Defencemen in the league right now and at a steal of a contract…and we drafted him.
Benning should never hold a hockey position ever again. We gave him away for nothing.
Also yeah, I get it he got waived twice after. But we had first crack at him, and we were the first to fuck up. I’m not big into absolving our mistake because others made it too.
That’s “Best defenseman in the world according to Paul Maurice” Forsling…
What, you didn’t like the 17 games we got from Clendening?
At least he has the pleasure of saying he was traded for the best defenceman in the league.
Forsling went through 2 other teams before finding his place in Florida.
Benning trading Forsling to Chicago is fine, he just got shit value by trading for Clendening. If Benning got anything of value the trade would have been a win for Vancouver and a lost for Chicago instead it became a nothing trade for both teams.
Forsling was never going to develop under the Benning era development system in Utica and Abbotsford.
Forsling struggled in Chicago and in Carolina they chose other young dmen over him when it came to him making the NHL and put him on waivers.
u/AdamClendeningWasWorthGustavForsling
Hughes better
Jared McCann too. Another guy we drafted in 2014 who really turned it around after we got rid of him 😞
Whatever happened to his development would not have happened if we held onto him
This is why you always have to be careful with giving up too early on guys.
Hind sight is 20/20 they say. Why is everyone crying over spilled milk? The past is the past and should stay that way, we move forward in my house, not backwards.
Sometimes players need the right coaching, system, and opportunity to flourish. I agree that Benning gave up on him too early, similar to McCann, but there’s no guarantee he would’ve developed into the player he is today had we kept him. He struggled in Chicago and Carolina, before finally getting an opportunity Florida.
TL;DR: Shit happens.
At least the Baertschi trade worked out. Usually slim pickings in the second round anyway. (Please don’t check)
At some point, you gotta let go.
The Canes waived him much later in his development. Some guys just come out of nowhere.
As an avid poker player, takes like these are results-oriented and irritate me. People who think this way grossly underestimate the butterfly effect of living a completely different life in a different city with a different employer, different bosses, and different colleagues. Maybe he would have been a fringe NHL player with a miserable personal life if he tried staying in Vancouver. We’ll never know for sure and, quite frankly, we really shouldn’t care about these what-ifs. Conversely, if Joshua didn’t sign a 2-year extension in 2022 and played like ass for some AHL club elsewhere, no one would bat an eye.
You think about a cartoon picture of wolverine looking at a picture of Forsling everyday? Dude you are weird.
I’m glad I’m not the only one
Imagine how leafs feel over verhaege. Hyman too