Over Jim Benning’s six-year tenure as general manager for the Vancouver Canucks, he’s done an excellent job finding and selecting highly talented players at the draft table. With much help from the team’s Director of Amateur Scouting Judd Brackett, he’s successfully managed to bring in a true abundance of youth that’s skilled enough to handle more or less being fast-tracked straight into the up and coming core of the Canucks.
Benning was originally brought in for the GM position because he was known for his first-class scouting ability. And when the decision was made in 2015-16 to move Brackett from scout to Director, that’s when the team really started to find some quality players not only in the first round but deeper in the draft as well.