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Canucks: General manager Jim Benning deserves our trust now

Those who criticize the work of Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning often like to point out the fact that the team has missed the playoffs in each of the last four years.

Sure, Benning has made some mistakes that he’d like back. The Loui Eriksson contract and Jared McCann trade come to mind. And so far, he hasn’t received the return Vancouver hoped for in high-end picks, Jake Virtanen and Olli Juolevi.

It’s been a slow but a necessary painful rebuild in Vancouver. But the pieces have begun falling in place, and Benning’s Canucks are sitting at 7-3-1 — good for third in the Pacific Division.