A midsummer chat with Vancouver Canucks’ general manager Jim Benning, who is at his summer place in Oregon but hasn’t stopped working:
Sun: In the last six weeks, you’ve traded two of the most popular Canucks, Eddie Lack and Zack Kassian, acquired a core player in Brandon Sutter, completely restructured your hockey operations department and hired a new chief amateur scout. We’re guessing you haven’t had time to ride the horses on your acreage outside Portland.
Benning: I don’t ride the horses. I stock the barn with hay and I shovel the manure out of the stalls.