Canucks' recent ascent fuelled by draft choices from Judd Brackett's tenure - Sportsnet.ca

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It wasn’t just top picks that the Canucks hit on with Judd Brackett, it was the promising prospects, too. Moving forwards, strictly in terms of draft results, Jim Benning now has to fix something that wasn’t broken. (imacSportsnet)

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“I come from a scouting background,” Benning said, his management career actually built upon it. “I believe in collaboration, the chain of command where the director of amateur scouting either reports to the director of player personnel, the assistant GM or GM. I’ve been in the business 28 years; I don’t know too many places where, you know, the team is going to give a head scout total autonomy to make all the picks without collaborating with people higher up in the chain of command than he is.

“I don’t really get into the politics of the nonsense that, ‘That guy drafted that guy, that guy is responsible [for this guy].’ Winning organizations don’t do that. Winning organizations, they pick the players that they think they can win with and they can have success with, and that’s what we’re trying to accomplish here.”

Boeser was chosen 23rd in 2015, his selection and Pettersson’s sandwiched around the disappointing choice in 2016 of Olli Juolevi at No. 5.Get the best of our NHL coverage and exclusives delivered directly to your inbox!But it wasn’t just top picks that the Canucks hit on with Brackett, it was promising prospects likeIt’s an easy narrative that these were the picks of Brackett, whose superhero powers surely saved the Canucks from draft disasters.

“I just think it got to a point where Judd’s looking for another opportunity, a fresh start, and I guess so are we,” Benning said. “This is the business side of doing business.”

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