I'm Thomas Drance from The Athletic Vancouver: Imitator of obscure Russian-born ex-Canucks grinders on Twitter, one-time CanucksArmy overlord, author and former NHL PR guy - AMA

[u/Artemchubarov]

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[u/p33jay23]

After starting in this market for a couple of weeks do you think the Van media are sometimes hyper critical of Benning's moves and tenure? It feels that they have an axe to grind at times