Ed Willes: Canucks talk of better, faster days, but process is suspect

After the smoke cleared from Monday’s NHL trade deadline, Jim Benning appeared before the TV cameras and sounded a familiar refrain.
Yes, the GM’s preference would have been to add draft picks. Yes, that’s what he requested in exchange for Thomas Vanek. But those deals just weren’t available so he made the best trades he could.
Benning made the same point half a dozen times during his afternoon presser; made it calmly without betraying any frustration or disappointment wh