Jim Benning is, by all accounts, a pretty decent judge of talent. So, this is not a judgement on his judgements, so to speak. Just a run through the guys in the system. Those getting close, those in need of more seasoning, and so on.
The Canuck system is a favorite whipping boy for a certain segment of our fanbase, and with good reason, when you consider the way draft picks missed in regimes past. Mike Gillis probably does not get the respect he deserves as far as what he did to build the system. That is to be expected, considering who we are as a fanbase, and the recent history.