Mispelled

I was screaming for his head at the 2011 trade deadline. This is long overdue. Back then, most every player was having a career year. Rather than getting that engine dialed in for the upcoming drag race, Gillis did nothing. I'm still shocked that San Jose laid down at their feet that series, btw. From that year on, it was a series of f-ups and some snooze signings, like Stanton and Santorelli, but Gillis's freedom fighters were here defending him. Funny, those same posters that put up such a fight, or that were on the fence, are now in here, bleating along with the flow; with the migrating CDC popular opinion. Now, they post admissions. Now, they offer up disappointment with the roster. Now, they turn. Throw in here those fence-sitting parrots of the group and you get a snap-shot of the CDC herd. Black sheep, "troll" posters say, hi. What a waste. IMO, Gillis wasted the best years of Luongo, Kesler, Burrows and the now, sea-anchor like, Sedins. He had the horses to run, but did nothing. I use Quinn's 1994 moves as a reference to highlight a balanced team vs what Gillis did. What a waste. Whatever roster moves Gillis made here were always a year+ too late... and his dinkish replies to any form of extremely warranted criticism, were straight out of a high school kids mouth. He was one of the worst things to happen to this team, PR wise. So bad, in fact, that #16's fame is needed to champion the massive PR cause. What a free-fall. An epic. The stats on the poll suggest that 2/3 are happy with the firing. Way to wake up, CDC. *claps.

When he does, I hope he answers all of those hard questions that he used to brush off with his arrogance.

Wouldn't you call the Roy signing an epic fail, in the context of THAT cup run... on a team lacking a prototypical 3rd line centre? I would. Numb-hands Gillis should have shored up that gaping hole and got a Carkner for that storied free-fall. You and I are on opposite sides of the fence on Gillis. I have been a "Gillis hater" since the 2011 trade deadline. Hate meaning, I was pissed that he wouldn't do anything to fill the roles that were/are needed to play playoff hockey. The old, "we got within one game of the cup..." crap never sat well with me, due to the way we lost. To me, its not so important to win as it is in how the team plays. That series was just like a prison-sex scene. Gillis was always behind the curve. His legacy here is a mess of NTC's and disrespect around the league towards the team. Nobody hated Detroit when they were winning, so throw out his reasoning for the hate directed at the team for the past few years as being derived from success. The man was a PR disaster, period. It is so bad now that #16 has to come in and repair relations with the whole damn province. I bet he never gets a GM job again.

I still think Gillis should fire AV. Anyone who disagrees is an idiot; a troll... I hope Gillis makes Eddy the captain. It would also be awesome if Kesler, Burrows and the Sedins were to block shots for half of their offensive shifts, right before their PK shift. That would be a fantastic management of player personnel, no? I know, its the coaches decision to ice the roster, right? Who is accountable for the roster though? AV? Same ship, different years. Same GM's scapegoat? Nope. Yay! Had Gillis supplied players for either of AV's or JT's systems then greasy Gillis would be able to point is fat finger at the coach, but he did not. After a repeat of this, his jig is up and he is accountable. Hopefully, this big, suck-up, PR move of hiring Linden to lure the respectability of the franchise back, pans out. I am sick of the antics here. Biting, hair-pulling, conspiracies, bitch-slapped Sedins, "My contract sucks"... it was time for a change. Overtime, actually.

Should have fired AV instead? Metallica's, King Nothing comes to mind...

Zackery.

It is called, a Career year. edit what's worse, MG hitching his wagon to the career years of many in the one glorious season and making out like it was "his plan". I am thrilled that this circus act is over. 7th man/Lu as captain... which episode on the drama channel... bhaaa. Bye Gillis.

Thanks to the owners.

Happy to be proven wrong!

big old, *bump

High-five, anyone? A special shout-out to many of you, from right freakin' here...

Kesler is the chippiest player we've ever had. Him and Burr don't have the refs respect. Don't be such a homer.

The two biggest problems with the Canucks are not Gillis and Tortz. The two biggest problems with the Canuckas are the Sedins. It is hard to believe that this team could, potentailly, trade Kesler, but keep the Sedins... in order to go in a new direction!!! How is that a new direction??? Soft core is soft core. The Sedins remain the reason this team is not built for the playoffs. Naslund 2.0 ... NTC. This is not hindsight.

He looks like he had a busy day... from the green.

Gillis sucks