wow, i thought i was a picky fan, I too have been very negative on gillis BUT let me point out
the team gillis inherited was basically a nonis/burke team that didn't make the playoffs, gillis added the pieces and we've won 2 presidents trophy and gotten within one game of winning the stanley cup. We are hated, yeah, cause we are or were successful.
i sometimes think that gillis has been too personal with the players instead of making the right hockey decisions. i have no idea why malhotra, next to his faceoff percentage, is still in the nhl. Gillis has also gone out and tried to sign BC boys like hamhuis and garrison. Mitchell was a pure hockey decision and not a financial one, similar decisions were made with ohlund and salo. Why don't you put the other shoe on and ask why each one of these players chose not to stay with the canucks. They were all offered contracts. The reality of the situation is that players makes business decisions thats best for themselves so why blame gillis.
im negative on gillis for his less than impressive trades and his poor drafting and developing record. the canucks also for one reason or another have big issues when it comes to relations with injured players.
replacing gillis with linden may appease a portion of unhappy canucks fans but really all it does is push back the development of our organization for another 5 to 10 years as we wait for another rookie gm to put his stamp on the team