Who are we going to hire if we fire Gillis? Jay Feaster?
Don't forget, Gillis assembled a team that made it to the cup finals. For people who say he didn't he did. He was able to sign everyone to less than market value contracts.
He signed Mats Sundin and that literally was boss.
And for people who think he made bad trades and signings?
1) Richardson. Kassian-Richardson-Booth arguably a Stanley Cup contending third line. He brought in all 3 players
2) Ballard. Although in hindsight, it was a bad trade, at the time of the trade, everyone was ecstatic. We all thought he was a legit top 4 defensemen. I can pull up the thread and show all the positive reactions. No one would have thought he would drastically decline and fail to play well. In addition, Grabner would not have made our team if he had stayed. We had too many skilled players and we wanted to become more physical, hence the signing of raffi torres.
3) In addition, he made stellar draft picks and signings that are contributing now. Jensen, Tanev, Corrado. Not to mention Grenier, Lain, Gaunce, Horvat who have big chances of making it next year
Anyone who wants Gillis fires knows nothing about hockey.