eyvn Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Just ask Buffalo how much he helped them in a top-6 role, trying to make the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubrick Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 What about the trade he didnt make? How many of you were posting "trade Schneider threads', if he had done that we would have been swept. Going into next season with Luongo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 What about the trade he didnt make? How many of you were posting "trade Schneider threads', if he had done that we would have been swept. Going into next season with Luongo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadaguy_25 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The thing is people say Hodgson wouldn't have mattered in this series. Last time I checked they were mostly 1 goal games, and given how clutch sometimes Hodgson is, I would take my chances with him. He tends to pot a few against top notch teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovocop55 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 by the time kassian develops into a solid nhlers (in 3-4 yrs), sedins will be pass the prime.. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyvn Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 by the time kassian develops into a solid nhlers (in 3-4 yrs), sedins will be pass the prime.. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J. Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 There is an old adage in hockey. GMs are responsible for offence. Coaches are responsible for defence. The Canucks lost this series because the offence was not good enough. So this one is the fault of Gillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyvn Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Wouldn't be suprised if Hodgson was laughing after the Canucks got eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J. Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 You got to think Gillis regrets that trade BIG TIME. Cody of the 2nd PP unit, who centers for them again? Was it Ebbet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyvn Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Well he has to defend, or else it will be akward for between him and Kassian lol, it certainly was not for the future, They could have easily traded in the offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyHockey Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Playoffs are a completely different game. He wasn't gonna get the open ice that he scored most of his goals on this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enterin Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I forgot wonder boy Hodgson, who had 1 point in the playoffs, would have solved all of our problems. Hodgson did not have the speed or grit to be able to outmuscle the Kings D. If guys like Burrows, Kesler, and Higgins couldn't do it, Hodgson wouldn't either. Our problems ran deeper than having a third line center. If we're struggling for 2/3 of a game to get the puck out of our zone, we're probably not going to win. I hate to say it, but I'm glad we weren't able to squeak past the Kings. Clearly there's deeper problems on this team that need to be adressed. This team was too good to struggle against a team like the Kings. If they couldn't beat them, they definitely weren't gonna beat the Preds or Blues, who have better goaltending and more offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 If this is true, MG is weak for publicly leaking that to somehow pass the buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The problem i have with the Hodgson trade is that any plan for NEXT season involving him is now toast. It's like starting over again. Unless Gillis has a few major moves coming through in the summer, this team might start a real decline. Cheers. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradin123 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 If this is true, MG is weak for publicly leaking that to somehow pass the buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 There is an old adage in hockey. GMs are responsible for offence. Coaches are responsible for defence. The Canucks lost this series because the offence was not good enough. So this one is the fault of Gillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enterin Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Just ask Buffalo how much he helped them in a top-6 role, trying to make the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Canucks Go Go Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Our regular season is good enough, I say we should sacrifice our 4th line for our rookie players and develop them in the NHL level like Philly, Oilers, etc. Experience in the NHL is better than the AHL to me. If they are a bust, they are a bust. Having Schroeder, Jensen, Kassian line or something and developing them wouldn't cost the Canucks much in the regular season. Like someone else said in this thread, the young skilled players may motivate the veterans to play better. Having a mix might not be such a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 How does Tony know Gillis was talked into the trade by his staff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Gland Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I've said it before and I'll say it again. A GM can only control what happens in the regular season. Once the playoffs start, there's almost nothing he can do. Gillis set this team up with two Presidents Trophy winners, and the division lead in 4 of last 5 years...so the best he could do. AV has to take this team and make sure he chooses the right parts and gameplan to win it all. However in 5+ years he had no counter for a defensive minded team. That's pretty much sums it up. He's gotten out-coached in the playoffs every season he's been here. People can have the whole 'hindsight is 20/20' shtick after the Booth and Hodgson trades, but Booth everyone loved because he was a top 6 forward for 2 aging players, and Pahlson/Kassian seemed to be what this team needed more than Hodgson going into the playoffs. Heck, this LA series was the exact type of series Gillis had built this team for (low scoring), but AV just couldn't get his team ready. And he decided to give Raymond a billion chances to improve his play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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