Gary Roberts Calls Mike Gillis A 'moron' For Comments About Hodgson

[k_man08]

I really respect Gary Roberts and I agree that what Gillis did was wrong.

His excuse for trading away Hodgson was not good enough to me.

[Edler's Mind Tricks]

I don't understand what Gillis was getting at with those comments and I could honestly see Hodgson getting a PPG next year...

I could see Roberts as a coach at some point...

The downside to this is that we may never have another player accepted into the Gary Roberts MVP-Factory

[EmployeeoftheMonth]

I agree with Gary. Gillis is a moron, it wasn't necessary to make those comments about Hodgson.

[tiredatwork]

So Roberts is backing his client? I'd expect nothing less.

[TOMapleLaughs]

When it looked like Cody Hodgson was going to be a star, his days as a Canuck were numbered.

Just look at the big market draft picks of 2008:

5. Schenn. Bust? Trade bait?

10. Hodgson. Close to busting. Traded.

11. Beach. Fairly close to being a bust.

16. Colbourne. Traded.

19. Sbisa. Traded.

30. McCollum. Not even close to the big league.

imo You're not allowed to be a successful team and get decent draft picks unless you're one of the inner circle who is due to win the cup. Philly. NYR. They have paid their dues. The Canucks are up there, but they're not even close. And now the prime years of the Sedins are wasted.

It would not surprise me to see the Habs and Laffs win the cup again before the Canucks win one. Possibly the Oilers as well. And don't forget about Buffalo. The Canucks apparently still need to pay their dues. I say let us sign more and more free agents to ridiculous contracts and merely bury them like NYR and Philly do all the time. (Hey, does Wade Redden get his name on the cup if NYR wins?) Cheers.

TOML

[Beaken]

Atta boy Gary! I'm glad someone that knows the kid finally backed him up, Gillis will be eating a rotten egg sandwich in years to come when Hodgson is coming into form in Buffalo and Kassian plugs away on the third line.

[TotesMagotes]

Gary Roberts, are you kidding ME? Gillis could have come out and said a lot more than what he did, you should be glad that he didn't and only went as far as giving a brief outline as to why he was traded.

Put yourself in MG's shoes, he trades away a promising young talent and the people in Vancouver demand answers, WTF do you expect him to do? Keep his mouth shut and take the blame for everything?

Codys issues were obviously a big part in trading him, MG would look like a fool without telling the media that. Period.

[The Brahma Bull]

AV should have never called out Hodgson a few years back. AV is an idiot and so is Hodgson's dad.

[Dogbyte]

Agreed. Mike Gillis should have taken the high road.

[Beaken]

AV should have never called out Hodgson a few years back. AV is an idiot and so is Hodgson's dad.

[mpt]

MG could of said it differently but something needed to be said so the fans and media would get off his back. I still support the trade obviously there were trust issues on both sides. MG could of been much more diplomatic but he got a little emotional.

The kassian comment about nacho eating in the press box was a low blow whomever said that, likely the writer of the article.

[gordfish]

Just another example of how this organization mismanages its talent.

Go back to the day they drafted Hodgson. When Gillis was asked why they drafted a small centre that can't skate very well, his answer was to laud Cody's character.

So what changed?

On top of everything he went through with his back, look at last season from his perspective. The team gets into the playoffs, and they can't score. 15 goals in 7 games against Chicago. 14 goals in 6 games against the Preds. Then they get into the Final against the Bruins, Ryan Kesler is so banged he clearly shouldn't even be on the ice, and Cody is till being used as a fourth liner.

Then the next season begins. Kesler isn't in the lineup to start the year, and Cody is rarely being used on the second line, and when he is, it's as a second line winger.

Kesler comes back, struggles to produce, and Cody still isn't seeing an increase in his ice-time, despite the fact that he's on a 45 point pace with an average of about 13 minutes a game.

This is one of the reasons why good prospects cringe inside when the Canucks draft them. They simply don't know how develop and manage good young talent.

[EmployeeoftheMonth]

Atta boy Gary! I'm glad someone that knows the kid finally backed him up, Gillis will be eating a rotten egg sandwich in years to come when Hodgson is coming into form in Buffalo and Kassian plugs away on the third line.

[The Brahma Bull]

I'm on board with you about the AV comments but where does all this Hodgson's dad come in? I'm not being sarcastic here but I want to see the article everyone read to keep saying his dad mettled with the situation.

[Beaken]

It's funny how you're all about someone who knows the kid backing him up but not so much when a few other people who know him call him on his bull#&*^.

It's not really that far out an idea than a young guy made bad decisions...or allowed some bad decisions to be made for him.

[Beaken]

His dad was phoning Gillis and co. nonstop.

[EmployeeoftheMonth]

Who knows him and calls him on his bull****?

[Hotdawg]

Gillis shoud'nt have said it. That being said he did say "every OTHER player combined", which is true in legal terms, as half of the players had no issues.

What he should have said is "our doctors messed up his diagnosis, and he was smart to seek another doctor on the advice of Gary Roberts. We wish him all the best in his future.", and leave it at that.

Instead, he made Hodgson out to sound like either a mental case or a prima-donna, which is a low blow, and in the end only shows Gillis to be dishonest, and bordering on slanderous, not admitting any failures at all on the organization whatsoever.

[themonicator]

This doesn't change the fact that Hodgson wanted to leave the organization. Rip Gillis all you want but Cody did not want to be here. It was a sour relationship between his camp and the Canucks brass since the misdiagnosis of his injury.

Was Mike Gillis's comments regarding Cody necessary? No but I can bet people would still be whining about this trade.

I hope fans won't give Kassian a horrible treatment because he was the player they traded for. At the end of the day, the issues couldn't be reconciled between Canucks management and Cody's camp.

[tiredatwork]

It's funny how you're all about someone who knows the kid backing him up but not so much when a few other people who know him call him on his bull#&*^.

It's not really that far out an idea than a young guy made bad decisions...or allowed some bad decisions to be made for him.