L'Orange Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 So many teams in the league are very busy today. However the Canucks are not one of them. Deals like Carkner, Parros, Burish, Parenteau, and Tootoo are now gone to other teams. Even worse, Sami Salo, a Canuck for over ten years has been signed in Tampa. This makes me think that Gillis may have something larger up his sleeve. Possibly a play for one of the big free agents. Even so it would have been a great idea to shore up size issues with Carkner and Parros. The Canucks are a good team. By no means great. The need for grit and toughness could have been answered for cheap today, but wasn't. Hopefully Gillis has something up his sleeve. Otherwise if he expects to get anywhere near the post season with the team from last year, minus Salo, he's truly stupid. The Canucks, the way they are now, are average, and without any major shake-up will be doing a slow parade towards mediocrity in this league. They were lucky to get the President's Trophy playing in what was the weakest division in the league. After today it will be much harder to do such things. If we go into October with the same group, I hope Gillis is canned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2013's The Charm Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 If he sign's Alex Semin and gets an absolute steal for Luongo then I will forgive him for not signing anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 ... I chose the 2nd option.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*VaNcOuVeRCaNuCkS* Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Have you or anyone else stopped to think that these players going to other teams didn't want to sign with Vancouver?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 *looks at calender* Oh that's right - the season starts in three months and 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigneault's Timeout Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Once I saw "Burish".... Bad, bad fickle fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danthecanucksfan Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I hope we can get 2 or 3 solid Defencemen. Defense is the most important thing right now. I have a feeling that Vancouver is not a desirable place for UFA's and RFA's, therefore making Gillis's job twice as hard as it should be. Hope he can get something done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I think it is guaranteed that his inactivity so far today is a sign that he is bringing in Weber, Suter, Paul Coffey, Brian Leetch, Patrick Ewing and even possibly Ronald McDonald. RELAX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well, Carkner, Parros and Burish are not sexy and are not needed here. But there are definitely a few players he could have probably went for AND signed but clearly didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Killer Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 i'm holding on to hope that he's in on something big. but i doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Kesler RK17 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 If he sign's Alex Semin and gets an absolute steal for Luongo then I will forgive him for not signing anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Ed Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Fail. If Gillis is a moron than you people working at the _____ are a _____? It's the first day of free agency. I don't want to overpay. So relax until our opening lineup is announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mau5trap Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 If he sign's Alex Semin and gets an absolute steal for Luongo then I will forgive him for not signing anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 So many teams in the league are very busy today. However the Canucks are not one of them. Deals like Carkner, Parros, Burish, Parenteau, and Tootoo are now gone to other teams. Even worse, Sami Salo, a Canuck for over ten years has been signed in Tampa. This makes me think that Gillis may have something larger up his sleeve. Possibly a play for one of the big free agents. Even so it would have been a great idea to shore up size issues with Carkner and Parros. The Canucks are a good team. By no means great. The need for grit and toughness could have been answered for cheap today, but wasn't. Hopefully Gillis has something up his sleeve. Otherwise if he expects to get anywhere near the post season with the team from last year, minus Salo, he's truly stupid. The Canucks, the way they are now, are average, and without any major shake-up will be doing a slow parade towards mediocrity in this league. They were lucky to get the President's Trophy playing in what was the weakest division in the league. After today it will be much harder to do such things. If we go into October with the same group, I hope Gillis is canned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 MG needs to wake up and realize that it is almost 4:00 pm in the afternoon, a lot of quality free agents are gone, and our glarring needs are not going to fill themselves!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Fail. If Gillis is a moron than you people working at the _____ are a _____? It's the first day of free agency. I don't want to overpay. So relax until our opening lineup is announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swansons Moustache Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Im pretty disappointed right now but its only the first day in free agency, a lot of players got way over payed but a few i thought were signed to decent deals. We'll have to wait and see what trades Gillis can pull off. Maybe his master plan is to let everyone spend like crazy and if the cap actually goes down from the new CBA he'll be laughing doing Ehrhoff trades left and right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktakatch Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 They signed Salo for 2 years.. and for 7.5 million over the 2. thats pretty high Prust for 10 mil over 4? yea right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 We dont need any free agents, All lines are set Sedin Sedin Burrows Higgins Kesler Booth Raymond/Jensen Lapierre Hansen Volpatti Malhotra Kassian Weise Hamhuis Bieksa Edler Alberts Ballard Tanev Sauve/Connauton Schneider Luongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BedBeats™2.0 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 There's a whole lot of time to be patient and see what the market dictates for their plans. Ive mentioned before, the Lu goaltending situation is still a non issue, and was waiting on Salo's staus. That being said, it is only natural that some moves will be made for the blueline very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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