Jamaicanice Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 When did being a GM become only trying to make meaningful moves at the deadline. Canucks fans have been screaming for more goal scoring for three or more seasons and every year we get the same useless drivel spilling out of Mr. Gillis's mouth. The prices were too high, I don't like rentals, I feel we are a better team than our record indicates. Whatever you need to say to hold on to your high paying job for a little longer. I have been hearing about this window that the Canucks have for the last couple of years. Meaning, GMs only have the ability to make serious runs at a cup a couple years out of every decade or so. Yet ours is more concerned about the next bargain than actually making a trade that would improve the top six. Why does he never have to answer for how little meaningful moves he makes!!!? Why does he never make a trade before we end up falling into a tailspin and losing our playoff spot!!!? Why do trade rumors mean less than they use to yet you can find them more easily than ever!!!? Why can't he actually make a move before the last five minutes of trade deadline day that makes our team better in the present? We will still have like ten years of penny pinching and rebuilding that will follow regardless. Their needs are so evident why wait till the last moment only to have someone out bid you and wind up with nothing, then turn around and tell us I did everything I could? Players get paid for results and so should GM's. They should have base salaries and bonuses that kick in only if their trades actually improve the teams overall record, goal output, goals against average. Then all GM's might have a fire lit under them to not be so scared and cheep about pulling the trigger. Did the NHL forget that trades actually give fans renewed hope and excitement? Changes need to take place big ones, but that is likely an off season conversation. In the meantime, for the love of all things Canuck throw the team a bone and get a scoring top six forward that can handle the playoffs. Cammalleri, Kane, Stastny, Michalek, Jokinen, Legwand, Ott, and Briere, they are out there and the players, the fanbase and the alumni deserve a meaningful move to be made. Man was that the ugliest loss almost ever, almost as much sting as that playoff meltdown for Leaf nation last year. All I can say is do more to earn your money Gillis because the product is laughable right now. Sometimes paying a little more is the right move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Gillis has a long list of excuses prepared already. That's what he does. "Well we had a long list of injuries" "Well I wasn't prepared to trade the future for rentals" "There's alot of moving parts when making a trade" "Well alot of players had off years" "Well it might take some time to adapt to Torts' system" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Didn't you hear his last interview on the team1040? He's waiting for the team to get healthy before making any moves.... well that's the excuse this year anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawkdrummer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Silence is Golden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradin123 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Your post is likely to be locked by Deb though because she is a Gillis lover. Really he is in over his head. His Gm counterparts around the league don't view him as a equal and will only deal with him if that have to just like his days as a player agent. The Canucks really need to get a real Gm in here. He got lucky on Santorelli and yes it was pure luck. But ultimately Gillis has done little to contribute to the core he inherited. The hire of Torts actually is looking good as he is a good NHL coach. If I was the Aqulini's I would hire a new GM and keep Torts. Right now, Gillis keeps making excuses for himself by proclaiming that it is really hard to makedeals giving today's realities. However, that doesn't stop other Gm's around the league from making deals.(like Nonis on the Liles trade). However, Gillis simply doesn't have a big network of Gm's to deal with because he really isn't very well liked amongst fellow GM's other than Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Torts putting Sestito on the top 6 and PP should be a clear message to Gillis to get him something to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Torts putting Sestito on the top 6 and PP should be a clear message to Gillis to get him something to work with. Worked wonders tonight but that is something you really shouldn't have to do... ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Didn't you hear his last interview on the team1040? He's waiting for the team to get healthy before making any moves.... well that's the excuse this year anyways. He's used that one the last couple of years off and on. Jim Nill traded his second best player this past summer, his first as a GM, for a high-end young guy in Seguin. Assuming the twins are here for the full four years, the only other high quality players that could fetch us young high-end quality in return would be Kes and Edler. I just don't see MG trading Kes either so we're left with Edler, and really after the last couple of years, how high can his value be? Unless Gillis sells his potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magikal Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 WIth the amount of BS that comes out of his mouth I think Gillis would be a great politician once the Aquilinis wake up and fire his loser ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Didn't you hear, "trade talks are as dead as they've ever been" Yeah, probably because your not willing to trade any big piece.... Gillis will be long gone after this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 They already made an excuse for the deadline as well, Gilman says he predicts it will be the quietest deadline in years. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silfverberg Snipes Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Meh. I expect a big off season. Why would you want to do anything this season when we could potentially unload Booth and inject Horvat as a 3C next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohonos76 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Gillis for Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Meh. I expect a big off season. Why would you want to do anything this season when we could potentially unload Booth and inject Horvat as a 3C next year? I expected a big off season last summer as well with the CS/Luo fiasco and the Canucks getting swept out of the playoffs. We all know how the summer went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 They already made an excuse for the deadline as well, Gilman says he predicts it will be the quietest deadline in years. lol Because they gave all of their players no trade clauses. He can only try and unload Booth on teams so many times before they just stop answering his calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chauncey Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Fire AV!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Hard Truth Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 The Process...blah blah.... this team is the same, the reset was the coach ? cmon. This team needs a Ryan Callaghan and Wayne Simmonds as well as a moose defensemn that protects goalies and clears the front of the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradin123 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 They already made an excuse for the deadline as well, Gilman says he predicts it will be the quietest deadline in years. lol Btw, Gilman is just as big of a moron as Gillis is. Gillis leans heavily on Gilman for most of his decisions so a lot of the recent moves by the Canucks are just as much Gilman's doings as Gillis'. I know for a fact the Edler re-signing was mostly based on Gilman's opinion of him. Just ask Botchford whose only friend in the Canucks organization is Gilman. That is why Botchford keeps insisting that the Edler contract was a great value contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDrinkin Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 He's only human, everything is 20/20 in hindsight, it's not an exact science, yadda yadda. In many instances, players just didn't produce. At this point, we are anchored by our franchise's two greatest players ever, the Sedins. They are our identity, and it's not gonna win in this north american game. We are doomed to suffer as fans. Do yourselves a favor and choose a secondary, american, big market team to cheer for, if you really love hockey. Honestly. Mine is the blackhawks, and i never looked back. Best hockey decision i ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradin123 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Fire AV!!!! I agree. It is all his fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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