Burke turned the team into a playoff contender. Bertuzzi incident ended his tenure. Nonis cleaned it up and got Lui. Although i wonder if he ever was able to get Scott Neidermyer too. That would have been the biggest missing piece.
Gillis was fine, he gambled to get the cup, won two prez trophy. But the drafting and development program wasn't great. He wasn't able to or allowed to retool/rebuild.