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https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/canucks-hockey/report-canucks-fire-assistant-gm-chris-gear-and-analytics-director-jonathan-wall-4852677 The two employees had been with the Canucks for 11+ and 20+ years, respectively. Daniel Wagner Dec 10, 2021 11:56 AM Chris Gear in happier times as legal counsel for the Canucks.Jeff Vinnick / Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are not done making changes to their front office. Less than a week after letting GM Jim Benning and assistant GM John Weisbrod go — and just one day after hiring new president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford — the Canucks have made further changes. As first reported by The Athletic’s Thomas Drance, the Canucks have “dismissed” assistant GM Chris Gear and executive director of hockey operations Jonathan Wall. Gear had only just recently been promoted to assistant GM in 2020 after nine years of working as legal counsel for Canucks Sports and Entertainment. He was well-regarded for both his work on the legal side of things but also in hockey operations, as he structured contracts and managed the salary cap. Wall had been with the team for over 20 years, starting with tasks like watching video — literal video on VHS tapes — and manually tracking scoring chances. Over the course of two decades, his role grew until he was managing the Canucks’ analytics team as the director of hockey operations. Beyond just analytics, Wall was heavily involved in many other areas of hockey operations, including working with Gear to keep the Canucks under the salary cap given the contracts signed by Benning. Both Gear and Wall had done yeoman’s work in recent years with a skeleton crew in hockey operations, filling in gaps beyond their stated responsibilities. The two dismissals are surprising, particularly the timing. Gear and Wall had both worked under multiple management groups and could have been expected to continue under Rutherford. The team's analytics team, for instance, likely needs to be expanded to match other top teams in the NHL rather than contracted. More intriguingly, Rutherford isn’t even in Vancouver yet. He isn’t expected to arrive until Sunday, so it’s surprising to see two significant changes made before he arrives and speaks to the existing management team and staff. Of course, a new president of hockey operations could be expected to bring in his own people for two significant roles — capologist and director of analytics. Still, the Canucks just lost two of their most respected employees in hockey operations. Why? I don't get why these two are fired. Rutherford is pretty ruthless lol. But I guess these people weren't that good to begin with in the eyes of a VERY well established man.

Despite your apparent exposure to hockey, you choose to defend a poor record AHL coach who has barely shown any semblance of structure. Meanwhile, you're unable to explain how an EXPERIENCED coach could maximize the exact same players that Green used. Lawls.

LOL. Wow, you do realize that someone on here can easily verify if you're full of crap, right? Who is this 'well known group'? LOL. Your post is so wishywashy. I get the strong sense that you're being deliberately misleading. FYI, Rogers Arena used to be called General Motors Place, so this is the first part of where you are caught lying. You would've mentioned this if you were part of the ownership/management level of that. The change to Rogers Arena was quite a few years after that. Secondly, let's just assume that your family was partly involved in the arena construction business, it doesn't mean YOU know anything about the game. They're completely separate ideas. The hilarious thing was that YOU made it seem like Rogers Arena was a new arena - when it's not. This would mean you (and your family) predated the Aquilinis and so-forth. Do you just have poor research skills, or are you being deliberately wishywashy? Please tell me more details about yourself. But this is totally entertaining to me. Defending a barely adequate AHL coach, but claiming to have all this hockey experience? LOL... total BS. I just re-read how you used "whom". That's not how you use "whom". Did you pick this word because it sounds pretentiously 'smart'? Don't use it if you don't know how to use it.

I didn't mind Carney all that much, but Weinrich was good for his yellow visor and not much else. The Gillis supporters tend to forget about his questionable trades. This above one cost a couple of 2nd rounders too, if I'm not mistaken. So the things that they criticize about Benning, they don't criticize Gillis because he was "making a push". The mental gymnastics of these people...

So someone (cough @ZH96) was getting SO excited about Juulsen getting called up, like it was a sign of things to come. But yeah, he's just an extra. @ZH96 , the poster who can't make up his mind between dying for Green on a hill, or praising Benning's acquisitions (Chiasson, Juulsen, Lamikko, etc etc) while bashing Benning as a GM.

I legit thought that the Canucks were moving this forum elsewhere.

Chiasson was also gifted #1 pp time by Green, yet Green couldn't get him to improve the PP. So how can you continue to defend Green? You have a big tendency to defend the limited scope people, and praise these people to high heavens. Good god, you were practically predicting that Juulsen was gonna be a sure fire guy, even though he only had 1 pt in 16 games in the AHL.

Chiasson, until recently, played pretty poorly under Green.. Along with everybody else. But wait, weren't you incessantly defending Green before, while bashing Benning? Lmfao. You can't even follow your own logic.

Grow up. I've used better insults in high school. Anyway, I've dismantled your BS about you having connections to hockey. LOL. You really don't know what you're talking about, especially given your repeated defense of Green. You're unable to explain your leaps (or lapses) of logic, as I said. If you're criticizing one person, but not the other, I think it raises question about your own credibility, no? Let me guess - family friend of Green?

You got triggered by the word loser. I don't think I'm worried.

Nice channel, but I didn't realize that 109 subscribers make you some kind of hockey messiah or have these massive hockey connections. I've got nothing against your content; it's your total BS in your posts here that you are some kind of Lebrun wannabe. You probably get high on gas fumes because there's not a whole lot in your head. You fail to explain your lapses of logic, such as how you continually make excuses for one person, but not another. Lmfao. Yeah, I'm a complete tool, according to you and an inbred. Good thing you don't know what you're talking about.

I don't even have NHL 20 lmfao. I just had to add that. I'm just laughing my head off at how rattled you became. "More connections" lol.

I doubt it. You are as credible as Provost claiming to make a six figure salary as a contract negotiator for a union, while he demonstrated an alarming lack of understanding of how a negotiation process works. If you are as credible as you say you are, you wouldn't be arguing with random nobodies about how huge your truck us. And your best vocabulary word as an insult is inbred. Why? How am I an inbred? Your childish insults make you look nothing more than a keyboard warrior.

You're hilarious. So Aquilini is this overlord owner who has this reputation to micromanage, though at the same time, had at least one candidate willing to work, under this supposed condition (who knows if this story is true?). So what does this mean? It means that there's always going to be someone willing to give the Canucks (or any place really) a chance. This debunks the myth that no one will want to work for Aquilini, lmfao. Amazon has terrible working practices - it doesn't stop people from applying and working there. You want something or someone to be an enemy - in this case it's Aquilini. And you're willing to ignore evidence and logic to accept this illusion that you have conceived. Sounds pretty consistent of you, given how you make excuses for Green, but accept no excuses for Benning.

I don't know why you had to bring up your truck into this conversation. Do you feel that insecure about yourself? What a loser.

You still don't get it. Benning and Green got fired for reasons related to their performance. Aquilini is the owner; he can do whatever he damn well pleases. If you don't like it, don't watch the team, or go buy your own team. Aquilini has made mistakes - sure, but blaming the ownership for something he couldn't possibly be involved in, such as poor coaching, is just sad. Like I said, you just don't get it. Green sucks because he couldn't adapt over the span of five years. All these excuses about him having poor rosters over the years doesn't reflect how impactful he is as a coach. He's not good enough.

Pump the brakes, bro. It's a call-up. You said he'll need time in Europe, oh but now he's NHL calibre? You're so contradictory to yourself; I'm picking you apart. You criticize Benning for his poor moves, but praise to high heavens about Juulsen who has proven little thus far. Then you use Laamiko as another example. I liked Laamiko, but these above guys still are unproven. And then when you defend Green by making excuses, but roast Benning using a different standard, that's why you are not an objective poster.

Green never learned that stifling your own offence doesn't mean your defense will get better. BB has allowed fewer goals/chances/shots than whatever Green's systems had done. Green's systems are just a trainwreck for this particular team. I don't know why he kept insisting it, while down 8-15. Good riddance.

I never liked AV with how he handled younger players. He coached a lot like Green does actually, with respect to favouritism, but AV actually could adjust to the game. His success is not really up for dispute. However, until Green proves he is a good coach, he shouldn't be playing favourites. AV let Grabner go for free on waivers. That tells you something.

Oh my god, I don't know how many times Green's team will just play uninspired hockey and Green would do nothing to change it. The second period would be a major let down, but time and time again, Green could never maintain the team's energy level. I have no clue what he was doing, but it wasn't working - anyone could see that, except himself. But hey, that's a good team over there, I guess.

I like your enthusiasm, but Green did take this team to playoffs once. His team actually had to prove themselves in the bubble to do it. However, Green's success there has not been replicated since then. I think he didn't know how to adjust to these new players. Green's systems need a major rework

Everyone's seen the pictures, but does anyone actually know what went down with him and Green? You make all these excuses to defend Green. Did Green/Benning mishandled Juolevi's covid situation? Oh yeah, no. It's never Green's fault. Good thing Benning picked up Juulsen. What a great GM he was to sell high right?

It's time that other coaches say "That's a good team over there", instead of coach Green.

He spent four years in the AHL. And Eakins, despite his somewhat rejuvenated return, isn't actually doing as well as one might think, except this season. Anyway, I've got nothing against Eakins. What I'm saying is that Green won't simply get a head coach job on a whim. He's gonna need to put in the work to be a better coach. People have been overlooking/ignoring Green's flaws. If Benning can take the blame, so can Green. Five years and his record is garbage, despite different rosters. That's on Green. Moreover, Boudreau has rejuvenated the EXACT same roster as what Green fielded. Small sample, sure, but we LOOK dangerous on the PK. That almost never happened under Green.