The league forbids him from talking about other teams player in the public, and he will get fines. There is nothing to gain by admitting what players are injured and what their injuries are, or else they will be targets. Admitting that you will ask players to waive their NTC's will cause free agents to reconsider playing here, and will make current players worried about being traded instead of focusing on playing. A lot of his job is negotation, which means he would be at a disadvantage if he reveal his hand, strategy, or what players he is targeting. There is no point in firing Gillis since whoever replaces him will have to retool or rebuild and usually those GM's who take on sinking boats usually get fired right before the team becomes successful again. (ex: Nonis, Burke, Tallon, etc)