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Ahhh no, this is the reason he broke the news... because it is happening today.

That's a very good question. Sharks are in the same spot as Canucks were. I really think they are faced with moving one of the two of Marleau or Thornton or face the risk of falling stats and the team falling as well. I would not envy Doug Wilson's job right now!

Newsflash to you... MG was fired because he brought in Torts and not new players. Pretty sure the new GM is going to have a mandate to change things dramatically.

I think Torts should stay but they should move him into DJ Dave's place, maybe he has a better choice of music because DJ Dave sucks! Or move him into PR department. Don't keep him as coach though.

That was absolutely a goal and nothing wrong with it.

You would do well to listen to what Deb is saying, her knowledge of hockey far exceeds the opinions you spew. For the last couple years you have been going on about how Booth is the guy and that the defense of the Canucks is stacked and tops in the league... yeah ok, look at them now. What has Booth done since he's been here? What did our stacked defence do last year?

Slow down there cowboy, before we give a long list of accolades to a parted GM let's think first. Giving Gillis credit for back to back Art Ross Trophys and a Selke Trophy is so wrong. He had nothing to do with it, that was the player's themselves and nothing more. If MG had brought these players into the team, different story. Now with back to back President Trophys, do you really think that is something everyone will remember? I don't, i think everyone remember's game 7 in the final but no one will care about first overall in a few years. The one easy argument though is that with two Art Ross winning players and a Selke winner it was their dominance that was the biggest part of being the top team in the league so MG is losing again. The one thing he did do very well was take two high quality goaltenders and squander them away.

Lol i could see him very drunk right now! Homeless i doubt... but very drunk and red faced.

Can't see Nicholson being interested in a job unless he was in charge of everything.

I doubt Gallagher had any input as Courtnall is good buddy's with both MG and aqua man

That's what people said about Joe Niewendyk when the flames traded him for a prospect named Iginla...after a couple years no one cared about Joe anymore.

As much as I like Kesler I think he is done here and will ask for a tase this offseason.

For the style of hockey that Trevor played I can't imagine him hiring a GM or holding on to a coach that is the opposite. And I can't imagine any GM that gets hired would not want to start with his own choice for coach,

No wonder why they get such a good salary... To cover the commute!

If it's Benning that will be the first non-lawyer GM in a long long time!

Wow...

Ok thanks , didn't read your post properly.

Why would you think that Benning isn't Linden's choice for GM?

First good news in a few years other than MG getting canned!

Canucks should hire Maggie the Monkey from TSN for GM. Probably do a lot better with no drama as compared to Gillis

I'm not sure we will see a 70 point season out of them again.

Been hearing a bit about the possibility of Gillis staying on as President and another person comes in as GM. Could certainly see this option being used.

I'm not sure he will be here long. I bet by the beginning of next season if he is still here, the rope is getting short. First 20 games could mean his job if the team struggles or is already in a battle for 8th place. I don't think the owner will sit by and let the team languish too long.

Well he has a lot better resume than Gillis does.

McLean was not traded by Quinn, he was gone before Iron Mike traded him. Russ Courtnall was traded because of impending free agency and couldn't agree on a deal. Him and Tikkanen were both near the end of their career anyways and weren't a loss.