ikillchicken Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Boucher's 1-3-1 system scares me. I get where you're coming from but at the same time, what I really like about Boucher is that he seems to know how to play a defensive system without chocking the life out of his offence. Unlike most of these defensive coaches, he knows how to handle highly skilled forwards and not stifle them while still playing his system. He has experience and success with high end goal scoring players like Stamkos and co. Tampa's failing was never that they couldn't score. His ability to balance defensive play with high end offence combined with even competent goaltending (which he never had in Tampa) could be a deadly combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychees Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Get Iron mike from the Iron curtain in the KHL!! Just kidding. Seriously I don't care who it is as long as they can get this team playing with some heart again (or make it look like it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Shotty new coach's name for my user. Nice try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I hope the referees are aware of what they just did. 3 people lost their jobs because of unfair officiating. Thank you you assholes. THere has to be a way NHL officials get reviewed with possibility of them losing their jobs too. I know you are smart enough to realize that the decision was not baded on one playoff series. AV cost himself his job by not being able to get the most out of the guys gillis brought in. He lived and died with his favorites who in the end let him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Kane Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 That's not how I remember it. IIRC, there was another team involved and it was a close thing... Theres no concrete evidence but... He turned down two GREAT teams. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He signed for a relatively good price at 4.5m He is a BC boy... Mike Milbury would of been able to sign Hamhuis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Stream is up for the conference: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Rumour is that Babcock wants out of Detroit. Throw everything at him. Thisssssssssssss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubldigit Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 For those that think he should not have been fired and blame the team that MG has assembled... Are the Canucks really bad enough to be swept by the Sharks? Are they really bad enough to lose in 5 games against the Kings? Are they really bad enough to only score 8 goals in 7 games against the Bruins? If they are not, then it means they didn't play as well as the team that MG built. Now whether the team is good enough is another question but when we are looking at trimming the fat, the underperformers gotta go. Expect some players to be shipped out as well. After this if the team is still not good enough, MG will go You ask those questions but yet every one of those things happened so I would think the answer should be quite obvious. You forgot to mention that the Canucks have been playing in arguably the worst division in the NHL as of recent. I honestly do not think the team MG has assembled since his tenure in Van is good enough to win a cup. You speak of trimming the under performers you usually start at the top and work down. MG is the top of the food chain next to the owners and in my mind should be the first to go. I also believe Lu had a huge part in making this team, not just AV look far better than they actually are. Can Schneids do the same? Not in my mind but only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 FINALLY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuretoMogilny Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Should be MG, Bowness and Brown not AV. When he had a proper team we got to 1 game of the cup. He had a team of crap outperform. MG should be gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubldigit Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Hamhuis almost begged to come here. Gillis would have been a fool to turn him down. Garrison also wanted to come here as Canucks last I checked were atop his short list. You'd have to be a space cadet not to be able to sign two players who wanted to play here that badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duda Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Rumour is that Babcock wants out of Detroit. Throw everything at him. Where'd you hear this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Theres no concrete evidence but... He turned down two GREAT teams. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He signed for a relatively good price at 4.5m He is a BC boy... Mike Milbury would of been able to sign Hamhuis. I know he's a BC boy. In fact, I met him last summer in Telkwa, which is close to his home town. I think Vancouver was always a preferred destination, but I don't believe that it was the only possible destination. I'm always skeptical when people try and deflect credit without any concrete evidence to back it up. The fact is, Gillis signed him and deserves credit for doing so. Just like Rutherford deserves credit for acquiring Jordan Staal, Slats deserves credit for Nash and Fletcher deserves credit for Parise and Suter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Murray Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Gillis says that people have wanted him gone since day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Gillis is in a fighting mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lui's Knob Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Lets be clear this is not a "good" team when ebbett is your bottom 6 guy... Sounds like a lame duck gm (didn't want to fire the coaches) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BedBeats™2.0 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Wow MG, at least be accountable for not supplying the team with center depth. Ownership made this call. Absolutely. Love that Gillis aint giving Botch anything. *edit* Gillis actually listed himself as being at fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Hope he has success elsewhere. Anyone know when the new coach will be announced/hired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Weird. Gillis says he got out of a meeting with Aquilini at 2:00, but this thread started an hour earlier. Someone has quite the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockNroLLa. Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Thanks for the best 7 seasons any diehard Vancouver Canucks fan could ask for. 2 Presidents trophies, 1 Stanley Cup Final appearance, 6 out of 7 Northwest Division champions. But it's time to move on, thanks for the memories, and I wish you the best in your future endeavours, Alain Vigneault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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