CupisAll Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 one fluke run to the SCF in 6 years. we're no different than the 04 flames and the 06 oilers. all his talk about bold moves and changing the history of this team has amounted to nothing. it will take decades for his successor to clean up his mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 How many bold moves were done this season by any teams? none. Fire all gms then. Canucks fan base full of clowns. Best 6 years in Canucks history under Mike Gillis that said, this is quite a bad year, but I don't think he should be let go because of 1 bad season. People are still trying to hang a comment he made when first joining the team (after which he did make bold moves as I've outlined earlier in this thread) on what he does now. It's not the same situation as it was back in 2008. Different variables, dropping cap, tough to make trades, etc. but people still think he hasn't lived up to those words and expect that he should do so know, damn the consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelon Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 one fluke run to the SCF in 6 years. we're no different than the 04 flames and the 06 oilers. all his talk about bold moves and changing the history of this team has amounted to nothing. it will take decades for his successor to clean up his mess. It was such a fluke that we also had the #1 PP, PK and pretty much everything along with two straight PT's. No I'm not saying that makes up for not having a cup but don't ignore how dominant we were and if we were healthy our team would've won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 one fluke run to the SCF in 6 years. we're no different than the 04 flames and the 06 oilers. all his talk about bold moves and changing the history of this team has amounted to nothing. it will take decades for his successor to clean up his mess. It wasn't a fluke. We weren't a 8th seed Cinderella team that had been missing the playoffs for years before the cup run. Then we won the President's Trophy again the next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 It's a tough world and someone in Gillis's position gets paid to make things happen, not produce reasons why things haven't happend/. Gillis has had 3 years since the SCF run to make moves to improve this team and the opposite has happened. During that same time-fram Chicago was able to re-build and win a cup and most of the western teams were able to make moves that have made them all much better than three years ago. This is a results business and excuses don't cut it. Gillis has failed to read the signs effectively and has painted the organization and himself into a corner. The buck stops with Gillis for what we are seeing on the ice and have seen in the last 2 years of early, embarrassing exits in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 one fluke run to the SCF in 6 years. we're no different than the 04 flames and the 06 oilers. all his talk about bold moves and changing the history of this team has amounted to nothing. it will take decades for his successor to clean up his mess. I think someone needs to look up the term fluke again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 It was such a fluke that we also had the #1 PP, PK and pretty much everything along with two straight PT's. No I'm not saying that makes up for not having a cup but don't ignore how dominant we were and if we were healthy our team would've won It wasn't a fluke. We weren't a 8th seed Cinderella team that had been missing the playoffs for years before the cup run. Then we won the President's Trophy again the next season I think someone needs to look up the term fluke again. He's trolling guys, don't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupisAll Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 how many times have we made a deep run since gillis got here and we were only shot away from a first round elimination on that occasion. so much for the Detroit model he said he would bring here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon4401 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 how many times have we made a deep run since gillis got here and we were only shot away from a first round elimination on that occasion. so much for the Detroit model he said he would bring here. Farthest since 94...how was Burke and Nonis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupisAll Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 watching the ease with which the hawks and bruins score just punctuates how out of touch gillis is with how to build a contender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 This team is not going anywhere until Gillis is fired. Please fire him by the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklehead44 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Gillis has done a great job as GM. Two Presidents Trophies, a cup run, and a playoff appearance every single year. Nonis had 1 playoff team in 3 years. Burke had an incredible team but was a terrible manager when it came to finding the missing pieces. Imagine if Gillis had the team Burke had? All Burke needed to do was get a good goaltender and another second liner, we would have dominated. Yet year after year our goaltending was crap. Gillis has done a fantastic job filling holes and managing the team. The Ballard trade sucked but again at least he was addressing a need (who thought we would actually get Hamhuis?). Edler, Burrows, and Daniel Sedin are killing this team. Proven performers who earned their big salaries. They suck this year, especially Edler and Burrows. If Edler was playing like a top 2 dman and Burrows & Sedin both on pace for 30-40 goals this team would be in a healthy position. Santorelli, Richardson, Garrison, Stanton, Sestito, Kassian, Weise, Dalpe are mostly complimentary players post cup run, and they are all meeting or exceeding expectations. Can't really argue any of those players being "bad moves" save MAYBE Garrison and Kassian but they are really the least of our worries this season. Booth is crappy but we gave up even crappier players to acquire him and at least he isn't sucking on the first line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mispelled Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 How many bold moves were done this season by any teams? none. Fire all gms then. Canucks fan base full of clowns. Best 6 years in Canucks history under Mike Gillis that said, this is quite a bad year, but I don't think he should be let go because of 1 bad season. True, but he is under fire about words he said years ago. (context is worth mention) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hard to make trades with the cap going down this year. He could panic and make a bad trade if he wanted too, can you imagine the whining around here if he did that? I just hope Aqualini doesn't force him to move the future for what looks like another first round exit in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mispelled Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hard to make trades with the cap going down this year. He could panic and make a bad trade if he wanted too, can you imagine the whining around here if he did that? I just hope Aqualini doesn't force him to move the future for what looks like another first round exit in the spring. Forgive the redundancy, but again, "this year" is not the sample size that prompted this thread title. You will find little opposition to newspaper-facts cited here concerning our CURRENT state. The way we got here might be more fun to discuss. Gillis thought bold moves were inorder when he took over a dissapointing team. Defining the word BOLD should be the next thread on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Too many people on this thread don’t understand the game of hockey. Canucks have a bad game and people blame it on the GM, canucks go on a bit of a slump in one month after just setting a franchise record in the previous month and again it’s the GM’s fault some of the players aren’t scoring. Come to think of it. It’s all Gillis’ fault Burrows hasn’t scored this season after putting up great numbers his last 5 seasons, it’s also Gillis’ fault the twins haven’t played like they have in previous years. Honestly what’s going through some people’s minds. A GM’s role is to put the piece in place. He’s done that. It’s up for the players to make it happen. Not to make excuses but there are so many things that makes a team good/bad that are out of the GM’s hands. 2012 Daniel Sedin getting a concussion and only playing in 2 playoff games. We were 1-1 with him in the lineup. We also ran into the hottest team in the NHL that ousted ever team they came up against, it didn’t matter if we played the kings in the first series or the conference finals, no team was beating the Kings that year. 2013 Sharks out PP us like 37-8, no way were winning a series playing shorthanded the entire time. We were about 24 inches from making that series a 1-1 series tie when Hansen missed the empty net. Is it Gillis fault hasn’t panicked and didn’t focus that shot. Series would have been completely different if he hit the net. So in reality what can you blame Gillis for not doing? The under performance of our top players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Sorry guys and gals I locked the wrong thread. My bad. #BadMultitasker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Kenobi Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 if we were healthy our team would've won If Hamhuis were healthy, that would have been enough. Even as it was, Luo nearly stole us a stanley cup. Fond memories of sitting in a bar watching both games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradin-23 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Scotty was a coach And Gillis was a better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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