missioncanucksfan Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Been hearing alot of chatter on a few GM's being handed their walking papers at this season's end. David Poile- Original and longest tenured GM with Preds. Nashville is a team that is as stale as bread and rumoured to have both Trotz and Poile being shuffled out for the sake of change. I believe this guy wint be out of a job long. He has a long record of great drafting, but when it comes time for paydays, ownership clams up thus having to watch his star players walking year after year. Dale Tallon- Another stellar GM. I STILL credit him for setting Chicago up for many years when they were dead last and crickets in the stands. Ya, he made a few questionable free agent signings in his first and second year as GM in Florida but other than the land of sunshine, hot latinas and cigar boats, its hard to attract top free agents. Cant argue his draft choices tho. Those are the top 2 I would drool over to replace Gillis....both with historic ties to Vancouver and both with legitimate GM experience other names I hear of for various reasons are Sather Rutherford both likely to retirement or staying on as executive management. Cheveldayoff McPhee MacTavish Snow Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spur1 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Gillis is going nowhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Fivehole0 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I would not be against Dave Talon or Markus Naslund as GM.Not sure of the chances of getting Naslund though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Gillis is going nowhere My thought exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I am thinking there is some connection Poile family has to Vancouver. Maybe someone knows. The only other GM that I would consider is McPhee and of course he has history with the Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Been hearing alot of chatter on a few GM's being handed their walking papers at this season's end.David Poile- Original and longest tenured GM with Preds. Nashville is a team that is as stale as bread and rumoured to have both Trotz and Poile being shuffled out for the sake of change. I believe this guy wint be out of a job long. He has a long record of great drafting, but when it comes time for paydays, ownership clams up thus having to watch his star players walking year after year.Dale Tallon- Another stellar GM. I STILL credit him for setting Chicago up for many years when they were dead last and crickets in the stands. Ya, he made a few questionable free agent signings in his first and second year as GM in Florida but other than the land of sunshine, hot latinas and cigar boats, its hard to attract top free agents. Cant argue his draft choices tho.Those are the top 2 I would drool over to replace Gillis....both with historic ties to Vancouver and both with legitimate GM experienceother names I hear of for various reasons areSatherRutherfordboth likely to retirement or staying on as executive management.CheveldayoffMcPheeMacTavishSnowThoughts?I think Jason Botterill, out of Pittsburgh, is a strong candidate. The best GM's almost universally served as an asst GM before getting a GM job. Plus he's learned from a great GM in Shero.do you seriously think Tallon is getting fired? That's not happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 i believe the aquilinni's will give gillis the summer to right the ship, especially if they have had a say in the luongo deal last year, and more of the decisions that gillis is getting blamed for...only they know that....i don't think any of us are privy to that info.... i'm saying that not all fans are calling for his head.....yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Why not Tallon, we traded half the team with/to Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Gillis is going nowhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Snow, McPhee are on your list? Snow for his overall mess he made of the Islanders and the cherry on the cake fiasco with Vanek and the Guy who traded Forsberg for Erat? You would consider these two?I think Cheveldayoff has one more year, to give Maurice a chance to turn it around in 1 full year, otherwise I think he's gone next summer if they don't make the palyoff.Didn't someone started a thread saying Rutherford was about to re-sign in Carolina? Anyway I wouldn't want him, except for the cinderella season, hasn't done much in Carolina.Wouldnt mind Poile, but same philosophy as Gillis...it's a process. Anyway like many said Gillis going no where this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 David Poile's father, Bud, was the Canucks first GM .. so there is history, but I want none of these guys mentioned, including Naslund .. Gillis is in the process of righting the ship .. everyone knows that a 'process' takes time, well everyone other than the 'instant gratification' crowd,it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Whoever is assistant GM at Boston or St. Louis. Cherry pick either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I'd take Tallon or Poile in a second. A great big NO to any of the other names you've mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I much rather have Gillis than Glen Sather... Wouldn't even consider Sather as a GM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I'd take Poile and Tallon over MG anyday. And that is not a knock on MG. That being said, I don't see either of them leaving where they are for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 What will likely happen is Gillis will either remain the GM or will shift solely to the President role; with the addition and/or promotion of a new GM. Anyone with ties to the organizations past is a plus. I don't like what Pollie has done in NAS though but to be fair... they don't have much elite offensive talent outside their D. Guess will see. Tallon won't be moved though especially with new ownership in FLA. They will want to milk Tallon and give him the tools to be successful. His recent results are what you get with limited cap space and poor off season Free agencies. I'm not sold on Gilman and I don't think having your old boss whispering ur in your ear every minute is going to help us. If we are to add someone new we need someone fresh with a different variety of ideas. Obviously Gillis would be involved but having someone new would give us a new perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Only on CDC can someone turn a thread about possible GMs being fired/retiring into Canucks Talk and how to replace Gillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asian player Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I think Gillis should stay but I like Trotz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Poile would be great here On a team with no cap restraints hes great at drafting and trades as well i think hes one of the top five gms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Poile would be great here On a team with no cap restraints hes great at drafting and trades as well i think hes one of the top five gms I'm not to familiar with Poile's work but he had major cap restraints that might explain. Not to mention NAS isn't the most desirable hockey location. Where does everyone else rank Pollie's GM skill? top 10? top 5? lower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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