oldnews Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Happy 44th birthday. Thanked and spoke about the mentorship and leadership that Pat Quinn provided. "Don't like to characterize things as retool or rebuild.....It's a puzzle....I don't have a crystal ball...What that looks like, I don't know, but definitely an exciting fun brand of hockey, we want to bring back." "Doug Wilson was everything I wanted to be when I grew up, if you will." "I think that there's a few reasons why there's been a bit of a malaise over the team.....Most importantly, the word "up tempo", for me that's always been a part of the game, and that will be part of our process and our program next year. We hope that we can supplement our core players with some young players." "Drafting is an inexact science... [Even] Detroit passed over him [Datsyuk] five times before picking him in the 6th round.....That's an area that will be my #1 focus. Because that is the lifeline of the organization. Without drafting well and bringing prospects in...you have no chance." GM: "It's best candidate available, no question. Unlikely that it would be someone I'm real familiar with." "I like some of the pieces, I like some of the prospects.....We're not going to make a change just to say we made a change. It's got to be the right change, it's got to be for the right reasons... it's got to be for the right pieces. Making a change because people want it or thye expect it is not going to be the way we are going to do things." "I think we can be competitive next year, in fact I know we can. I think we'll have a really good opportunity to be in the tournament...." "Get some excitement back in the game." "Next week is going to be assessing, talking to players, talking to coaches.....Is going to be really important to the direction this organization goes. There are some good people in that dressing room....Looking forward to talking to them and delving into all kinds of issues...Critical path for me is always what drives me....The download next week that I'm going to get from players and coaches." "I think ultimately people want to feel connected to their team.....We want to create this culture." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted Zebra Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 So count Naslund out as GM. Funny how he said count out anyone close to him. Wonder if that means Gilman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 So count Naslund out as GM. Funny how he said count out anyone close to him. Wonder if that means Gilman Doubt he'd know Gilman too well as he'd distanced himself significantly from the previous regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 So count Naslund out as GM. Funny how he said count out anyone close to him. Wonder if that means Gilman Not necessarily. He said that it could be someone that he played with but that might have been a long time ago. Just not someone he is real familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaK Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Not necessarily. He said that it could be someone that he played with but that might have been a long time ago. Just not someone he is real familiar with. Jim Benning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Jim Benning Let us hope .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Not necessarily. He said that it could be someone that he played with but that might have been a long time ago. Just not someone he is real familiar with. you'd probably be pretty familiar with someone you were friends and teammates with for the better part of 9 seasons. (95/96 - 97/98, 01/02 - 07/08). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misconduct16 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I'd still love to see Hextall come in as GM and have him hire Stevens as a coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 JImmy B! I hope Trev brings in someone who is well respected around the league. Stoked for him to focus on drafting, we will need that to be successful more than ever over the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 The fact that he recognizes how important drafting is, put him in solid in my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerines Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Where did everyone hear that Jim Benning might be interested in being Gm for this team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmon Arm Canuck Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I watched and listened to the entire interview. He never said these things directly, but if I was to get a sense from him or read "in between the lines", I read three things: 1) At least when Edler was a rookie, Linden was really impressed with him. Will he stay or go? I think he's staying until management is convinced he cannot advance anymore as a player; 2) Jim Benning is on his candidate list and he won't commit to anyone else until he has a chance to at least ask him if he would be interested in the GM's job; and 3) Torts is one and done in Vancouver and it will be based on exit meetings with players and his thoughts on how things unfolded, especially this year. That's my take. Flame away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stork Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Imagine if Linden hires Feaster CDC would go berserk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Above all else, thank goodness Trevor will be bringing poutine to Rogers Arena in time for next season. One of MG's biggest blunders by far was not introducing poutine earlier. I mean, what a travesty. No wonder the fans turned on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterHorvatBure Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Drafting is his #1 priority? I'm all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterHorvatBure Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I watched and listened to the entire interview. He never said these things directly, but if I was to get a sense from him or read "in between the lines", I read three things: 1) At least when Edler was a rookie, Linden was really impressed with him. Will he stay or go? I think he's staying until management is convinced he cannot advance anymore as a player; 2) Jim Benning is on his candidate list and he won't commit to anyone else until he has a chance to at least ask him if he would be interested in the GM's job; and 3) Torts is one and done in Vancouver and it will be based on exit meetings with players and his thoughts on how things unfolded, especially this year. That's my take. Flame away. Illuminati, all through your body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stork Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Which poutine will taste better McDonalds or Rogers Arena's poutine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fandango Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I'd still love to see Hextall come in as GM and have him hire Stevens as a coachDoes Scott Stevens have any coaching background?edit: or is it even Scott Stevens you were referring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Where did everyone hear that Jim Benning might be interested in being Gm for this team? Because as an assistant GM you want to shape your own team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I hope Trev makes the first move by getting rid of Torterella...and let the new GM find the coach....as for the GM...that anyones guess. Maybe Pat Quinn would work on an interim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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