Scorpyqc Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Canucks President of Hockey Operations, Trevor Linden announced today that the club has relieved Vice President, Hockey Operations and Assistant General Manager, Laurence Gilman, Assistant General Manager, Lorne Henning and Director, Player Personnel, Eric Crawford of their duties. “On behalf of our entire organization I would like to sincerely thank Laurence, Lorne and Eric for their commitment and dedication to the Vancouver Canucks,” said Trevor Linden. “They have been important members of our staff for a long time and made significant contributions to the success of this team. Further still, they are great people and respected members of the hockey community.” “We have made some difficult decisions to our roster and staff recently after a thorough review of the team,” continued Linden. “These are not easy decisions, nor were they taken lightly. But they’re important as we transition this team and build for the future.” http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Gilman to TO. Calling it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks.brad Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 wow...did not expect that at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Laurence Gilman actually made sense so JB was like let's can him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GODSRAGE Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Jim Benning era begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 This is literally Benning's team now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 "Build for the future" Am i the only one that translates that to rebuild? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCammer Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Clearly all is not good in the Canuck Camp today. This indicates the old regime and new regime aren't on the same page. This is reminding me of some dysfunctional days gone by in this organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lui's Knob Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I have one question - HOW IS DELORME STILL HERE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireGillis Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Could see this coming with gilman at least as he was pretty much phased out last year and you barely heard from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Time Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I'm guessing Benning didn't like Gilman using things like logic, analytics and fancy numbers to measure player performance. Benning prefers intangibles, like how good a player is in a scrum, or whether the play has enough confidence to date a pretty girl as opposed to an ugly girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSacamano Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Always liked Gilman. He'll land somewhere else in no time. I guess it's just part of the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Well that was random. I personally don't care except for Gilman. He's been a financial mastermind for us having a great understanding of the team cap structure all his years. Just afraid JB will go complete bananas with contracts as he doesn't seem to have a grasp of them. Like that Vey and Bartkowski signing, that term and money...it's actually Gilman secretly hinting to us he was still here ...No biggie though. Wonder who the team gets to fill their shoes. Internal guys or from the outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 This didn't just happen today, this was pre-determined some time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 What why get rid of Gilman?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Breaking my silence for a positive post to salute Gilman for his godly contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Shocked about Gilman being let go.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Time Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I wonder what hand Gilman had in the Sbisa and Dorsett signings. I get the feeling he wasn't on board with these signings and JB said "See ya". Here's a fun game. Given what we know about UFA signings yesterday, how much do you think Sbisa would have received on the open market as a UFA? I'm guessing half of what he signed for here and likely less term too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted Zebra Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Anyone else find it concerning they fire their head scout RIGHT after the draft? Not a consensus on Boeser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madness Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 No idea what this new management is doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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