Mike Gillis Fired

[Rebel_1812]

Is anyone really surprised here? This should have happened like 2-3 years ago..

3 years ago they got to game 7 of the Cup final and the Luongo/Schneider issue was very much in its infancy. As much as Gillis has been a great punchline, there was absolutely no reason to pull the trigger on him before last summer. It's really what he's done in the last 12/15 months that cost him his job.

It seems longer since he's been bungling up that Canuck team. The writing's been on the wall nonetheless for a while.

Yeah, he didn't really improve the team nonis put in place.

You mean Burke right?

Did Burke trade for luongo?

 

[hockeyfan1]

Next Vancouver GM could be Trevor Linden with Bob Nicholson as team President...

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/nicholson-talking-to-canucks-linden-could-be-gm/

 

[Coco-puffs]

Next Vancouver GM could be Trevor Linden with Bob Nicholson as team President...

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/nicholson-talking-to-canucks-linden-could-be-gm/

That article is from yesterday.  Today Linden was name President but NOT GM.  He will oversee the hiring of someone to fill the GM position.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Next Vancouver GM could be Trevor Linden with Bob Nicholson as team President...

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/nicholson-talking-to-canucks-linden-could-be-gm/

That article is from yesterday.  Today Linden was name President but NOT GM.  He willoversee the hiring of someone to fill the GM position.

Many expected Linden, a Vancouver favourite, to have taken the job as the GM. 

 

[Rebel_1812]

I'm glad to see Gillis go.  He was a little too smug and cocky for his own good.

 

[hockeyfan1]

TSN's Darren Dreger reports that Jim Benning is expected so be named as Vancouver's new GM.

Benning has been working as an amateur scout in his post-playing career.  He was a former Maple Leaf, dratted sixth in 1981 and having spent 6 seasons with the Blue and White.  He later played for Vancouver for 4 seasons before turning to
scouting.

Source:  NHL.com