Posts About "Mike Gillis"
Vancouver Canucks: The Worst Team in the NHL
March 10th, 2014 The Vancouver Canucks are a mess right now. An absolute mess. Their trade deadline was an unmitigated disaster and questions arose about who is even running the show in Vancouver. Arguably the top prize in this year's trade deadline was Canucks sniper Ryan Kesler. The Pittsburgh Penguins were all in on Kesler until the team had...
Trying to Make Sense of the (Lack of a) Ryan Kesler Deal
March 6th, 2014 What ownership wants, ownership will get. I'm of course referring to the ownership of the Vancouver Canucks. Who on Wednesday, as one writer said "put the kibosh on any deal involving Ryan Kesler." So this wasn't Mike Gillis' fault, supposedly; potentially losing a trade ally in Ray Shero and the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was...
Canucks Corner - The Final Edition
March 5th, 2014 Not even on the final day of the NHL Trade Deadline, there has been a major near-finality to the Vancouver Canucks' freefall. From the 2011 Stanley Cup debacle, to lousy management finally dropping the ball on the long-awaited departure of Vancouver's best ever goaltender, it's very certain now that Vancouver, the team & its fans...
Sooner Than Later: The State Of The Canucks' Cupboard (Part 2)
February 26th, 2014 We continue our look at the second half of the Mike Gillis era in Vancouver. For part one click here. As a team that has been by all measures successful during their time under the current general manager’s thumb, the Vancouver Canucks have gone from back to back Presidents Trophies to back-to-back first round exits, a...
Can the Canucks Survive the Next Week?
February 26th, 2014 If it seems like a long time since the Vancouver Canucks have won a game, its because it has been. With the Sochi Olmypic break, the Canucks seven-game losing streak has somehow stretched to a month long. Now that the NHL is back, can the Canucks save their season? The next four games just may determine that,...
Sooner Than Later: The State Of The Canucks' Cupboard
February 25th, 2014 With the Canucks season on the brinks, is it time to dig deep in the franchise’s pockets for a solution? Has Mike Gillis provided that answer over his tenure? Or are the Canucks looking in the wrong places? Much attention throughout the season, and especially during the most recent skid, has been on the Canucks...
