Posts About "Mike Gillis"
The Floor Falls Out: How Low Can The 2013- 2014 Canucks Go?
March 15th, 2014 The Canucks have been an unmitigated disaster since the turn of the calendar year. Is there anything to be done? Is there any hope left? Or is it time for these Canucks to pack it in, and take a nap till the summer comes. In many professional ice hockey arenas, the ice is concealed on most days beneath a basketball court, which...
Fire Mike Gillis
March 13th, 2014 Many have said it is panic time in Vancouver, due to the Canucks disappointing season which sees them currently four points out of a playoff spot. They would be correct. At the end of the 2012-2013 season, the Canucks were looking at two stud goaltenders in Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo. Now, both are gone and in return they received...
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...
