This blog made me lol. Good joke Ian!

You really think Gillis is much better?

Everybody with a brain knew last year the trade market for luongo was poop. The only person who didn't know this was canuck fans and Gillis.

So equating Gillis's hockey knowledge to the same level of fans is not out of line.
- Sheppy99

What did Canucks get for in the Lu trade? I missed that.

What did Canucks get for in the Lu trade? I missed that.
- VANTEL

Nothing, that actually was my point.

This blog made me lol. Good joke Ian!
- ystoil

It is actually the Media (Dreger ) that is causing this sh!tas usual. He is making up the rumours. I just heard him on the radio. Van and Edm will not be trading. Schneider may be going somewhere but not to a division rival.

Nothing, that actually was my point.
- Sheppy99

So we still have a very good goalie. Whats the fiasco about then ?

Can't disagree with this. Gillis' patience(which is really his stuborness) (frank)ed him over and he knows it.
- Nucker101

Yup, Schneider should never have gotten his $4m deal unless Luongo was already on the move.

You really think Gillis is much better?

Everybody with a brain knew last year the trade market for luongo was poop. The only person who didn't know this was canuck fans and Gillis.

So equating Gillis's hockey knowledge to the same level of fans is not out of line.
- Sheppy99

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he's a little smarter than most fans. Again, I think everyone(even non-delusional Canucks fans) will agree that Gillis overplayed his hand on this one and is now paying for it.


However, not being able to trade him and being forced to waive or buying him out could be a blessing in disguise as that way the Canucks won't get (frank)ed over with cap penalties down the road.

It is actually the Media (Dreger ) that is causing this sh!tas usual. He is making up the rumours. I just heard him on the radio. Van and Edm will not be trading. Schneider may be going somewhere but not to a division rival.
- VANTEL

How is Dreger causing poop? He's stating the obvious. If the canucks want a decent prospect and draft pick for a goalie, they should probably try trading the one with value.

Yup, Schneider should never have gotten his $4m deal unless Luongo was already on the move.
- 1970vintage

Didn't help Lu's value when he said he only wants to go to Fla

How is Dreger causing poop? He's stating the obvious. If the canucks want a decent prospect and draft pick for a goalie, they should probably try trading the one with value.
- Sheppy99

Gillis really does laugh at when Dreger makes reports about Canucks. He is as credible as Glenn Healy.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he's a little smarter than most fans. Again, I think everyone(even non-delusional Canucks fans) will agree that Gillis overplayed his hand on this one and is now paying for it.


However, not being able to trade him and being forced to waive or buying him out could be a blessing in disguise as that way the Canucks won't get (frank)ed over with cap penalties down the road.
- Nucker101

Well, not everyone. Yesterday the discussion was that Pietrangelo for Luongo is the 7th best offer on the table.

"Darren Millard even said he heard that peitreangelo may be in play if Lou should be made available for St. Louis to steal from us, however there are currently believed to be 5 or 6 better offers."
- I-own_da-Northwest

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he's a little smarter than most fans. Again, I think everyone(even non-delusional Canucks fans) will agree that Gillis overplayed his hand on this one and is now paying for it.


However, not being able to trade him and being forced to waive or buying him out could be a blessing in disguise as that way the Canucks won't get (frank)ed over with cap penalties down the road.
- Nucker101

Would you pay 24 Mil to a servicable player to tell him to take a hike?

Well, not everyone. Yesterday the discussion was that Pietrangelo for Luongo is the 7th best offer on the table.

"Darren Millard even said he heard that peitreangelo may be in play if Lou should be made available for St. Louis to steal from us, however there are currently believed to be 5 or 6 better offers."
- I-own_da-Northwest
- Michael_Stuart

"Even non-delusional Canucks fans"

Gillis really does laugh at when Dreger makes reports about Canucks. He is as credible as Glenn Healy.
- VANTEL

Gillis laughing at anyone but himself is kind of funny to me..... considering he's the 2nd worst GM in hockey...... (Feaster owning the #1 spot)

"Even non-delusional Canucks fans"
- Nucker101

Would you pay 24 Mil to a servicable player to tell him to take a hike?
- VANTEL

If it meant that my franchise gets to keep a younger, better, cheaper player at the same position and I get relieved of any future cap penalties...yes it's a no-brainer to me.

"Even non-delusional Canucks fans"
- Nucker101

You're actually not that bad for a canuck fan. You're probably the most realistic one I've ever seen.

When you start acting like the rest, I know you're really just trying to stir up poop

He had that injury since junior and to be honest, I'd rather have the shoulders of a 15 year old than the vaginas of a pair of 15 year old twin Swedes.
- Horseguts

Working on that next ban already?? Tempting Micah....

You really think Gillis is much better?

Everybody with a brain knew last year the trade market for luongo was poop. The only person who didn't know this was canuck fans and Gillis.

So equating Gillis's hockey knowledge to the same level of fans is not out of line.
- Sheppy99

What great things has Nonis done with the Leafs? He is Timothy Leiweke's byatch!

What great things has Nonis done with the Leafs? He is Timothy Leiweke's byatch!
- VanHockeyGuy

Not sign a player to a 20 year deal........ I liked that part so far.

Gillis laughing at anyone but himself is kind of funny to me..... considering he's the 2nd worst GM in hockey...... (Feaster owning the #1 spot)
- Sheppy99

And yet the team still sells out and make profits every year and competes for top spot overall in the regular season as compared to a team that makes the playoffs for the first time in nine years.

I think your Canuck hatred is showing.

Didn't help Lu's value when he said he only wants to go to Fla
- VANTEL

Nope, Gillis should have moved Lu immediately after the playoff loss to the Kings when Lu said he wasn't sure if he'd be back next year. To the Panthers for whatever they were willing to give, a bad contract (that expired in a year or two) and a second round pick and a career AHL'er would have been great. Also, I doubt the NHL could apply the cap recapture penalty to the Canucks had they traded him prior to the new rule being implemented.

If it meant that my franchise gets to keep a younger, better, cheaper player at the same position and I get relieved of any future cap penalties...yes it's a no-brainer to me.
- Nucker101

Teams that have won the cup recently have not had that stud overpriced goalie every year. Crawford Halak Howard are three names in the last decade that have done it. I would not be surprised if Eddie Lack in 4 years or so is a cup winner.

And yet the team still sells out and make profits every year and competes for top spot overall in the regular season as compared to a team that makes the playoffs for the first time in nine years.

I think your Canuck hatred is showing.
- VANTEL

All things that were put into place before Gillis got there. You would of had a cup by now with a better GM.

I'm not comparing anything to the leafs. We had a terrible GM that set us back decades. I know what a bad GM can do to a team. This circus that has gone on in vancouver has gone on long enough. This drama is only holding your team back and it should make you question any decisions your GM is faced with other than this debacle.

Nope, Gillis should have moved Lu immediately after the playoff loss to the Kings when Lu said he wasn't sure if he'd be back next year. To the Panthers for whatever they were willing to give, a bad contract (that expired in a year or two) and a second round pick and a career AHL'er would have been great. Also, I doubt the NHL could apply the cap recapture penalty to the Canucks had they traded him prior to the new rule being implemented.
- 1970vintage

That's been confirmed by Bob McKenzie.