Confirmed with Link: Lawrence Gilman, Lorne Henning, Eric Crawford AND Mike Burnstein fired

[Reverend Mayhem]

When Linden first came on in 88 he was a top pick.

But more so he was a "great guy". Personable. Had "leadership". Didnt get into shennanigans. etc etc

Let the young fans think what they think. I know how great Linden is.

 

[Tommy]

So all the competent ones are fired, makes sense.

 

[Seattle Totems]

Love that they pointed out how Linden sounded very pissed with the fans right now.

Well sorry Linden, we're pissed at you guys too.

I am furious with this management group. It is going to be very difficult for me to politely nod when I see Linden in the neighborhood.. I have a feeling the Canucks are monitoring this board now based on some of the comments too. If they are reading this they better believe fans are pissed and have no faith in the direction of this team.

How can they justify giving the axe to these guys while they keep Delorme on? This situation is so ridiculous it is almost comical. This is Kevin Lowe bad.

 

[mdobbs]

Whats the point of racing to the bottom with incompetent management? So we can be the new Oilers?

Whos going rebuild once we hit rock bottom?

If the Canucks become the Oilers then Benning will be fired immediately. Vancouver isn't Edmonton, if we ice a losing hockey team fans will lose interest. Ownership will not like that.

 

[y2kcanucks]

If the Canucks become the Oilers then Benning will be fired immediately. Vancouver isn't Edmonton, if we ice a losing hockey team fans will lose interest. Ownership will not like that.

I hope ownership sells the team.

 

[RudyRudiger]

Can't believe so many are shocked to see Lawrence "NTC" Gilman go. Guy could have penned one of the worst contracts in NHL history in The Luongo contract.

Letting go of Crawford is dumb though. Definitely signals Weisbrodnis taking over the scouting.

Weren't long term contracts a way of spreading the cap hit over many years? I was under the impression this fairly common for "superstar" players during this period. Thereby giving the teams more cap room and opportunities to keep as many quality players as possible. Unless there was some indication that a new CBA would eliminate that loophole I don't see any problem in taking advantage of it when it was in place.

 

[GPNuck]

I hope ownership sells the team.

I hope they sell the team and lose money!

 

[MS]

Weren't long term contracts a way of spreading the cap hit over many years? I was under the impression this fairly common for "superstar" players during this period. Thereby giving the teams more cap room and opportunities to keep as many quality players as possible. Unless there was some indication that a new CBA would eliminate that loophole I don't see any problem in taking advantage of it when it was in place.

The contract wasn't that bad until they changed the rules.

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

My exact first thought.

Unfortunately its happening in my real life with with teenage son the past two months.

Something new every day; sex, pot, alcohol, sneaking friends in at night, sneaking out at night.....

My family and team are falling apart all at the same time.

Something new every day.

HF is your family.
Solid, dependably predictable.

<hugs>

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

I hope ownership sells the team.

Thats about all we can hope for now.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

so the other day i jokingly posted:

trade bieksa, sign beauchemin, waive hamhuis, promote sbisa to head scout, send lidster for mr. kurtz, take bartkowski to arbitration, charge franson with tampering, retire doug wilson's number

more/less unbelievable than trade bieksa; give linden vey a raise; trade kassian + 5th for prust; fire gilman, crawford, and henning?

 

[ugghhh]

I hope ownership sells the team.

This is the only hope.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

maybe this whole thing was a ploy to destroy the team and sell it to oklahoma?

 

[ATypicalCanadian]

"Spinning not winning" as a slogan for the Canucks on 1040.

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

HF is your family.
Solid, dependably predictable.

<hugs>

I love you guys.

(sniff sniff)

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

Let the young fans think what they think. I know how great Linden is.

He was great as a player how ever his last year plus the whole Bure thing makes me really see him in a different light.

As they say dont hate the player. Hate the game.

Linden knows how to play the game.

 

[Powder]

I hope ownership sells the team.

I had an idea about this a while back. Any chance of doing a crowd-funding with HFVan to try and bring in the $900 million + that would be needed to buy the team?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

He was great as a player how ever his last year plus the whole Bure thing makes me really see him in a different light.

As they say dont hate the player. Hate the game.

Linden knows how to play the game.

bure thing?

 

[BloatedGuppy]

I had an idea about this a while back. Any chance of doing a crowd-funding with HFVan to try and bring in the $900 million + that would be needed to buy it?

If we all chipped in we might be able to come up with $900.

 

[PhilMick]

Whats the point of racing to the bottom with incompetent management? So we can be the new Oilers?

Whos going rebuild once we hit rock bottom?

There's going to be an attempt on Bo Horvat's life, from Benning agents (though no one can confirm it), but he will be saved by a kindly new janitor at Rogers, with eye bags and a neck goatee. For the rest of the year he will watch over Bo and provide him with sage advice, and then next year when the Aquilinis clean house, he will cast off his coveralls and reveal that HE WAS MIKE GILLIS ALL ALONG.

 

[mrmyheadhurts]

The moment we lost to the Kings, the window officially shut. While we may not like how the turn over is being handled and there have been numerous head scratching moves, we were always on this path no matter who was in charge.

It's going to get much worse before it starts to get better.

I survived the 80s and late 90s, this is nothing. At least we had a great run for once.

 

[TruGr1t]

Whats the point of racing to the bottom with incompetent management? So we can be the new Oilers?

Whos going rebuild once we hit rock bottom?

Hopefully Benning's general incompetence and the Aquilini's requirement to make the playoffs put the management team on a collision course with a pink slip, and we bring in a real hockey regime right when we hit the bottom.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

The moment we lost to the Kings, the window officially shut. While we may not like how the turn over is being handled and there have been numerous head scratching moves, we were always on this path no matter who was in charge.

It's going to get much worse before it starts to get better.

I survived the 80s and late 90s, this is nothing. At least we had a great run for once.

Agreed, and we're going to go through the process of shedding some bandwagon fans who (whether they're aware of it or not) were weaned on success and don't know how to handle crap years.

I've spent a lot of time on other teams forums for uh...schadenfreude reasons. Just reading. You know who were the most rancorous, the most bitter? Not the Oiler fans of recent years, or the Leafs, or the Flames fans during their long playoff drought. Not San Jose after yet another playoff implosion. Or a team like Columbus mired in perpetual futility.

No it was Colorado Avalanche fans after Minnesota eliminated their star stacked team. The bitterness and bile pouring out of that fanbase was off the scale. Everyone in the organization was scum. The players were heartless, the management was inept, you name it. The fans were spoiled. Doing poorly didn't even register for them. It was like they were cheated of their birthrights.

In a couple of years, when we've spent some time getting kicked around the league and drafting high, the boards should be a lot more chill.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Ignoring whether or not I agree with the firings or not (which I don't), the timing is nine kinds of crazy as well. Seriously, you wait until 2/3 days after both the Draft and Free Agency to turf your Director of Player Personnel? (Crawford?) And the guy that manages your contracts and cap? (Gilman?)

Just...I don't even.

Pure conjecture, but I suspect Gilman has been vocally critical of the decisions being made, given how wonderfully brilliant his cap management was until Benning waltzed and destroyed it all. So that meant he had to go. The idiocy of our management has reached the point of comical. We really are becoming Edmonton; employ only friends and relatives.

 

[mdobbs]

Agreed, and we're going to go through the process of shedding some bandwagon fans who (whether they're aware of it or not) were weaned on success and don't know how to handle crap years.

I've spent a lot of time on other teams forums for uh...schadenfreude reasons. Just reading. You know who were the most rancorous, the most bitter? Not the Oiler fans of recent years, or the Leafs, or the Flames fans during their long playoff drought. Not San Jose after yet another playoff implosion. Or a team like Columbus mired in perpetual futility.

No it was Colorado Avalanche fans after Minnesota eliminated their star stacked team. The bitterness and bile pouring out of that fanbase was off the scale. Everyone in the organization was scum. The players were heartless, the management was inept, you name it. The fans were spoiled. Doing poorly didn't even register for them. It was like they were cheated of their birthrights.

In a couple of years, when we've spent some time getting kicked around the league and drafting high, the boards should be a lot more chill.

It's hard to say we've been spoiled when the Canucks have never won a cup. I would trade 30 years of losing to win once. It might not happen in my lifetime.