Speculation: Canucks next GM: The Hunt is on

[Just A Bit Outside]

I 100% believe this will come to fruition.

Essentially a better speaking DimJim.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

There will 100% be more rough times. Almost the entire roster returns next year. The whole crap blueline (all of them) does.

~$12m for 8 roster spots with motte heading to ufa and Boeser needing a $7.5m QO.

It’s going to be rough for a couple more years yet.

Under better coaching, the hope is that some of the fringe shit players like Pearson, Poolman and Dickinson excel into role players and develop some trade value around the league. The latter 2 I feel are a lost cause but there's always a stupid GM looking to overpay for a veteran guy like Pearson.

 

[PhilMick]

Argh...it was a good 12 hours of celebrating.

Please stay far, far away from Bergevin.

Lol, my return from self imposed exile:

 

[CherryToke]

WTF is with page 3 of this thread making chrome go bonkers..lol anyone else getting that?

 

[RobertKron]

Can't wait till HF Canucks run the next GM out of town and still not blame ownership.

Prediction : Franky will announce that the new hires will have full control of everything, then by the summer, Franky can't stop himself from inserting himself into the hockey operations, and new hires quit.

You’re right. HFCanucks really likes the owners.

 

[WTG]

Thing about Bergevin I like is that he was pretty proactive in moving players he feels he can get an upgrade on.

Problem is he often did not target the right players. Is that a pro-scouting issue? I don’t know. If he comes here I sure hope so. McPhee was also a mixed bag in Washington before he went on to build a dominate Vegas team from scratch. I would argue that McPhee and Bergevin share that they are proactive.

I think it all comes down to pro-scouting when a new GM comes in. Same pro-scouts, same problems.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Argh...it was a good 12 hours of celebrating.

Please stay far, far away from Bergevin.

-Brutal draft record
-Stupid unnecessary minor league deals involving picks as well
-Trading a stud dman for Drouin
-f***ing around Markov and Radulov
-Trading for Merrill, Gustafsson, Staal (who was clearly done)
-Trading for Andrew Shaw

Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don't make. He made far too many moves for "expired" players.

 

[LaP]

In before Petterson is traded for a 34 years old vent center with lidership and kiriktr. Can Messier still play hockey?

 

[Intoewsables]

Not surprising. Aquilini obviously sees him as the guy who just pulled off a miracle run to the SCF and hopes he can do the same here.

 

[vancityluongo]

15 French-speaking NHL general manager candidates | The Province

French speaking or not, this is a terrific list.

With the Sedins connection; JP Barry would be an interesting as hell option.

 

[palefire]

Says a source whose initials are probably M.B.

 

[EpochLink]

Please god no for Marc Bergevin.

 

[Vector]

Don't expect anything shortly. At the very least they'll wait until the new year just to talk to Chayka. Every day, there will be rumours about how the Canucks are "extremely interested in Mellanby", "taking a long look at Tallon", "have had talks with Bergevin", or "kicked the tires with McPhee". It'll be a drip feed. Then suddenly Patrick Roy will be the President & GM with absolutely no real notice.

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Yeah. I don’t expect anything to happen quickly. It’ll likely be by end of season

 

[likash]

Argh...it was a good 12 hours of celebrating.

Please stay far, far away from Bergevin.

Still better than Jimbo

 

[Cheeks Clapinski]

I am on board with Bergevin only if he picks up EP40 as his personal gym buddy

 

[WTG]

Yeah. I don’t expect anything to happen quickly. It’ll likely be by end of season

Really? I think a new GM will be brought in really quickly. The Canucks right now can’t afford to mess around with a important trade deadline coming up. If there is a rift in the locker room right now it’s best not to wait for that to fester any longer. Even if there isn’t, the players might not appreciate that nothing will be done to turn around the ship in the short term.

 

[geebster]

I really hope they dont get Bergevin....like really really hope that's not the guy.

 

[bossram]

I 100% believe this will come to fruition.

Essentially a better speaking DimJim.

I just puked in my mouth.

 

[MS]

Thing about Bergevin I like is that he was pretty proactive in moving players he feels he can get an upgrade on.

Problem is he often did not target the right players. Is that a pro-scouting issue? I don’t know. If he comes here I sure hope so. McPhee was also a mixed bag in Washington before he went on to build a dominate Vegas team from scratch. I would argue that McPhee and Bergevin share that they are proactive.

I think it all comes down to pro-scouting when a new GM comes in. Same pro-scouts, same problems.

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Bergevin was a bad GM in most ways but what kept him afloat was his knack for winning trades that went against consensus opinion.

 

[brock hughes007]

McPhee and Mellenby are my choices.
I'm still pinching myself realizing that after 8 long long years,we are rid of stupidity running this team..

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Finally the Garbage has been taken out in Vancouver! Thank You!

 

[Bettman Returnz]

I am just thankful we won’t have to hear “like, umm, stuff, etc.” no one can top dimjim in that department!

 

[WTG]

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Bergevin was a bad GM in most ways but what kept him afloat was his knack for winning trades that went against consensus opinion.

Mostly focusing on the Sergechev, Dvorak, and Subban trade (Yes I still think that Subban trade was bad).
But I guess you are right, there have been some good deals in there as well. I guess I didn’t really look through his record that hard when I made that post.

 

[StickShift]

I would be 1000% onboard with George McPhee in a presidential role. His time with VGK would be incredibly valuable for the Canucks. Not only does he have experience building a competititive on-ice culture, but he has also experienced building an entire business behind that culture. The Canucks are in the stone age when it comes to marketing, the experience at the games, and their general positioning of the club in the Vancouver market. Someone who would be able to bring the entire operations of the franchise to the modern era would do wonders for the entire business and we the fans would greatly benefit from it.