Speculation: The Team Presidency Discussion Thread

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Ed Willis saying the Canucks might consider hiring Gillis again

Until the shill Ian Macintyre says it I won’t believe it

 

[Zombotron]

There are other names out there. Ralph Krueger, the former Oilers’ coach most recently of Southampton in the Premiership, is an intriguing candidate. The Gillis regime tried to hire him a few years back and he represents the kind of analytical, outside-the-box thinker Gillis represented to the Aquilinis a decade ago.

Then there’s Gillis. The Canucks’ former GM and president is a candidate for the vacant job in Edmonton, how serious depends on who you talk to.

It’s also not out of the realm of possibility that Aquilini circles back and considers rehiring Gillis. That one is highly improbable. But it’s not impossible.

 

[tantalum]

Until the shill Ian Macintyre says it I won’t believe it

Macintyre is a Benning shill...I don’t get the impression he’s an ownership shill.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Ed Willis saying the Canucks might consider hiring Gillis again

Dont you dare get my hopes up

 

[clunk]

Ed Willis saying the Canucks might consider hiring Gillis again

Please please please.

 

[Verviticus]

id have to seriously rewire my opinions of aquaman if he re-hired gillis

 

[dellzor]

Ed Willis saying the Canucks might consider hiring Gillis again

WHERE IS THIS

Nvm, found the article doesn't really much it's moreso a guess.

Ed Willes: Who would be perfect as Canucks’ president? And why would he want job?

"It’s also not out of the realm of possibility that Aquilini circles back and considers rehiring Gillis. That one is highly improbable. But it’s not impossible."

 

[PuckMunchkin]

id have to seriously rewire my opinions of aquaman if he re-hired gillis

This would be some Shyamalan level paradigm shift if true.

I would have INFINITE respect for Aqua for owning up to a mistake like that.

Wont happen tho.

 

[dellzor]

I'll f***ing nut if he re-hires Gillis, and I'll buy a new jersey.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Yeah doesn't seem like a realistic possibility that Gillis is re-hired, but I'd welcome it.
I think either one of Aquilini and/or Gillis has too big of an ego to go back again. I also think Gillis' model is based more on patience and development, and Aqua might still low-key want a quick turnaround for playoffs.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

I would laugh so long and loud if Aquaman rehired Gillis. I'd even unignore RMB and the rest of astroturf brigade just to see their reactions. It'd be priceless.

Oh, and it would also be a huge upgrade in management.

 

[Hit the post]

About as hilarious when Harold Ballard fired Roger Neilson without a candidate to replace him, then asked him to return behind the bench wearing a paper bag no less.

 

[clunk]

I would laugh so long and loud if Aquaman rehired Gillis. I'd even unignore RMB and the rest of astroturf brigade just to see their reactions. It'd be priceless.

Oh, and it would also be a huge upgrade in management.

Seeing the 'But Gillis' posters scrambling would definitely be priceless. There are a few that I would be surprised if they showed their faces in here again if it happened.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Pass on Gillis.

I'd rather not have a prospect pool full of jordan Schroeder, Alexander mallet , adam polasek, joe labate, Ludwig blomstrand, alex friesen and yann sauve

 

[Pavel96]

Until the shill Ian Macintyre says it I won’t believe it

His is such a shill. Worthless reading his articles or listening to his half time spots.

 

[Addison Rae]

Pass on Gillis.

I'd rather not have a prospect pool full of jordan Schroeder, Alexander mallet , adam polasek, joe labate, Ludwig blomstrand, alex friesen and yann sauve

Yeah you’re right who wants to be in the cup finals when you can have a grEat ProSpect PooL.

 

[TurboLemon]

Hearing how Gillis worked so hard with all aspects of player development even to the point of trying to customize an airplane haul with oxygen tanks for player recovery and rest made me an even bigger fan. In the salary cap era, spending to the cap and rating everyone's value accordingly is a big piece. There are 31 teams all looking for undervalued contracts. Not everyone signed and drafted will be a home run.

The extra mile would be what you can spend around the cap, management, scouting, player development, rest and recovery. Increase the odds of a draft pick panning out. Decrease the odds that a player will be out for a significant amount of time due to fatigue. Decrease the odds of getting into cap hell with bad contracts.

 

[Pavel96]

Hearing how Gillis worked so hard with all aspects of player development even to the point of trying to customize an airplane haul with oxygen tanks for player recovery and rest made me an even bigger fan. In the salary cap era, spending to the cap and rating everyone's value accordingly is a big piece. There are 31 teams all looking for undervalued contracts. Not everyone signed and drafted will be a home run.

The extra mile would be what you can spend around the cap, management, scouting, player development, rest and recovery. Increase the odds of a draft pick panning out. Decrease the odds that a player will be out for a significant amount of time due to fatigue. Decrease the odds of getting into cap hell with bad contracts.

Wonder how that all would mesh with the current GM who thinks that analytics and stats are "like vitamins".

 

[Zombotron]

My scouting prowess and Good Old Boy intuition are the meat and potatoes and the data is just vitamins

 

[Scorvat]

Pass on Gillis.

I'd rather not have a prospect pool full of jordan Schroeder, Alexander mallet , adam polasek, joe labate, Ludwig blomstrand, alex friesen and yann sauve

Post is bait, but I can't resist

I'd rather continuously miss the playoffs, but not pick high. I'd rather have no extra draft picks in rebuilding years. I'd rather have my Canada day ruined every year with a stupid veteran signings. I'd rather have us continue to bleed assets for trash. I'd rather have us continue to play trash like Granlund, Beagle, Megna, Poo, Guds, Larsen, Motte, MDZ, Leipsic, Sutter, Neilson etc. then have smart 1 year veteran signings. I'd rather have a FO that has messed up 50% of their top ten picks, yet still get proclaimed to be draft gurus. I'd rather have our AHL team be treated like a circus instead of a place to build depth and develop players. I'd rather have every trade deadline be botched . I'd rather have our FO be in communication with the NHL for basic cap rules. I'd rather have a GM that is not able to articulate a few sentences together, who's go to phrases on most of his players are "rip the puck", "walk the blueline ", and "a player you can win with".

Gillis is too stubborn and arrogant to make brilliant moves such as these, would not hire 0/10

 

[Melvin]

Post is bait, but I can't resist10

I really wish you people would.

 

[The Drop]

He wrote in there that Gillis tried to hire Krueger before. Interesting.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Pass on Gillis.

I'd rather not have a prospect pool full of jordan Schroeder, Alexander mallet , adam polasek, joe labate, Ludwig blomstrand, alex friesen and yann sauve

Yeah, it's so much better with Olli Juolevi, Virtanen, Gadjovic, Lind, Zhukenov, Jasek, Carl Neill...Rodrigo Albols...Mack Stewart...but we actually might have a good team on the ice, though. Don't know if you were aware of this, but the Canucks were actually a good team when Gillis was here.

*edit* Yeah, DownGoesMcdavid went dead the day this account took off, right? Shocker.

 

[I in the Eye]

5 years too late to make Gillis President... but, money talks, and if there are only a couple options near the West Coast Gillis would be most interested in... and if Seattle / Edmonton go with someone else, maybe possible. I'm sure Gillis feels like unfinished business here. Gillis would need Aquilini to agree to stay out of the day-to-day... And Aquilini would need to swallow some ego. However, it could be sold to the marketplace that Gillis needed time away, and Gillis has spent 5 years in Tibet reflecting, learning, and growing. Unlikely everything falls into place for it to be, but I'd love it to happen.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Pass on Gillis.

I'd rather not have a prospect pool full of jordan Schroeder, Alexander mallet , adam polasek, joe labate, Ludwig blomstrand, alex friesen and yann sauve

He hired Brackett. So yeah, screw Boeser, Hughes, Gaudette, Madden, Rathbone, Lockwood, etc. He was also way better with free agency signings (Hamhuis, Tanev, Malhotra, Sundin, Demitra, Samuelsson, Torres, Lack...and even minor moves like Weise, Bitz, Santorelli, Richardson, Weber, Johnson, Wellwood, etc. were defensible) and contract extensions (Sedins, Kesler, Burrows, Salo, Edler, Hansen, etc.).