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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    this is an awesome vid.

    CANUCKS HEIL!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=GWeCKqM_P1M
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  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    nonis is canned!
    Good. While he had a great plan he had horrible execution of the plan.

    In fours years as GM he did very little to address our scouting and drafting woes. He never mandated that the farm club play a more upb tempo brand of hockey. The farm club is far too interested in winning and not nearly interested enough in churning out talented NHL'ers. He has never proved to have any kind of eye for NHL talent.

    In three years as GM he made one great trade (Luongo), one good free agency signing (Mitchell), and a couple other decent signings (Pyatt and Burrows). He has made many useless trades (Carney, Weinrich), many bad signings (Choiunard, Cowan, Naslund, Isbister, this list could go on). He signed Luongo to too short a contract. He got caught with his pants down when trying to resign Kesler and had to pay substantially more than he wanted to. He did nothing to address our lack of offence all year and going back to the trade deadline of 2007. He did nothing to help out the team when we had all those defencemen hurt, he easily could have traded a pick for a depth defenceman and then flipped the same d-man for a pick at the trade deadline or when our defence got healthy. He managed to downgrade at back up goalie and played our star into the ground this year.

    Nice guy, good plan, horrible execution. He deserved to get fired.
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    really sad to hear about Bourdon today.

    RIP LUC
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,180
    restlesssoul wrote:
    really sad to hear about Bourdon today.

    RIP LUC


    Very sad indeed ….so young and so much potential! :( …..peace and condolences to the family and friends of Luc
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    restlesssoul wrote:
    really sad to hear about Bourdon today.

    RIP LUC


    indeed, pretty sad.

    so young and so full of potential.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Rest In Peace
    NERDS!
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    this is soooo sad... i didnt find out till i was reading everyones statuses....

    he was only a year older than me!
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    i was actually down at the memorial at GM Place for Bourdon yesterday and CTV news interviewed me for about a minute, anyways they used like one line of what i said, if youre interested in watching it its here

    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/ on the right hand side just watch the video titled "Grief over Canucks players death"
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  • kenshunt
    kenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    i was really upset, i just can't believe stuff man he was 21
    London 2005
    Toronto 2011 night 2
    Hamilton 2011
    London 2013
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    we are fucked
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  • rockpants
    rockpants BC Posts: 838
    I have adopted the US Homeland Security Colour-coded Alert system for Mike Gillis, although instead of jumping from one colour to the next, it's more of a gradient, blended thing. I have the Gillis Alert System still in the Yellow section, but it's nearly in Orange. Don't want to be overdramatic (ie/ "Tanking for Tavares" theorists) but certainly can't dismiss the all-talk, no-action of this current GM's rule.

    I like the Hordichuk and Johnson signings, though.
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    restlesssoul wrote:
    we are fucked


    next few seasons we wont be bad enough for a top 5 pick b/c of Lou but wont be good enough to make the playoffs, smells an awful lot like Maple Leaf Mediocrity Disease to me.
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Good-bye Naslund . . .
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • kenshunt
    kenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    next few seasons we wont be bad enough for a top 5 pick b/c of Lou but wont be good enough to make the playoffs, smells an awful lot like Maple Leaf Mediocrity Disease to me.
    Wellwood will rip it up :p
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    Toronto 2011 night 2
    Hamilton 2011
    London 2013
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    kenshunt wrote:
    Wellwood will rip it up :p


    from what ive heard from leafs fans hes lazy, injury prone because hes in bad shape all the time, bad in his own zone and juts a plain bad guy for the room. Hopefully they think AV can whip him into shape.

    MG is looking awful similar to DN, no activity to bring in scoring, letting our FA's walk and signing and claiming reclamation projects.
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    from what ive heard from leafs fans hes lazy, injury prone because hes in bad shape all the time, bad in his own zone and juts a plain bad guy for the room. Hopefully they think AV can whip him into shape.

    MG is looking awful similar to DN, no activity to bring in scoring, letting our FA's walk and signing and claiming reclamation projects.
    Maybe it was just a simple lack of motivation...you know, like "Oh man, I can't believe I play for the Toronto Maple Leafs! This sucks!"
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,180
    rockpants wrote:
    I have adopted the US Homeland Security Colour-coded Alert system for Mike Gillis, although instead of jumping from one colour to the next, it's more of a gradient, blended thing. I have the Gillis Alert System still in the Yellow section, but it's nearly in Orange. Don't want to be overdramatic (ie/ "Tanking for Tavares" theorists) but certainly can't dismiss the all-talk, no-action of this current GM's rule.

    I like the Hordichuk and Johnson signings, though.



    No with Gillis the alert should be red! ....even if you wanted to strip down and rebuild why would you keep Bobby Lou??? .....he is going to keep you away from a top three pick and is more than likely going to walk at the end of the 09 / 10 season when his contract is up. You could have had maximum value for him now. I believe you could have worked out a deal with Tampa moving Luongo for the Stamkos pick. Tampa is only an elite goalie away from being a legit cup countender.

    You would still achieve the desired result of the team sucking but now you would have Stamkos and a real shot at Tevaris. Can you say Penguin West in a couple of years!!!
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Hawkshore wrote:
    Can you say Penguin West in a couple of years!!!
    Won't that just get you second place?
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,180
    Rygar wrote:
    Won't that just get you second place?


    Hey I would gladly trade places with them any day! Mind you those three consecutive years of last place finishes (?) and almost losing your team couldn’t have been a lot of fun!

    Besides I don't think we have heard the last of Crosby, Malkin, Fluery, and if they can sign him next year Staal and co! ;)
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Rygar wrote:
    Maybe it was just a simple lack of motivation...you know, like "Oh man, I can't believe I play for the Toronto Maple Leafs! This sucks!"


    haha .. add that to the rumored country club type of locker room in T.O and you've got a recipe for disaster.
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