Former NHL player agent Mike Gillis was introduced Wednesday as the new general manager of the Vancouver Canucks after signing a five-year contract.
He succeeds David Nonis, who was fired April 14 after the Canucks failed to clinch a playoff berth for the second time in the last three seasons.
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My guess is that this will be the first of many changes to come before the upcoming season for DRo's beloved Canucks. As the adage goes, "A new broom sweeps clean" so I'm sure we'll see a coaching change and significant changes to the roster. The question is will Gillis be able to objectively assess Naslund's value (to the team) given that Gillis was at least in part responsible for his bloated current salary?
2 comments:
I think he will keep Alain, but ditch Naslund.
I think there'll be major changes to the offence right away. If they stumble in the first 15 or 20 games I think AV will be gone. He'll be on a pretty short leash. I didn't like the press conference.
As long as AV is back as coach for the start of the year I think this GM will give us a good team.
But, I think Aquilini makes Wang (of the Islanders) seem like the most sane man on earth.
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