We (I) just did not see the plan. MG seemed like a pompus prick. He has been lucky, smart, & ...like everyone else has pointed out that no other GM the Canucks have had....an actual care about the players needs & the patience.....man is MG patience.Blob Mckenzie wrote:Funny how all of the Nonis apologists who were so devastated when that fat pile of shit got fired have now scattered to their holes or changed their tune. I got a kick out of all of the whining and crying when Gillis got hired and that Nonis got a raw deal.
If Big Dave had still been running things we would likely still have Morrison, would have probably traded our 1st round pick( this was rumored by Nonis's media puppet..........bye bye Cody Hodgson) for Cammalerri, signed Brunnstrom and would likely not have dealt for Bernier and O'Brien. Cowan would likely be our tough guy and Davison and Hordichuk would likely have signed elsewhere. Krapjeck would likely still be coughing up the puck and getting worked over in front of his own net. Nonis didn't like having a big, tough team so the Canucks would still be getting bounced around the rink like they did in the three previous seasons. Obviously it is impossible to predict all of this but I think we can all agree that this team would definitley not have the toughness and size it currently posesses.
The firing of Dave Nonis is the biggest reason for this team's turnaround.
I thought we were going to start all over again. I had missed that MG has been very close to the NHLPA for a long time & knows the players very well. He has filled spots that I was begging DN to fill....size & toughness....anyhooo
I like what MG has done....now that Sundin has signed....that was the big fish...& he landed him.....he has done what I thought would take at 2 years in 1 year.
Now Blob, to call Nonis a fat pile of shit.....your name is Blob......do you own a mirror? Nonis did get a raw deal but it was to clean out the old & bring in the Aquaman team.
To speculate what Nonis would or would not have done is not smart. Its fun though. Nonis is the reason Edler & or Kesler & or Schenider is/are still on the team.
You say Hodgson when you might say Beach
You say The firing of Dave Nonis is the biggest reason for this team's turnaround....Nonis IMO did not have the confidence of Aquaman....you are right.....it was the best thing to get rid of a GM with no power...that fat piece of shit