[Newsbot]

Title: Canucks fire general manager Mike Gillis
Category: Sports
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2014-04-08 14:00:21
Canadian

[N_Fiddledog]

Gillis was never on my personal enemies list, but it was time to do something.

Firing the general manager is what I would have done too, if I was an Aquillini.

[Jabberwalker]

Don't worry. The Leafs will hire him.

[llama66]

Of course we will. Jeez. Thats a no brainer.

[sandorski]

Woohoo.

[Delwin]

I don't think much is going to change until you break those twins up. When your 2 best players are hating on each other, no good can come for it.

I'm thinking the team should go in a totally different direction with this.

[Zipperfish]

Yeah, had to happen.

[QBC]

[Thanos]

Make Tortoro the coach/GM. What could possibly go wrong?

[xerxes]

A good start. Now Tortorella needs to go and the proper rebuilding can begin.

[martin14]

xerxes xerxes:

A good start. Now Tortorella needs to go and the proper rebuilding can begin.

You sound very much like a Leafs fan for the past 40 years.

[Freakinoldguy]

It's a sad day for all the rest of the General Managers in the league. With Gillis gone there's no other General Manager in the league willing to give up elite talent for next to nothing.

As for getting rid of Tortorella, good luck guys. Unless Aquilini wants to eat another 8 million dollars along with the genius' contract, he's gonna get at least one more year. But, the best part is, Gillis, Tortorella, and Luongo are all guaranteed enough money to fuel most third world countries economies for decades.

The Canucks are about to sink back into that mediocrity they made a staple of for 30 years.

[Strutz]

I completely expected this to happen. Glad it did. It was way past due.

I was also thinking that Torts would be toasted but I guess we shall wait and see what the new GM decides to do with that.

[xerxes]

I'll bet Torte is gone after the last. To fire him with 3 games to go would be pretty classless.

And in other news, Trevor Linden was named head of hockey operations today.

[Jabberwalker]

martin14 martin14:

xerxes xerxes:

A good start. Now Tortorella needs to go and the proper rebuilding can begin.

You sound very much like a Leafs fan for the past 40 years.

They're not just fans anymore. "Leafs Nation" is a cult like the Moonies.