I was pretty vocal in my concern based on the style of his teams' play. It's outdated and one-dimensional. A few people thought I was being too harsh. I'm not putting all this crap on his doorstep, but he has certainly played his part in this Shakespearean tragedy.
- AlexF

Well said, a Shakespearean tragedy is spot on - ladies and gentleman, introducing Mike "Macbeth" Gillis at your services

Holy sh!t! I thought losing to the Leafs was bad.
- duxcup07

He had high scoring teams in TB as well,but overall I agree with you and thought it was a strange fit. I still fully believe that FA pushed for him more so than Gillis. Gillis is all about puck possession(though the Cam Barker signing confused me until this very day ).
- Nucker101

A meddling owner = neutered team (nice visual, I know)

which religion is Buddha again? Asian?
- Sheppy99

Buddhist practice pretty widely

Mostly, yes. Founded in India I believe, but a lot of Asian countries have a large Buddhist population.
- Nucker101

Hate to be that guy but technically Indians are Asians.

Fu(k You Gillis.

You're gonna ruin Lack, he should not be a starter.

I could go on, but you all know the problems.
- moondawg

So why didn't MG pick up a cheap veteran back up goalie at the TDL, especially of torts doesn't feel 35 is ready.

Hate to be that guy but technically Indians are Asians.
- Yeti1181

I know, but people these days basically associate "Asians" with China, Japan, Vietnam, etc.

So why didn't MG pick up a cheap veteran back up goalie at the TDL, especially of torts doesn't feel 35 is ready.
- Chest Rockwell

He wants a nice high pick

He had high scoring teams in TB as well,but overall I agree with you and thought it was a strange fit. I still fully believe that FA pushed for him more so than Gillis. Gillis is all about puck possession(though the Cam Barker signing confused me until this very day ).
- Nucker101

Playing in the Southeast; think about the calibre of the Northwest division when we had our high scoring team. Different coaches, I know. But it's pretty easy to have a high scoring team when you play in a cupcake division.

I know, but people these days basically associate "Asians" with China, Japan, Vietnam, etc.
- Nucker101

Mostly, yes. Founded in India I believe, but a lot of Asian countries have a large Buddhist population.
- Nucker101

definitely not india

Uk people call india asian, otherwise the rest of the world mean china/south pacific

WE LOST 7-4?!?!?!?!?

Did I doze off & wake up in a parallel universe? It was 3-0 after 2 when I started watching "Mud" (dope movie btw)... WTF happened

Attaboy Aquilini, you dopey panty-sniffing sh!t stain

#SellTheTeam
#FireGillis
#FireTorts
#FireSullivan

Haha that's cute. CBC isn't in the ratings game, just push Toronto games out for the hell of it. Idiot
- SameOld

Screw off troll...

definitely not india

Uk people call india asian, otherwise the rest of the world mean china/south pacific
- numbear

Wrong. there's a lot of Buddhists in India and in Sri Lanka. Also, people from India are considered Asian in more places than just the UK... it might be people in Canada who don't clue in

Buddhist practice pretty widely
- Yeti1181

Is that a fat joke?

Enjoy your ban.

Edler is 840/841 in league +/-...how much would it cost to get Luongo back?

I really hope that ownership does the right thing and stays the course with Gillis. The team, fans and city deserve it. A s@#t match made in heaven.

2 no.1 goalies for Horvat, Markstrom and Mattias = a brilliant GM. Add to that the signing of side show Bob as the HC. The team is in great hands.

I really hope that ownership does the right thing and stays the course with Gillis. The team, fans and city deserve it. A s@#t match made in heaven.

2 no.1 goalies for Horvat, Markstrom and Mattias = a brilliant GM. Add to that the signing of side show Bob as the HC. The team is in great hands.
- Flats

Be that as it may, you don't adopt the polar opposite system. This isn't Nashville's forward core. Based on the games I've watched of his in NY I'm more inclined to think he only knows how to coach one system.
- AlexF

he squeezed every drop of blood he could from rocks in Tampa and NY. he's a really good coach in general. but what's happened in Vancouver is the perfect storm. bad fit for the personnel, the decline of the Sedins and Burrows, injuries and now possibly the worst goaltending situation in the NHL. Vancouver needs to clean house, Gillis and Torts. but mostly Gillis.

I really hope that ownership does the right thing and stays the course with Gillis. The team, fans and city deserve it. A s@#t match made in heaven.

2 no.1 goalies for Horvat, Markstrom and Mattias = a brilliant GM. Add to that the signing of side show Bob as the HC. The team is in great hands.
- Flats

jesus...

Eddie 7ack for Kadri, Gardiner, Leafs #1 in 2015...

Add to that this great GM sends a letter out to fans - before the season is over outlining his brilliant rebuild plan. Which includes and I quote -

"We’ve added a big, strong 6’4″ centre in Shawn Matthias, who is excited to be here and will help this team now". Who also has never scored more than 24pts in a season. Wow.

The sad/funny thing is the crazy Nuck fans are buying it all - hook, line and sinker.

he squeezed every drop of blood he could from rocks in Tampa and NY. he's a really good coach in general. but what's happened in Vancouver is the perfect storm. bad fit for the personnel, the decline of the Sedins and Burrows, injuries and now possibly the worst goaltending situation in the NHL. Vancouver needs to clean house, Gillis and Torts. but mostly Gillis.
- DoubleDown

Firing Gillis doesn't take care of anything if ownership is creating the problems to begin with. If ownership authorized the exact same deal to be made last year at the deadline (as many reports indicate), Vancouver would still have Schneider.

FA needs to check his ego at the door, stop throwing other people under the bus and take ownership for his own mistakes including the original Lou contract and captaincy.

While I wasn't sold on Torts from the get go and I'm still not a huge Gillis fan (especially with his trade history), I'm not entirely sure a new GM and coach will change much. I doubt ownership makes a coaching or GM change as both are relatively new contracts and they'd be adverse to payouts.

Eddie 7ack for Kadri, Gardiner, Leafs #1 in 2015...
- Pen15

Not enough for Lack, Rielly must be included in the deal or Gillis hangs up.