Carol Schram: Confident Canucks firing on all cylinders; head east after Sens' sweep With three straight wins over the Ottawa Senators, the Vancouver Canucks have climbed back to respectability in the NHL standings. The team looks to be finding its form after a tough start, but challenges await on a six-game eastern road trip.

Thanks Carol, not sure if I believe in them given how bad the Senators are, however, nice to see the top offensive players getting offensive

Well, yeah, but it's against the Sens..........

Thanks Carol. Nice that you gave Holtby some props for his assist. Believe it or not, it probably meant something to him as a Goalie who likes to play the puck. Not that we're comparable as Goalies, but I always took pride in how many points I had at the end of the season.

Thanks Carol!

Thanks Carol, not sure if I believe in them given how bad the Senators are, however, nice to see the top offensive players getting offensive
- Pacificgem

Nice avi, P Gem!

I didn't cheer last night seeing it was Ottawa.

Young guys Hoglander OJ and Chatfield all having a great start . Looking like they belong.

I didn't cheer last night seeing I was busy on Pornhub.

Young guys Hoglander OJ and Chatfield all having a great start . Looking like they belong.
- VANTEL

From very late in the last blog. For all of us arm-chair GMs, it’s worth a read though the linked doc which is Gillis’s pitch to the Penguins. Thanks for sharing NYN!

Not sure if it was mentioned before, but apparently Mike Gillis' son accidently butt-tweeted out a link to his dad's pitch for the Penguins GM job (which has subsequently be taken down):

From The Athletic/The Armies:



EDIT: Someone screenshot the whole thing. If you're interested in reading Gillis' dissertation, it's pretty good: https://imgur.com/a/Rxx2Hmf << (he wants two competing scouting groups)
- NewYorkNuck

Provocative and articulate, definitely more compelling than “he’s been a winner, he competes hard...and stuff”.

From very late in the last blog. For all of us arm-chair GMs, it’s worth a read though the linked doc which is Gillis’s pitch to the Penguins. Thanks for sharing NYN!



Provocative and articulate, definitely more compelling than “he’s been a winner, he competes hard...and stuff”.
- SlightlyOffside

I am not sure Gillis would do good there seeing their cupboards are already bare.

Well done Carol.

Gaudette did look better.

Not sure on Jake...

Looks like ZacMac is gaining with Green.

Film at 11.

Well done Carol.

Gaudette did look better.

Not sure on Jake...

Looks like ZacMac is gaining with Green.

Film at 11.
- LordHumungous

Trade Jake for a second round pick.

Is it time to move on from Jake?

I didn't cheer last night seeing it was Ottawa.

Young guys Hoglander OJ and Chatfield all having a great start . Looking like they belong.
- VANTEL

I think most of us expected a sweep, crap team.

Is it time to move on from Jake?
- VanHockeyGuy

Does Vantel cherry pick stats?

- Load Management

I am not sure Gillis would do good there seeing their cupboards are already bare.
- VANTEL

I thought it was a very good pitch for building an organization. As you say, timing might not be great for Pittsburgh for the kind of changes that he (MG) is pitching.

I thought it was a very good pitch for building an organization. As you say, timing might not be great for Pittsburgh for the kind of changes that he (MG) is pitching.
- SlightlyOffside

Mike Gillis and building are not two things I would group together. If you are looking for the right person to drive your franchise to the ground then he is your man.

Mike Gillis and building are not two things I would group together. If you are looking for the right person to drive your franchise to the ground then he is your man.
- VANTEL

They don't want to "rebuild" they want to retool, which is what he did very well in Vancouver as he already had the major pieces, which he would have in Pittsburgh.

They don't want to "rebuild" they want to retool, which is what he did very well in Vancouver as he already had the major pieces, which he would have in Pittsburgh.
- Pacificgem

re-tool on the fly, you say?

well, i've got just the right man for the job. you don't mind waiting until the end of the season, do you?

They don't want to "rebuild" they want to retool, which is what he did very well in Vancouver as he already had the major pieces, which he would have in Pittsburgh.
- Pacificgem

Again you need assets to do that. Jim Rutherford used them all. What assets would Gillis have in his pocket?

Pens have had three first round picks since 2012.

Pouliot, Samuel Poulin , and Kapanen who they have used a first round pick twice to get .

Tanks Carol

Just wondering:

How has the reffing been in the Canucks games so far?

It's been really, really bad and inconsistent in the Leafs games so far (for both the Leafs and our opponents).

Morning Atomic, we really don’t give a sh!t how your reffing has been. Thanks for stopping by

Morning Atomic, we really don’t give a sh!t how your reffing has been. Thanks for stopping by
- CanuckDon

It's the afternoon.