Sportsnet: Canucks will not ask any players to waiver NTCs

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Interesting. Thanks. How active are the Aquilinis in the management of the team? Is Benning mostly a yes man like it seemed like Rowe was for Florida? Or do you think the Aquilinis do things like "We're going to try to contend so no rebuild" but otherwise hands off and let the GM run it how he sees fit? (Don't get me wrong. No rebuild when you need one sucks. But I think quite a few owners are very sensitive to cash flow and don't want to rebuild when they should from a team building perspective.)

Aquilini's are very active with running the team. Francisco Aquilini as the main owner is a really big fan, and just to give a concrete example it's been reported that mama Aquilini sat in on the Torts hiring interview.

But to exactly what extend they're involved isn't really know, as Francisco is secretive about his involvement and doesn't like to be seen as a meddler. For example during the Torts season one of our newspapers in an article suggest that his hiring was an ownership decision, which Aquilini vehemently denied and threatened a lawsuit if they didn't retract it.