Confirmed with Link: Lawrence Gilman, Lorne Henning, Eric Crawford AND Mike Burnstein fired

[ginner classic]

Delorme still employed...Crawford our best head scout

 

[MS]

LOL this couldn't get any worse.

Weisbrod runs the table, Delorme's back in the GM's ear, and the competent individuals who could possibly counter-balance the idiocies are thrown out.

My guess is all three disagreed with the direction and decisions of Linden, Benning and Weisbrod and this is the result.

Hated the Linden hire, hated the Benning hire, hated the Weisbrod hire, and it's all unfortunately affirming my beliefs.

I would hazard that this is absolutely correct.

Also this leaves no question that Delorme is again our head amateur scout.

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

Speculation: these were the voices of dissent and Benning and Linden were going to have none of it

The Canucks have the worst front office in the league now

 

[iceburg]

This is the gift that just keeps giving.

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

Wow. I guess it's not surprising. I guess in a way it's good, Benning can own his failures utterly and completely now.

This is getting pretty dark now, it's not funny anymore.

 

[Bro Horvat]

god dammit. Gilman should have been made GM after Gillis. Stupid

 

[lush]

Can't believe Gillman is gone, but as others pointed out already you can tell by recent contracts that were handed out that Gillman wasn't being used anyways

Really liked Gillman

 

[Proto]

Everyone that's spent 12 months defending these [MOD] should stand up and take a bow

Worst run team in the NHL. Anyone supporting this nonsense has blinders on.

 

[shortshorts]

So is the statement "Benning is wiping clean of Gillis' guys" still unsubstantiated?

Many of us called this from day 1.

 

[EpochLink]

So is the statement "Benning is wiping clean of Gillis' guys" still unsubstantiated?

Many of us called this from day 1.

Same, I said he gives them 1 more year..and here we are.

New regime in people

 

[I am toxic]

Hopefully we can get Lowe and MacTavish to join the front office.

If WD stops running 1-2-3-4 he should be replaced with Eakins.

 

[TruGr1t]

Don't understand why Henning was fired. Isn't his job basically the Utica program, which by any measure has been a major success?

Also Henning and Crawford aren't exactly "Gillis guys." Weren't both here before the Gillis regime?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Ignoring whether or not I agree with the firings or not (which I don't), the timing is nine kinds of crazy as well. Seriously, you wait until 2/3 days after both the Draft and Free Agency to turf your Director of Player Personnel? (Crawford?) And the guy that manages your contracts and cap? (Gilman?)

Just...I don't even.

 

[pitseleh]

Jesus, this is terrifying. No wonder it is clear they have no clue how to manage the cap.

I guess this means Delorme is (was?) back in charge?

 

[FlowMaster]

I'll speculate these guys must have spoke out against Benning's [MOD] moves lately. The only sane people in management just got fired.... The monkeys are running the zoo.

 

[Bro Horvat]

Ignoring whether or not I agree with the firings or not (which I don't), the timing is nine kinds of crazy as well. Seriously, you wait until 2/3 days after both the Draft and Free Agency to turf your Director of Player Personnel? (Crawford?) And the guy that manages your contracts and cap? (Gilman?)

Just...I don't even.

Seems like the past week for the team has been completely illogical.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

This is just dumb. It just keeps getting worse and worse.

 

[MS]

Jesus, this is terrifying. No wonder it is clear they have no clue how to manage the cap.

I guess this means Delorme is back in charge?

This means that our capologist is the guy who engineered the Ryan O'Reilly offer sheet.

And our head scout is again unquestionably Ron Delorme.

 

[Rey]

the dark days have begunnn if they haven't already

 

[shortshorts]

Ignoring whether or not I agree with the firings or not (which I don't), the timing is nine kinds of crazy as well. Seriously, you wait until 2/3 days after both the Draft and Free Agency to turf your Director of Player Personnel? (Crawford?) And the guy that manages your contracts and cap? (Gilman?)

Just...I don't even.

Based on the (terrible) moves we've seen so far, do you really think that Benning and his boys have even been listening to them?

 

[ginner classic]

By far the biggest joke of a franchise in hockey. In 35 years I have never felt this level of revulsion.

 

[Canadian Canuck]

Keep Delorme, fire Gilman, Henning, Crawford.

I just don't know.

This. How the **** do you keep Delorme and fire Gilman, Henning and Crawford??

I don't even know what's happening. We go from back to back president trophies and a Stanley Cup Final apparence to this..

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

"Everyday is a new adventure" - Jim the Explorer.

 

[Rey]

This is what people want. You have to have bad management to have a bad team. This gives us a reason to be last every year and get those No.1 Picks like The Oilers.

 

[PRNuck]

Oh ffs I have a bad feeling we're going to find out our AHL team is moving to California next.