Vancouver Insider: Presser Quotes
Vancouver Canucks GM and President Mike Gillis met with the media today. He came to the podium today prepared to put in some time. He answered 35 minutes worth of questions.
End of the season presser quotes
2011/12 season was a bit of a let down to the team and the fans. Gillis says he must still meet with ownership this week to discuss his future and won’t speculate on player or coaching decisions and movement until then.
The following are quotes that I logged via my twitter account or from others during the presser.
What we learned…
#Canucks Mike Gillis 10am ON THE FREAKIN BUTTON. Too bad the team hasn’t shown up on time yet.
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “From the Boston game onward, the team never got their emotions together. Goaltending got us thru”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “The teams that play more our style our out. I believe in offense. I always have, you can’t change mid stream.”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
Quote of the Day – Hands down for me.
Love this in my GM Great Quote! RT @sportsnetspec: Gillis: “I feel like Columbus sitting here right now, even though we had 111 points.”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
On Style of play.
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “Feedback I get says fans here like upbeat hockey, we’ll continue to get bigger and stronger”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
On Ryan Kesler.
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “Noone has a perfect career and Ryan fought injuries, had some other injuries being evaluated now”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
On two goalies on the roster.
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “We’ll see if it will be a workable relationship moving forward. (Lu and Cory)”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
On Zack Kassian.
Mike Gillis on Kassian “I think he’s going to be a more influential player moving forward”. #Canucks
— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) April 24, 2012
On Mason Raymond.
Mike Gillis on Raymond – “Players go through ups and downs.” Emphasizes the nature of his injury at the close of last season. #Canucks
— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) April 24, 2012
On Cody Hodgson.
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “I spent more time on Cody’s issues than every other player on our team. He didn’t want to be here.”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
Gillis addresses Hodgson trade and believes Kassian will become a better player. Said Cody wanted out.
— GayCanuck (@GayCanuck) April 24, 2012
Gillis said there were plenty of issues with Cody Hodgson. Said he didn’t want to be in Vancouver. #Canucks
— Hosea Cheung (@hosea24hours) April 24, 2012
On Coach Alain Vigneault
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “I have every bit of confidence in AV”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “Having a good head coach is one of the reasons teams around the league are envious of us”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
ON The Playoffs and makeup of the team
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes on NHL style of play “I don’t have an explanation for whats happened. I’m not going to attempt to give one.”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “We didn’t have a 4th line that we really could depend on very much.” #understatementoftheyear
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
Mike Gillis – “I don’t question the character of this team”. #Canucks
— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) April 24, 2012
On playing Cory Schneider as much as they did.
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes “The emergence of Cory Schneider changes the landscape. We wanted to see if he’s as good as we thought he is”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
We know Byron Bitz is going to the AHL.
Bitz Returns from Vancouver – The Vancouver Canucks have reassigned right wing Byron Bitz to the Chicago Wolves. ow.ly/1j3ypf
— Chicago Wolves (@Chicago_Wolves) April 24, 2012
ON the season.
#Canucks Mike Gillis quotes on fans high hopes “Share the disappointment. I’m extremely disappointed, result isn’t acceptable, now look fwd”
— Northwest SportsBeat (@NWSportsBeat) April 24, 2012
ON Lack.
Gillis on goalie Eddlie Lack stepping up to NHL: “He’s very close. We’re not sure if he’s ready. We’ll find out at camp.”
— Ben Kuzma (@benkuzma) April 24, 2012
Well Canucks fans? What do you think?
Weigh in below with your thoughts on the year end press conference that just wound up.
You didn’t expect him to tell you who they’ve got number 1 on their 2012 NHL draft board did you or will be traded first in the offseason right?
Read into all his answers what you will, but my take is he wants to sign bigger and more skilled bodies, wants Coach AV back, and has to deal with whether or NOT he’s back with the team in 2012.
The all important meeting with the owners is sometime in the next seven days. Then more decisions will come down.
Just my .02c.
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