Reddit reviews Ice Storm: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Vancouver Canucks Team Ever

It sort of exists already: https://www.amazon.ca/Ice-Storm-Greatest-Vancouver-Canucks/dp/1771641312

Obviously Gillis could say a whole lot more, but I doubt he ever would. This book has a few personal insights both from MG and Gilman though.

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Eh, pretty good points although I disagree with a few of them.

I would say we paid more for Ballard, as everything in each deal seems to cancel out except the 1st rounder instead of the 2nd rounder. In any case, both were equally as bad in terms of talent evaluation. Ballard was getting crushed possession wise, looking back. He immediately became a bottom pairing dman, just like Gudbranson is/should be played as. Anyway, potato potato, Gillis' made more sense cause he was competing.

Booth was already heavily injury prone when that trade was made. You're right, that one knocked him off his ass, but he definitely was prone already. Anyways, didn't give up much you're right, just threw in a 3rd ;) (joke)

>And Benning has already traded more picks than Gillis did in his entire tenure.

They've traded away the same amount, but Benning has also acquired more draft picks than Gillis did. Net positive, baby!

The big one I disagree with is that last paragaph. You might despise them, but have you actually looked into it? There have long been rumblings that in 2013 Gillis proposed a rebuild, ownership overruled him, they had the disastrous 2013-14 Torts season, and then they fired Gillis. I recommend reading Ice Storm and coming to your own conclusions afterward reading it.

Certain points in that book that may interest you:

• After 2011, ownership became enamored (obvs) with playoff revenue from tickets and merchandise being sold out everywhere. They were obsessed with getting back there immediately.
  
  
• After 2011, ownership pushed Gillis to make the team bigger
  
  
• After 2012 (LAK), ownership pushed even more to make the team bigger
  
  
• In 2013, Gillis did suggest that rebuild. Ownership denied it.
  
  
• In 2013, ownership then pushed heavily for the hiring of John Tortorella, as they thought he'd get the team to play bigger
  
  
• Early in 2014, halfway Torts first and only year, Gillis gave an interview where he says "I want us to play an upbeat, puck-possession, move the puck quickly, force teams into mistakes, high-transition game,"
  
  
• That interview was immediately widely regarded as an ultimatum to management to pick between Torts or himself. Ownership moved on from Torts, but was sick of Gillis' wanting something different than what they wanted.
  
  You might not like it, but it is absolutely not pure speculation.
  
  Just for fun, I'll add this conspiracy point where the implied connection is obvious. That connection IS pure speculation:
  
  
• In 2014, they fire "upbeat tempo" Mike Gillis, hire Jim Benning, and Jake Virtanen is taken 6th overall over William Nylander or Nikolaj Ehlers a month after hiring him.
  

Not in UK but in Europe. HockeyAuthentic.com were great for me (a heads up though you will possibly get hit with an extra import cost on top of the cost of the jersey). I think online is your best bet for buying jerseys in the UK, though maybe someone over at /r/EIHLHockey might know a few places that carry NHL stuff. If you've got a kindle I'd recommend a book called "Ice Storm" it's about the end of the last management group and how the team got to where they are now.