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Nonis Fired!

April 14th, 2008 Posted in Canucks

As per TSN:

The Vancouver Canucks have fired Dave Nonis after three seasons as the team’s general manager.

Nonis was promoted to the post in May of 2004, replacing Brian Burke after six seasons as senior vice-president and director of Hockey Operations.

Under Nonis, the Canucks failed to make the playoffs in two of their three last seasons.

The team finished ninth in the Western Conference in 2005-06, three points shy of the final playoff spot. The Canucks enjoyed their best regular season in franchise history in 2006-07, with 105 points to clinch the Northwest Division title.

The Canucks took another step back this season with an 88-point campaign and another year out of the playoffs.

Under Nonis’s watch, the Canucks also pulled off one of the biggest and most lopsided deals in NHL history. In June of 2006, he traded veteran forward Todd Bertuzzi and netminder Alex Auld to the Florida Panthers in exchange for franchise goaltender Roberto Luongo.

  1. 4 Responses to “Nonis Fired!”

  2. By Leon on Apr 14, 2008

    ownership is cleaning house.. dont be surprised to see AV go as well…. wonder what happens with the Brunnstrom deal

  3. By Andy on Apr 14, 2008

    very shocking…Nonis brought us Luongo but missed the playoffs twice under his tenure. I think it’d be unfair to dismiss AV as well because Nonis didn’t provide much. I predict Tambellini to be the replacement, or at least an interim. But very shocking nonetheless!

  4. By Raph on Apr 14, 2008

    ill have to take andy’s side on this one.. its extremely surprising. he did, in fact, bring in one of the best goalies for nothing more than a dud first rounder and one who lacks teeth. if aqua-man wants to pick the fact that nonis didnt do much during the trade deadline, then he should think of what other teams wanted in return for their allstar players

  5. By Shawn on Apr 15, 2008

    there goes fabian bunnstrom.

    http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=150577a6-796c-446b-b671-67fbfd56aa7f&k=18592

    “The most immediate on-ice ramification for the Canucks is that they can probably say goodbye to elite prospect Fabian Brunnstrom, a high-scoring, 23-year-old Swedish free agent who had chosen to sign with the Canucks among 20 NHL suitors.

    TSN reported Saturday that the Brunnstrom deal would fall through if Nonis were fired. And Brunnstrom’s agent, J.P. Barry, made it clear Monday that Nonis was largely responsible for winning his client’s trust by visiting him in Sweden and being the first to show serious interest in the winger.”

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