Mike Gillis One Step Closer To Emperor Of All Things You Care About
From Canucks.com:
Canucks Sports & Entertainment announced today that President and CEO, Chris Zimmerman has made the decision to step down from his position for family reasons.
Zimmerman has spent the past three seasons providing the overall strategic direction for the company. General Manager and Alternate Governor, Mike Gillis, has been named President of Canucks Sports & Entertainment........
Effective immediately, General Manager and Alternate Governor, Mike Gillis has been named the President of Canucks Sports & Entertainment. Gillis, in partnership with Chief Operating Officer, Victor de Bonis will be responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company including broadcast, marketing, sponsorship and ticket sales, finance, human resources and arena operations.
Whispers of Zimmerman stepping down first popped up yesterday.
UPDATE: Via the Sun: Vancouver also announced that Tod Leiweke, currently CEO of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, will join the board of Canucks Sports and Entertainment and serve as an adviser as well.
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Love the picture. Almost as scary as the Obama as the Joker image making the rounds lately.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 4, 2009 11:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I saw that yesterday somewhere. Political leanings aside, that is a great image.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Zimmerman wanted to move his family back to the eastern USA he said. We should have projected Gillis getting the bump.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 4, 2009 11:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Clearly he misses the inflated yet now depressed housing market. Or perhaps he’s moving into Naslund’s old house in Connecticut.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure Nazzy left his panties in the top drawer for Zimmerman to sniff.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 4, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know why I think that picture was taken in Russia but I do…
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The wife says it’s Russian. She laughed!
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 4, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps Darth Vader’s “Imperial March” can play for Gillis’s future press conferences?
(sharpens knife in case of future ‘Fail’ replies)
by Sneps-ish on Aug 4, 2009 2:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think we should all chip in and buy him a cape.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Darth Gillis blows up Tony Gallagher’s office at the Province a la Alderaan,
I’ll buy him the goddamn Vader suit with my own savings.
Larry Gilman would also have to change his name to ‘Grand Moff Tarkin’.
by Sneps-ish on Aug 4, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sense a whole post coming out of this…
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that’s Zanstorm. I’m not tall enough.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m tall enough, just not hairy enough :)
I’ve always wanted to find a Chewbacca suit tho. Why? So I can drive 300 km north and run across the highway. Bigfoot sighting!
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 4, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I had a Gillis as the emperor photoshop and I can’t find it.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 4, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alright then, put on this costume quickly!
(Hands him Princess Leia’s metal bikini from “Return of the Jedi”)
What?
by Sneps-ish on Aug 4, 2009 4:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i don’t have the hips to pull that off. i’d be a fine boba fett or darth maul. you know cool looking but ultimately pointless.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t I know it!
Here’s a photo from my passport-

by Sneps-ish on Aug 4, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The shoes seal the deal

'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
‘Boba Fett: Loyal Customer for JC Penny since 1991’
by Sneps-ish on Aug 4, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
everything about that outfit seems uncomfortable. I hope he fell into a pit too.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or, a giant sandy vagina as someone put it a coupe of weeks back. I’ll never think of that scene the same again.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 4, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The real emperor..
I mean, he really does hold the conch doesn’t he?
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 4, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heaven forbid there was any infighting. Stuff like that rarely, as we know, occurs in the corporate world.
by Bobby Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 4:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What the hell has happened to this post?
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 4, 2009 5:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
About what’s expected to hockey news in August
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess (followed by an exaggerated sigh).
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 4, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s bound to get better as camp gets closer. Just a scant five more weeks or so.
'Nucks Misconduct - Housing Swedish Millionaires Since 2000.
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 4, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you mocking me ( raises single eyebrow)?
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 4, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, Smoboy, where I am the best sports fun to be had is the Ashes test between England and Aussie. That, my friend, is no Stanley Cup Playoffs.
(passes flask of whisky)
by Sneps-ish on Aug 4, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So there’s no cricket hooliganism?
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
by Smoboy41 on Aug 4, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oddly, I once attended an New Zealand-Australia ODI in Wellington
and I saw about 15 fights in the stands of a 21, 000 crowd.
That’s more than all the fights I’ve seen in Vancouver, Toronto or Edmonton’s NHL homes
over the past 20+ odd years.
Things can get rowdy if you have the right mix.
by Sneps-ish on Aug 4, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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