Updated: The History Of Mike Gillis' Tenure With The Canucks

When the team struggles mightily and fails to go deep into the playoffs, one of the easiest people to blame is the General Manager of the team. As always, hindsight is 20/20. So lets take an in-depth look at what Mike Gillis has done during his tenure as GM here. You gotta love his additions of Higgins and Lapierre for the 2011 playoff run. He is good at keeping core players here at a reasonable price but many argue that he hands out too many no-trade clauses and handcuffs himself in times like these. How is his drafting record? It's all here. Discuss!

Right about now, I have to give massive props to the HFBoards because I copy/pasted the hell out of a super post done by 19nazzy there. He made my job 100% easier and he kicks ass. I had to update his list though, and hopefully it's accurate. Let me know in the comments section if I missed anything.

In chronological order - ish....

Mike Gillis was hired as the Vancouver Canucks' General Manager on April 23, 2008.

2008 NHL Draft

Picks

Round	Player	Position	Team/School
Round 1 (10th overall)	Cody Hodgson	C	Brampton Battalion [OHL]
Round 2 (41st overall)	Yann Sauve	D	Saint John Sea Dogs [QMJHL]
Round 5 (131st overall)	Prab Rai	C	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
Round 6 (161st overall)	Mats Froshaug	C	Linkoping Jr. [Sweden]
Round 7 (191st overall)	Morgan Clark	G	Red Deer Rebels [WHL]

Management

Date.........	Move......	Individual...........	Summary
May 5/08	Hired	Laurence Gilman	Hired as Director of Hockey Administration.
May 15/08	Hired	Scott Mellanby	Consultant to GM Mike Gillis and the Hockey Operations Department.
May 21/08	Fired	Barry Smith	Was Assistant Coach.
May 21/08	Fired	Mike Kelly	Was Assistant Coach.
May 22/08	Extended	Alain Vigneault	Received 1 year contract extension as Head Coach through 09/10 season.
June 17/08	Hired	Ryan Walter	Hired as Assistant Coach.
June 19/08	Promoted	Stan Smyl	Named Director of Collegiate Scouting.
June 19/08	Hired	Dave Gagner	Named Director of Player Development.
June 22/08	Hired	John Phelan	Hired as Sports Psychologist.
July 16/08	Re-signed	Ron Delorme	Stays on as Chief Amateur Scout.
July 16/08	Fired	Barry Dean	Was Amateur Scout (Saskatchewan).
July 16/08	Fired	Mario Marois	Was Amateur Scout (Quebec).
July 31/08	Resigned	Steve Tambellini	Resigned as Assistant GM to become Oilers GM.
Aug 13/08	Hired	Darryl Williams	Hired as Assistant Coach - Video.
Sep 11/08	Promoted	Lorne Henning	Named Vice President of Player Personnel & Assistant GM.
Sep 11/08	Promoted	Laurence Gilman	Named Vice President of Hockey Operations & Assistant GM.
Sep 11/08	Promoted	Stan Smyl	Named Senior Advisor to GM.
Sep 11/08	Promoted	Scott Mellanby	Named Pro Scout.

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
July 4/08	Acquired	Steve Bernier
	Traded	3rd RD 09 (LA), and 2nd RD 10	To Buffalo
Sep 2/08	Acquired	Lawrence Nycholat
	Traded	Ryan Shannon	To Ottawa
Oct 7/08	Acquired	Shane O'Brien and Michel Ouellet
	Traded	Lukas Krajicek and Juraj Simek	To Tampa Bay

2008 Off-Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move.......	Individual..........	Summary
June 11/08	Retired	Trevor Linden	Retired after 19 seasons.
June 25/08	Claimed	Kyle Wellwood	Claimed from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
July 1/08	Released	Artem Chubarov	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Released	Brad Isbister	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Released	Aaron Miller	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Released	Brendan Morrison	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Released	Markus Naslund	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Released	Byron Ritchie	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Released	Curtis Sanford	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Released	Mike Weaver	Released as UFA
July 1/08	Offer	David Backes	Signed a 3 year/$7,500,000 offer sheet from Vancouver. Matched by STL.
July 1/08	Signed	Darcy Hordichuk	Signed a 3 year/$2,325,000 deal.
July 1/08	Signed	Kyle Wellwood	Signed his 1 year/$997,500 qualifying offer.
July 2/08	Signed	Ryan Johnson	Signed a 2 year/$2,400,000 deal.
July 2/08	Signed	Curtis Sanford	Signed a 1 year/$650,000 deal.
July 2/08	Signed	Nolan Baumgartner	Signed a 1 year/$550,000 deal.
July 2/08	Signed	Alexandre Bolduc	Signed a 2 year/$1,055,000 deal.
July 4/08	Signed	Marc Cullen	Signed a 1 year/$500,000 deal.
July 8/08	Matched	Steve Bernier	Signed a 1 year/$2,500,000 offer sheet with STL. Matched by Vancouver.
July 10/08	Signed	Pavol Demitra	Signed a 2 year/$8,000,000 deal.
July 10/08	Signed	Rob Davison	Signed a 1 year/$560,000 deal.
July 14/08	Signed	Jason Krog	Signed a 1 year/$605,000 deal.
July 23/08	Re-Signed	Ryan Shannon	Re-signed to a 1 year/$605,000 deal.
July 23/08	Re-Signed	Rick Rypien	Re-signed to a 1 year/$522,500 deal.
July 23/08	Re-Signed	Mike Brown	Re-signed to a 1 year/$522,500 deal.
July 23/08	Re-Signed	Nathan McIver	Re-signed to a 1 year/$525,000 deal.
July 23/08	Re-Signed	Zack FitzGerald	Re-signed to a 1 year/$522,500 deal.
July 23/08	Re-Signed	James Sharrow	Re-signed to a 1 year/$522,500 deal.
Oct 1/08	Signed	Dan Gendur	Signed to a 3 year entry level contract.
Oct 4/08	Waived	Nathan McIver	Claimed by Anaheim.
Oct 5/08	Signed	Cody Hodgson	Signed a 3 year entry level deal. Sent to Juniors Oct 7/08.
Oct 21/08	Waived	Matt Pettinger	Claimed by Tampa Bay on re-entry waivers. Canucks will pay $550,000 for remainder of season.

2008/09 Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move......	Individual...........	Summary
Oct 10/08	Extended	Alex Edler	Signed a 4 Year/$13,000,000 contract extension.
Dec 19/08	Signed	Mats Sundin	Signed a 1 Year/$8,600,000 pro-rated contract.
Feb 27/09	Claimed	Ossi Vaananen	Claimed from the Flyers.
Mar 2/09	Waived	Lawrence Nycholat	Claimed off of waivers by the Flames.
Mar 3/09	Extended	Alex Burrows	Signed a 4 Year/$8,000,000 contract extension.
Mar 16/09	Signed	Taylor Ellington	Signed a 3 year contract.
Mar 20/09	Signed	Eric Walsky	Signed free agent Eric Walsky.
Apr 5/09	Signed	Evan Oberg	Signed free agent Evan Oberg to a 3-year deal.

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
Dec 9/08	Acquired	2009 Conditional Draft Pick. *Conditions not met*
	Traded	James Sharrow	To Chicago
Dec 30/08	Acquired	Jason LaBarbera
	Traded	7th RD 09	To Los Angeles
Feb 4/09	Acquired	Nathan McIver
	Traded	Mike Brown	To Anaheim

2009 NHL Draft

Picks

Round	Player	Position	Team/School
Round 1 (22nd overall)	Jordan Schroeder	C	U of Minnesota [WCHA]
Round 2 (53rd overall)	Anton Rodin	RW/LW	Brynas Jr. [Sweden-Jr]
Round 3 (83rd overall)	Kevin Connauton	D	Western Michigan [CCHA]
Round 4 (113th overall)	Jeremy Price	D	Nepean [CJHL]
Round 5 (143rd overall)	Peter Andersson	D	Frolunda Jr. [Sweden-Jr]
Round 6 (173rd overall)	Joe Cannata	G	Merrimack [H-East]
Round 7 (187th overall)	Steven Anthony	LW	Saint John [QMJHL]

2009 Off-Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move..............	Individual..........	Summary
May 14/09	Re-signed	Steve Bernier	Signed a 2 year/$4,000,000 deal
May 14/09	Re-signed	Rick Rypien	Signed a 2 year/$1,100,000 deal
June 12/09	Signed	Sergei Shirokov	Signed a 2 year/$2,700,000 deal
June 18/09	Signed	Matt Pope	Signed a 2-way Contract
June 29/09	Qualifying Offer	Kyle Wellwood	Qualifying Offer tended.
June 29/09	Qualifying Offer	Shane O'Brien	Qualifying Offer tended.
June 29/09	Qualifying Offer	Jannik Hansen	Qualifying Offer tended.
June 29/09	Qualifying Offer	Nathan McIver	Qualifying Offer tended.
July 1/09	Re-signed	Daniel Sedin	Signed to a 5 year/$30,500,000 contract
July 1/09	Re-signed	Henrik Sedin	Signed to a 5 year/$30,500,000 contract
July 1/09	Released	Mats Sundin	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Mattias Ohlund	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Taylor Pyatt	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Michel Ouellet	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Ossi Vaananen	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Jason LaBarbera	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Jeff Cowan	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Curtis Sanford	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Jason Krog	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Rob Davison	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Nolan Baumgartner	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Mark Cullen	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Jason Jaffray	Became UFA
July 1/09	Released	Patrick Coulombe	Released as qualifying offer was not extended
July 1/09	Released	Julien Ellis-Plante	Released as qualifying offer was not extended
July 1/09	Released	Zach Fitzgerald	Released as qualifying offer was not extended
July 1/09	Signed	Aaron Rome	Signed a 1-year/$525,000 contract
July 2/09	Signed	Nolan Baumgartner	Signed a contract
July 2/09	Signed	Lawrence Nycholat	Signed a contract
July 2/09	Signed	Tanner Glass	Signed a contract
July 3/09	Signed	Mikael Samuelsson	Signed a 3-year/$7,500,000 deal
July 6/09	Signed	Andrew Raycroft	Signed a 1-year/$500,000 deal
July 6/09	Re-signed	Shane O'Brien	Signed a 1-year/$1,600,000 deal
July 7/09	Signed	Michael Funk	Signed a contract
July 22/09	Signed	Guillaume Desbiens	Signed a contract
July 28/09	Signed	Kellan Tochkin	Signed an entry level contract
July 30/09	Re-Signed	Kyle Wellwood	Signed a 1-year/$1,200,000 contract
Aug 5/09	Re-Signed	Jannik Hansen	Signed a 1-year/$550,000 contract
Aug 28/09	Signed	Mathieu Schneider	Signed a 1-year/$1,550,000 contract with $1,200,000 in potential bonuses
Sep 1/09	Re-Signed	Nathan McIver	Re-signed Nathan McIver
Sep 2/09	Re-Signed	Roberto Luongo	Re-signed to a 12-year/$64,000,000 contract

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
Aug 28/09	Acquired	Brad Lukowich, Christian Erhoff
	Traded	Patrick White, Daniel Rahimi	To San Jose

Management

Date.........	Move......	Individual...........	Summary
Jul 28/09	Signed	Glen Carnegie	Signed as a skill coach
Aug 3/09	Promotion	Mike Gillis	Takes on additional duties as President of Canucks Sports & Entertainment
Sep 9/09	Extended	Alain Vigneault	Received a 3-year contract extension through the 2012/2013 season

2009/10 Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move......	Individual...........	Summary
Nov 2/09	Signed	Matt Pettinger	Signed a 1 Year/$500,000 contract.
Mar 17/10	Signed	Jordan Schroeder	Signed an entry level contract.
Mar 19/10	Re-Signed	Ryan Kesler	Re-Signed to a 6 year/$30,000,000 contract.
Mar 22/10	Signed	Aaron Volpatti	Signed a multi-year contract.
Mar 24/10	Signed	Prab Rai	Signed a 3-year entry level contract.
Mar 27/10	Signed	Stefan Schneider	Signed a contract.
Mar 31/10	Signed	Lee Sweatt	Signed a contract.
Apr 5/10	Signed	Eddie Läck	Signed a contract.
Apr 28/10	Signed	Kevin Connauton	Signed an entry level contract.

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
Mar 3/10	Acquired	Yan Stastny
	Traded	Pierre Cedric-Lebrie	To St. Louis
Mar 3/10	Acquired	Sean Zimmerman, 2011 6th RD Draft Pick
	Traded	Mathieu Schneider	To Phoenix
Mar 3/10	Acquired	Andrew Alberts
	Traded	2010 3rd RD Draft Pick	To Carolina

Management

Date.........	Move......	Individual...........	Summary
Dec 9/09	Hired	Dave Babych	Assistant to director of player personnel. Focus on defensive development.
Dec 12/09	Hired	Dan Palango	Scout, primarily NCAA and major juniors.
Dec 20/09	Hired	Glen Hanlon	Scout, goaltenders.

2010 Off-Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move..............	Individual..........	Summary
May 26/10	Signed	Yann Sauve	Signed a 3 year entry level contract.
May 30/10	Signed	Chris Tanev	Signed a contract.
Jun 1/10	Signed	Anton Rodin	Signed a 3 year entry level contract.
Jun 2/10	Re-signed	Cory Schneider	Re-signed to a 2 year/~$2 million contract.
Jun 2/10	Signed	Peter Andersson	Signed to a 3 year entry level contract.
Jun 15/10	Re-signed	Aaron Rome	Re-signed to a 2 year/$1,500,000 deal.
Jun 28/10	Qualifying offer	Mason Raymond	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 28/10	Qualifying offer	Shane O'Brien	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 28/10	Qualifying offer	Jannik Hansen	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 28/10	Qualifying offer	Tanner Glass	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 28/10	Qualifying offer	Alexandre Bolduc	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 28/10	Qualifying offer	Eric Walsky	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 28/10	Qualifying offer	Sean Zimmerman	Qualifying offer tended.
Jul 1/10	Released	Pavol Demitra	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Ryan Johnson	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Brad Lukowich	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Willie Mitchell	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Lawrence Nycholat	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Matt Pettinger	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Andrew Raycroft	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Yan Stastny	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Kyle Wellwood	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Nathan McIver	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Michael Funk	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Released	Matt Pope	Became UFA.
Jul 1/10	Signed	Joel Perreault	Signed a 1 year/$510,000 contract.
Jul 1/10	Signed	Manny Malholtra	Signed a 3 year/$7,500,000 contract with NTC clause.
Jul 1/10	Signed	Dan Hamhuis	Signed a 6 year/$27,000,000 contract with NTC clause.
Jul 1/10	Signed	Jeff Tambellini	Signed a 1 year/$500,000 2-way contract.
Jul 2/10	Re-signed	Alexandre Bolduc	Re-signed to a 1 year/$500,000 2-way contract.
Jul 6/10	Re-signed	Shane O'Brien	Accepted his 1 year/$1,600,000 qualifying offer.
Jul 9/10	Re-signed	Tanner Glass	Signed a 1 year/$625,000 deal.
Jul 10/10	Signed	Tyler Weiman	Signed a 1 year/$500,000 2-way deal.
Jul 17/10	Re-signed	Sean Zimmerman	Re-signed to a 1 year/$500,000 2-way deal.
Jul 22/10	Re-signed	Jannik Hansen	Re-signed to a 1 year/$825,000 1-way deal via arbitration.
Jul 26/10	Re-signed	Mason Raymond	Re-signed to a 2 year/$5,100,000 deal.
Jul 27/10	Re-signed	Mario Bliznak	Re-signed to a 1 year/$550,000 deal.
Aug 19/10	Signed	Bill Sweatt	Signed to a 3 year/$2,700,000 ELC deal.
Aug 25/10	Signed	Raffi Torres	Signed to a 1 year/$1,000,000 deal.

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
Oct 5/10	Acquired	Ryan Parent, Jonas Andersson
	Traded	Shane O'Brien, Dan Gendur	To Nashville
Oct 6/10	Acquired	Andrew Peters
	Traded	Darcy Hordichuk	To Florida

Management

Date.........	Move......	Individual...........	Summary
Jun 1/10	Resigned	Scott Melanby	Resigns as scout to become assistant coach with St. Louis effective July 15/10.
Jun 22/10	Released	Ian Clarke	Let go as goalie coach
Jun 22/10	Hired	Roland Melanson	Hired as goalie coach.
Jul 21/10	Hired	Neil Komadoski	Hired as a scout.
Aug 3/10	Hired	Newell Brown	Hired as assistant coach.
Aug 3/10	Extended	Rick Bowness	Extended as assistant coach.
Aug 3/10	Extended	Darryl Williams	Extended as video coach.
Aug 3/10	Released	Ryan Walter	Released as assistant coach.

2010 NHL Draft

Picks

Round	Player	Position	Team/School
Round 4 (115th overall)	Patrick McNally	D	Milton Academy [High-Ma]
Round 5 (145th overall)	Adam Polasek	D	PEI [QMJHL]
Round 6 (172rd overall)	Alex Friesen	C	Niagra [OHL]
Round 6 (175th overall)	Jonathan Iilahti	G	Blues Jr [Finland-Jr]
Round 7 (205th overall)	Sawyer Hannay	D	Halifax [QMJHL]

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
Jun 25/10	Acquired	Keith Ballard, Victor Oreskovich
	Traded	Steve Bernier, Michael Grabner, 2010 1st RD pick	To Florida

2011 NHL Draft

Picks

Round	Player	Position	Team/School
Round 1 (29th overall)	Nicklas Jensen	LW/RW	Oshawa [OHL]
Round 3 (71st overall)	David Honzik	G	Victoriaville [QMJHL]
Round 3 (90th overall)	Alexandre Grenier	RW	Halifax [QMJHL]
Round 4 (101st overall)	Joseph Labate	C	Holy Angels [High-MN]
Round 4 (120th overall)	Ludwig Blomstrand	LW	Djurgarden Jr. [SWE-JR]
Round 5 (150th overall)	Frank Corrado	D	Sudbury [OHL]
Round 6 (180th overall)	Pathrik Westerholm	RW	Malmo [SWEDEN-2]
Round 7 (210th overall)	Henrik Tommernes	D	Frolunda [SWEDEN]

2010/11 Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move......	Individual...........	Summary
May 26/11	Signed	Steven Anthony	Signed to an ELC.
Apr 19/11	Signed	Sebastian Erixon	Signed to an ELC.
Apr 4/11	Signed	Adam Polasek	Signed to an ELC.
Feb 7/11	Released	Andrew Peters	Waived and released.
Jan 14/11	Released	Jonas Andersson	Waived and released.
Dec 12/10	Signed	Darren Archibald	Signed a 3 year/entry level contract.
Nov 27/10	Released	Peter Schaefer	Waived and released.
Oct 7/10	Signed	Peter Schaefer	Signed a 1 year/$600,000 2-way contract.

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
Oct 7/10	Acquired	Nathan Paetsch
	Traded	Sean Zimmerman	To Florida
Feb 28/11	Acquired	Christopher Higgins
	Traded	Evan Oberg, 2011 3rd RD	To Florida
Feb 28/11	Acquired	Maxim Lapierre, MacGregor Sharp
	Traded	Joel Perrault, 2013 3rd RD	To Anaheim

2011 Off-Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move..............	Individual..........	Summary
Jun 27/11	Re-signed	Kevin Bieksa	Re-signed to a 5 year/$23,000,000 contract with a NTC.
Jun 27/11	Re-signed	Maxim Lapierre	Re-signed to a 2 year/$2,000,000 contract.
Jun 27/11	Qualifying offer	Jannik Hansen	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 27/11	Qualifying offer	Victor Oreskovich	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 27/11	Qualifying offer	Sergei Shirkov	Qualifying offer tended.
Jun 28/11	Re-signed	Andrew Alberts	Re-signed to a 2 year/$2,450,000 contract.
Jul 1/11	Re-signed	Sami Salo	Re-signed to a 1 year/$2,000,000 contract.
Jul 1/11	Re-signed	Chris Higgins	Re-signed to a 2 year/$3,800,000 contract.
Jul 1/11	Released	Nolan Baumgartner	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Colby Genoway	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Tanner Glass	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Nathan Paetsch	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Rick Rypien	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Jeff Tambellini	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Raffi Torres	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Tyler Weiman	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Alex Bolduc	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Guillaume Desbiens	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Mario Bliznak	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	MacGregor Sharp	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Released	Lee Sweatt	Became UFA.
Jul 1/11	Signed	Mark Mancari	Signed to a 1 year/$525,000 contract.
Jul 1/11	Signed	Marco Sturm	Signed to a 1 year/$2,250,000 contract.
Jul 1/11	Signed	Andrew Ebbett	Signed to a 1 year/$525,000 contract.
Jul 3/11	Signed	Steven Pinizotto	Signed to a 2-way/$600,000 contract.
Jul 7/11	Signed	Alexander Sulzer	Signed to a 2-way/$700,000 contract.
Jul 7/11	Signed	Matt Climie	Signed to a 2-way/$525,000 contract.
Jul 25/11	Signed	Byron Bitz	Signed to a 2-way/$700,000 contract.
Jul 28/11	Re-signed	Jannik Hansen	Re-signed to a 3 year/$4,050,000 contract.
Aug 4/11	Signed	Owen Nolan	Signed to a professional tryout contract.
Aug 4/11	Signed	Todd Fedoruk	Signed to a professional tryout contract.
Sep 1/11	Signed	Steve Begin	Signed to a professional tryout contract.
Sep 1/11	Signed	Manny Legace	Signed to a professional tryout contract.
Sep 8/11	Signed	Victor Oreskovich	Re-signed to a 1 year/$605,000 2-way contract.
Sep 22/11	Signed	Nicklas Jensen	Signed to a 3 year entry-level contract.
Sep 22/11	Signed	Frank Corrado	Signed to a 3 year entry-level contract.
Oct 4/11	Claimed	Dale Weise	Claimed from waivers.

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
June 28/11	Acquired	2012 4th RD
	Traded	Christian Ehrhoff	To New York (I)
Jul 9/11	Acquired	Rights to Mike Duco
	Traded	Rights to Sergei Shirokov	To Florida

2011/12 Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move..............	Individual..........	Summary
Mar 21/12	Signed	Joe Cannata	Signed to an ELC.

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
Oct 22/11	Acquired	David Booth, Steven Reinprecht, 2013 3rd RD
	Traded	Mikael Samuelsson, Marco Sturm	To Florida
Feb 27/12	Acquired	Zach Kassian, Marc-Andre Gragnani
	Traded	Cody Hodgson, Alexander Sulzer	To Buffalo
Feb 27/12	Acquired	Samuel Pahlsson
	Traded	Taylor Ellington, 2012 4th RD, 2012 4th RD (NYI)	To Columbus
Feb 27/12	Acquired	Andrew Gordon
	Traded	Sebastian Erixon	To Anaheim

2012 Off-Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move..............	Individual..........	Summary
May 30/12	Signed	Alex Friesen	Signed to a 3-year ELC
June 13/12	Arbitration	Mason Raymond	Team chooses to take Raymond to arbitration
June 15/12	Re-signed	Aaron Volpatti	Re-signed to a 1-year/$600,000 2-way contract
June 25/12	Released	Marc-Andre Gragnani	Qualifying offer not extended
June 25/12	Released	Victor Oreskovich	Qualifying offer not extended
June 25/12	Released	Mike Duco	Qualifying offer not extended
June 25/12	Released	Ryan Parent	Qualifying offer not extended
June 28/12	Re-signed	Cory Schneider	Re-signed to a 3-year/$12,000,000 contract
Jul 1/12	Released	Andrew Ebbett	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Aaron Rome	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Un-signed	Eddie Lack	Became group 2 FA
Jul 1/12	Un-signed	Dale Weise	Became group 2 FA
Jul 1/12	Released	Nolan Baumgartner	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Byron Bitz	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Matt Climie	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Samuel Pahlsson	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Steven Pinizzotto	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Steven Reinprecht	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Eric Walsky	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Released	Mark Mancari	Became UFA
Jul 1/12	Signed	Jason Garrison	Signed to a 6-year/$27,600,000 deal with NTC
Jul 2/12	Signed	Andrew Ebbett	Signed to a 1-year/$600,000 2-way deal
Jul 2/12	Signed	Steve Pinizzotto	Signed to a 1-year/$600,000 2-way deal
Jul 5/12	Signed	Patrick Mullen	Signed to a 1-year/$600,000 2-way deal
Jul 5/12	Signed	Derek Joslin	Signed to a 1-year/$700,000 2-way deal
Jul 5/12	Arbitration	Dale Weise	Filed for arbitration
Jul 9/12	Re-signed	Mason Raymond	Re-signed to a 1-year/$2,275,000 contract
Jul 25/12	Re-signed	Dale Weise	Re-signed to a 1-year/$615,000 1-way contract
Jul 30/12	Signed	Guillaume Desbiens	Signed to a 1-year/$600,000 2-way deal
Aug 2/12	Signed	Alexandre Mallet	Signed to a 3-year entry level contract
Aug 13/12	Signed	Brendan Gaunce	Signed to a 3-year entry level contract
Aug 27/12	Re-signed	Eddie Lack	Re-signed to a 2-year/$1,500,000 contract (1st year 2-way, 2nd year 1-way)
Sep 13/12	Signed	Evan McEneny	Signed to an ELC
Sep 14/12	Re-signed	Alexandre Burrows	Re-signed to a 4-year/$18,000,000 deal with NTC

Management

Date.........	Move..............	Individual..........	Summary
Apr 19/12	Signed	Scott Arniel	Hired as scout (unpaid)
May 7/12	Extended	Mike Gillis	Contract extension with Canucks Sports & Entertainment
May 23/12	Extended	Alain Vigneault	Signed a 2 year contract extension
June 22/12	Signed	Scott Arniel	Hired as head coach of Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Sept 25/12	Signed	Dan Cloutier	Hired as goaltending consultant

2012 Draft

Round	Player	Position	Team
Round 1 (26th overall)	Brendan Gaunce	Center	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
Round 2 (57th overall)	Alexandre Mallet	Left Wing	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
Round 5 (147th overall)	Ben Hutton	Defenceman	Nepean Raiders (CCHL)
Round 6 (177th overall)	Wesley Myron	Left Wing	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
Round 7 (207th overall)	Matthew Beattie	Center	Philips Exeter Academy (New Hampshire)

2013 Season

Transactions

Date.........	Move..............	Individual..........	Summary
Jan 13/13	Signed	Cam Barker	Signed to a 1-year $700,000 deal
Jan 14/13	Signed	Jim Vandermeer	Signed to a 1-year, 2-way $600,000 deal
Jan 18/13	Re-signed	Alex Edler	Re-signed to a 6-year/$30,000,000 contract with a NTC

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
April 2, 2013	Acquired	Derek Roy
	Traded	Kevin Connauton, 2013 2nd round pick	Dallas

Management

Date	Move	Individual	Summary
May 22, 2013	Fired	Alain Vigneault	Head Coach
May 22, 2013	Fired	Newell Brown	Assistant Coach
May 22, 2013	Fired	Rick Bowness	Assistant Coach

Date	Move	Individual	Summary
June 25, 2013	Hired	John Tortorella	Head Coach
July 3, 2013	Hired	Mike Sullivan	Assistant Coach
July 3, 2013	Hired	Glen Gulutzan	Assistant Coach

2013 Draft

-Traded Cory Schneider to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for New Jersey's 1st round pick.

Round	Player	Position	Team
Round 1 (9th overall)	Bo Horvat	Center	London Knights (OHL)
Round 1 (24th overall)	Hunter Shinkaruk	Left Wing	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
Round 3 (85th overall)	Cole Cassels	Center	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
Round 4 (115th overall)	Jordan Subban	Defeneman	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
Round 5 (145th overall)	Anton Cederholm	Defenceman	Rogle BK (Sweden)
Round 6 (175th overall)	Mike Williamson	Defenceman	Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)
Round 7 (205th overall)	Miles Liberati	Defenceman	London Knights (OHL)

Released To Free Agency

Maxim Lapierre

Derek Roy

Manny Malhotra

Bill Sweatt

Derek Joslin

Stefan Schneider

Prab Rai

Mason Raymond

Cam Barker

Guillaume Desbiens

Steve Pinizzotto

Andrew Ebbett

Jim Vandermeer

Andrew Gordon

Compliance Buyout: Keith Ballard

Free Agent Signings

Brad Richardson, 2 years, $2.3 million

Jeremie Blain

Yannick Weber, 1-year $650,000

Alex Biega

Mike Santorelli, 1-year, $550,000

Pascal Pelletier, 1-year, $550,000

Benn Ferriero, 1-year, $550,000

Brandon DeFazio, 1-year, $550,000

Colin Stuart

Zach Hamill

Mathieu Corbeil

John Negrin (released)

Ronalds Kenins

Andrew Alberts, 1-year, $600,000

David Pacan

2013-14 Season

Trades

Date	Move	Summary	Team
September 29, 2013	Acquired	Jeremy Welsh, Zac Dalpe
	Traded	Kellan Tochkin, 2014 4th round pick	Carolina
September 30, 2013	Acquired (waivers)	Ryan Stanton	Chicago
February 3, 2014	Acquired	Raphael Diaz
	Traded	Dale Weise	Montreal

Extensions / Misc

Date	Move	Individual	Summary
November 1, 2013	Extension	Henrik Sedin	4-year extension, $28 million
November 1, 2013	Extension	Daniel Sedin	4-year extesnion, $28 million
November 15, 2013	Extension	Eddie Lack	2 years, $2.3 million
December 4, 2013	Signed	Cole Cassels	3 years, $650,833 per
December 28, 2013	Signed	Dane Fox	3 years (EL) $830,833 per

I will let you all draw your own conclusions from the info I have provided. And damn it, there are a lot of conclusions to be drawn.

UPDATE APRIL 8: Mike Gillis has been fired.