It’s just that we’ve seen this movie before and it usually doesn’t end well. For the last couple of years, it appeared ownership. Linden and Benning were aligned, that all believed in the plan. That, at least, was the public perception and to a large degree, they’d won over the Canucks’ fan base with their vision for the team. But things have changed again. Now, once more, it looks like the Canucks are in disarray.
Why is this the default position of this ownership group?
As for Linden, he now joins Dave Nonis, Mike Gillis, Laurence Gilman, Lorne Henning and others in the ranks of the disappeared, career hockey men who served this organization and left bitter and angry over their treatment by ownership. This is the pattern for this ownership group.
Sadly, it’s just not consistent with the manner in which successful franchises conduct their business.
-Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province where you can read more on the Canucks.
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