His team is looking more vulnerable than venerable, but Mike Gillis
knows the way the game is officiated -- especially in the postseason -- could
determine how far the Vancouver Canucks progress this spring. And when asked
how he can best address the hot topic without sounding like a whiner when NHL
general managers meet Monday and Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla., his response was
understandable.
"I'm not sure," said the Canucks general manager. "It
seems to be an odd circumstance but I'm sure it will be discussed and I'm not
sure how many people feel the same way about it. I guess I'll find out." More…
Shacks’ Take: I think this would be a great conversation to be a
fly on the wall. There’s little chance
the evil overlord Bettman would admit there’s a change and any team lacking
talent (most) will benefit short term from the new ‘loosely’ called games. It’s only the teams with high end offensive
talent that benefits from tightly called games, well them and the fans who know
the game but the Evil Bettman has never cared about them so I doubt that will
change now.
My next full length Shacks’ take will tackle this topic in depth, come
back Wednesday to see what I think.
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