Canucks Report: Gillis Talk

Yesterday afternoon new Canucks GM Mike Gillis sat for an hour on the Pratt & Taylor show on the Team 1040. Among some of the highlights:

On Roberto Luongo- "There's been far too much reliance on Roberto to carry the team. After a while that wears thin." He's completely devoted to the team, wants to be competitive, wants to play in the playoffs, wants to win."

On the Sedin Twins- "They have a very unique style of play, they're averaging about 150 points between the two of them. That's pretty hard to replace."

On Coach Alain Vigneault- Coaches coach the team that they're given. I think that if there's a major philisophical difference, it will have to be addressed."

On Trevor Linden- "I haven't spoken to him yet. I tried to reach Trevor, he was on a plane going to Hawaii. I don't know what he wants to do."

On Trading the Canucks First Round Pick- "If the right deal came along it would certainly be something we would have to look at"

On Sightings of Free Agent Pavol Demitra in Vancouver- "I heard about it. For him to show the initiative on his own and check out the town, I don't think there is anything wrong with that."