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

Trades

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]

2009/10 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

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. 

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.