“You know, Linden was loved by all the fans in the Lower Mainland and in British Columbia, but he’s the worst guy you could have running the Vancouver Canucks. He’s had no experience, and to throw him into that job that was a bad decision by the ownership group and it’s still a bad decision. If the ownership group, if they don’t know what they’re doing either, they’re hiring the wrong people, then you’ve really got an issue. And I think they’ve really got an issue.”

“They’ve got a great coach, they’ve got great assistant coaches, they got good scouts, but their leadership at the top is zero. Willie has been a winner. Look at his resume. He’s been a winner his whole life no matter where he is, but you only have so many horses in the barn…they just don’t have the horses. I think they’ve waited too long for some players they could’ve moved earlier in their careers.”

“And another thing about Vancouver. How many owners have we had in Vancouver? We’ve had more owners over the years in Vancouver than most teams have pucks”

Transcribed by tsn.ca.