Michael David Gillis was born on December 1,1958 and is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former president and general manager of the Vancouver Canucks.
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20 Facts About Mike Gillis
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Mike Gillis spent his junior hockey career with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League from 1975 to 1978, playing in 111 games and scoring 132 points.
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Mike Gillis was then drafted in the first round, fifth overall, by the Colorado Rockies in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft.
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Mike Gillis then scored six points in 17 games for a total of 24 points, which would be his career high.
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Mike Gillis played five games with Boston, earning an assist, then played 12 playoff games for the Bruins, earning four points.
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Mike Gillis retired from professional hockey in the summer of 1984.
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Mike Gillis then earned a law degree from Queen's University in 1990 and became a player agent.
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In 1997, Mike Gillis successfully sued former National Hockey League Players' Association executive director Alan Eagleson for $570,000 for stealing a portion of his disability insurance.
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Mike Gillis chose not to re-sign former client and longtime Canucks captain Markus Naslund, nor forward Brendan Morrison.
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Mike Gillis then made an aggressive pitch for unrestricted free agent center Mats Sundin with a two-year, $20 million offer; the deal would have made him the highest paid player in the NHL.
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Several months later, in September, a Leafs TV documentary program covering June's 2009 NHL Entry Draft featured Toronto general manager Brian Burke indicating that Mike Gillis had pursued the Tampa Bay Lightning's second overall pick for a package consisting of defenceman Kevin Bieksa, forward Alexandre Burrows and their first-round selection.
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In goal, Mike Gillis had re-signed prospect Cory Schneider in the off-season, as well.
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Mike Gillis continued to try to trade Luongo, who still had nine years left on his 12-year contract, which represented a $5.
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John Tortorella was hired to replace Vigneault as head coach, a decision that Mike Gillis later suggested had been at the insistence of Canucks Owner Francesco Aquilini.
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At the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Mike Gillis traded goaltender Cory Schneider to the New Jersey Devils for the ninth overall draft pick, which he subsequently used to draft Bo Horvat from the London Knights.
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Mike Gillis was questioned on his personnel moves, such as trading Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers, which, combined with the earlier Schneider trade, had left the team without a proven number one goaltender, instead relying on the largely untested Eddie Lack.
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Mike Gillis was succeeded by former Canucks captain Trevor Linden, who was hired the next day as president of hockey operations.
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Mike Gillis is the uncle of professional hockey players Matt and Adam Pelech.
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Mike Gillis went on to teaching at the University of Victoria after his dismissal from the Vancouver Canucks.
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