Frank Seravalli

It was hot and cold.

It was binary.

It was on or off.

And it was you're either...

doing this or doing that, get out there and talk to the media.

It was all over the place.

And whether he started with a trade and had it taken off of his plate, or whether he began a negotiation and then had Jim Rutherford take it over, or some things were just handled directly from Jim Rutherford from the start, I think to present it as we didn't like the decision-making that Patrick Alveen had is really disappointing.

And I think he carved his reputation into

and threw some red meat and a body on the tarmac to try and provide an explanation for this season and how it all went wrong.

Now, the second part of that is, let me ask you, why is Jim Rutherford still here?

If he's actually thinking about eventually moving in a different direction or doing something different, why aren't the Canucks cleaning house now?

What on earth could you point to in the last four years of him running this team as a reason for him to stay?

I can't think of one.

And I think Jim Rutherford is a wonderful Hall of Fame executive, but I think his best days are behind him.

And I think he should be graded and judged solely based on the work that's done and has been done with the Vancouver Canucks.

Not what happened in Pittsburgh, not what happened in Carolina.

And just look at this team that's been chasing its tail and reactionary for each of the last four years.

It's not for me.

For a number of different reasons.

One, how do we know that that's actually what Jim Rutherford's going to do if he says that that's what he's going to do?