Pat Quinn Fired

From November 1997 when Pat Quinn was fired as GM of the Vancouver Canucks. Tom Renney would be fired a few games later before Mike Keenan would be hired as coach, and given the authority to make trades shortly after.

[BretHart]

John McCaw nearly ruined our team by doing this.

[canuckguyeh]

Pat Quinn was a great GM. He made some mistakes (botched Gretzky signing, Messier, Drafts) but he is still loved, and will always be loved by Canucks fans!

[krisburgess]

The worst move in Vancouver Canucks history firing Pat Quinn I get it was a tough year 1997 season but to fire an icon like Pat Quinn who back in 1987 saved this franchise from leaving Vancouver back then where rumours about the state of the Canucks and about them leaving town for good at that time but then Canucks hired Pat Quinn. And in the 1988 draft the Canucks got the second overall pick and picked Trevor linden of the Medicine Hat tigers of the WHL and that is where it started the up hill clime of the Vancouver Canucks in the playoffs of 1989 against the Calgary flames they pushed Calgary flames to game 7 and they lost in a heart breaking fashion in overtime.and the rest is history during the Pat Quinn era was the most successful era in Canucks history through most of the 1990, s basically from 1989to1996 was a great time in Canucks history division titles and in 1994 game7 of the Stanley cup final where they lost 3 to 2 to the New York rangers so close to Stanley cup glory but by the 1997 season is where the wheels fell off for Vancouver Canucks that season was a tough one for the franchise where orca bay sports did the unthinkable and fire Pat Quinn. And witch was the beginning of Mike Keenan era witch was a very dark era for the Canucks and the rest is history in till Brian Burke took over in the 1999 draft is where the fortunes changed for Vancouver when Brian Burke maid a blockbuster trade on the draft floor to move up to picks Number 2 and 3 and selected the sedin twins and the rest is history.

[nhlvan]

Seems like all of the players other than Messier were saddened by the firing

[tinotse]

And to think Mark & Mike reunited 3 years later after the Rangers won the Cup. In 94. Than comes coaching the Canucks in 97

[shawnyt]

In hindsight, Orca Bay looked ridiculous for this. Especially with the Kennean, Messier fiasco in Vancouver.

[kulba]

Mark Messier orchestrated Quinn's demise here, plain and simple.

[EAchank]

Tom Renney was a terrible Canucks coach

[Neillios]

You can now find Mark Messier saving a $100 a year using Tide cold water pods...