Vancouver exit: Nonis whines, Vigneault makes excuses

It's enough to make anyone say, "And so it begins..."

The Vancouver Canucks are out of the play-offs. Nonis says it's the injuries, it's the schedule. Well excuse me! Vancouver has had schedule problems since joining the NHL. It's an obstacle to manage and overcome. Not an excuse for under-performance.

Vigneault focuses more on the injuries which have been particularly brutal this year, yes.

But I say that people who blame what they couldn't control for the state of affairs they find themselves in are not people who are going to solve the real problems, ever. If Nonis doesn't sack his defensive co-ordinator before June (and named a real coach as replacement!), I say the Aquilinis should sack them both. Vigneault will still be just a defensive co-ordinator and Nonis will have proven that he hasn't moved on from being a management trainee.

But yet another summer of whining and "wait until next year"? I want to hear about it even less than I want to hear about the NBA or interminable baseball scores.