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So, You Want to Be a Coach…
This coaching change brought organization. Jim Rutherford was weeks leading up to his firing
By Brad Robertson about some very interesting brought in to become president of amongst the rumours of what was
reactions. While coaching his hockey operations and in turn he happening. To a man they spoke
last game in Vancouver the fans hired Patrik Alvin to become the highly of him and supported him.
saluted Bruce with positive clubs General Manager. Boudreau
Now the Canucks turn to Rick
chants. The writing was on the wasn’t the new GMs hire and the Tocchet. His coaching record is
wall by that time and both fans teams horrible start to the season
nothing special with only 125 wins
and team players alike seemed was the ammunition that higher- in 290 games coached. He was
sad to see this happen. Boudreau ups needed to remove Boudreau part of two Stanley Cup winning
handled the questions leading as coach. Bruce Boudreau has
teams as an assistant coach to
up to his release with class and the 20th most coaching victories Mike Sullivan in 2016 and 2017.
dignity. He was overwhelmed by in the NHL. His last win in
He was a hard-nosed player in his
the fan’s reaction to his plight. Vancouver was his 619th. He NHL playing career who played
This whole episode was bizarre to has coached over 1000 games with an edge, but also could score.
say the least. Did Bruce Boudreau and was successful in several
he old saying goes “coaches deserve to be let go? My opinion markets (Anaheim, Washington, He tallied 440 goals in 1144 games
Tare hired to be fired,” and during an 18 year NHL Career.
is no. The team isn’t talented or Minnesota, Vancouver), but his
that certainly rang true recently deep enough to succeed. Their regular season success never Can he be the man that turns
in Vancouver where the Canucks defence core isn’t up to NHL translated to post season success. Vancouvers fortunes around? The
relieved their coach that only came standards and goaltending hasn’t He was known as a players coach, team seems to be headed towards
in part way through last season been strong enough. Those two very witty, and wasn’t identified as a rebuild and many of their current
and led the team to a respectable players are supposedly available
things aren’t all the responsibility a tactical Xs’ and O’s type, but his
second half after underperforming of the coach. players respected and appreciated in trade, other than defenceman
for the first part of the 2021/22 his style. That was evident in the Quin Hughes and forwards Elias
season. The worst-kept secret in The problem was that Boudreau various interviews conducted Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko.
hockey was revealed when Rick was brought in by the ownership with some of Vancouvers key Things will get interesting leading
Tocchet was brought in to replace group last season in the middle of players over the last several up to the NHL trade deadline for
the fired Bruce Boudreau. managerial changes at the top of the sure for the Canucks.
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