While one era ends, the next doesn't know where to begin
Jordan_Clarke
May 31 2013 02:59PM
(Illustration: Game 7 Hockey)
During his end-of-season press conference, Canucks GM Mike Gillis stressed the need for a "reset" within the organization, which is an appropriately vague term for a team that doesn't really know which direction it's heading in.
They believe they can still contend, yet their core is aging. They want an uptempo brand of hockey to re-capture a softening audience, yet they don't have the personnel up front to do that anymore.
So what should they do?
Alain Vigneault Firing Reax
Jordan_Clarke
May 23 2013 02:44PM
We knew it was coming, and around 12:30 Pacifc Time yesterday afternoon Louis Jean of TVA Sports broke the news that the Canucks had fired head coach Alain Vigneault and associate coaches Rick Bowness and Newell Brown.
In my view, if we were to draw up an off-season priority list of what will help the Canucks win more games next season, the coaching situation would be near the bottom of the list. But professional hockey, in some ways, is as much about public relations as it is on-ice success, and someone needed to be held accountable for the 1-8 playoff record of the past two seasons. Unsurprisingly, that someone was Alain Vigneault.
Let's roundup what's being said about AV's dismissal around the hockey web after the jump.
The Canucks Week in Quips for May 10
Jordan_Clarke
May 10 2013 09:04AM
Mike Gillis never sleeps, cause sleep is the cousin of death.
Well, another disappointing season has come and gone for the Canucks. Whether you want to bring out the microscope and analyze what went wrong or just forget that it all happened, at least you now have several weeks of stress-free playoff hockey watching ahead of you! So there's that, but not much else.
Anyway, allow me to send you off into the sunset with the final installment of Canucks Quips for the 2013 season. Fair warning: it's sort of an epic mishmash of emotions.
The Canucks Week in Quips for May 3
Jordan_Clarke
May 03 2013 09:05AM
Alain Vigneault lost the battle behind the benches in Game 1. (USA TODAY SPORTS)
It's the playoffs, and my regular Friday feature combining a healthy mixture of observation, analysis, and foresight on the Vancouver Canucks lives on! If you'd like to get at me about anything covered in this column, follow me on Twitter at @yyjordan and let's start a textual relationship (wink).
The Canucks Week in Quips for April 26
Jordan_Clarke
April 26 2013 10:06AM
God only knows where we'd be without Lou. (Photo: Harry How)
This is a regular Friday feature combining a healthy mixture of observation, analysis, and foresight on the Vancouver Canucks. If you'd like to get at me about anything covered in this column, follow me on Twitter at @yyjordan and let's start a textual relationship (wink).
