Screencap via Kings.nhl.com. So much of what a hockey coach does happens behind the scenes, and away from the view of fans and media. Most of the time we just don’t know that much about how good a particular coach is, often until that coach is fired (like what happened with Bruce Boudreau)… With that…
Manny Malhotra, a true character guy, dives for a puck in practice. Image via wikimedia commons. This is last week’s news, but it’s such a multi-faceted and fascinating story that I want to talk about it a bit more. Manny Malhotra’s three year term with the Canucks came to an end, as a player anyway,…
Judging by the plethora of details leaking out in the media this weekend, the Vancouver Canucks have launched what is sure to be a drawn out, rigorous process to hire a replacement for recently deposed head coach Alain Vigneault. While the landscape is beginning to shift on the Canucks coaching search front, we shouldn’t expect…
