CANUCKS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Jan Levine: My Take on Vigneault Hiring
The search is over. The at times meandering hunt for a new head coach for all intents and purposes ended Saturday with Alain Vigneault agreeing in principle to helm the Rangers. Of course, it took the threat of an excellent competing offer, rumored to be for five years for the Blueshirts to act, but it's clear by the commitment they made Vigneault while ignoring other candidates...
Canucks are iffy on bringing Mason Raymond back
From News 1130 Sports in Vancouver:
JP Barry the agent for #Canucks u-f-a Mason Raymond says he had a brief talk with#Canucks assistant gm Lawrence Gillman last week.
— News1130 Sports (@News1130Sports) June 19, 2013
Barry was told the #Canucks have not decided yet on whether they will make Raymond an offer or not.
— News1130 Sports (@News1130Sports) June...
Whither Mike Gillis? It’s complicated Canucks fans!
Time to act
It’s a complicated summer for Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis. For the first time in his tenure, he faces the need to tinker with the core of this hockey club and make some important choices.
After inheriting a team with a significant number of pieces that would eventually take the team to the brink of glory in 2011 and needing the summers preceding only to maintain...
John Tortorella is the right choice to be the next head coach of the Vancouver Canucks
John Tortorella is the man that is most well suited to become the next head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. I will admit, this opinion took me a while to come around on. Tortorella is loud, rude, and has a temper. He is everything that Mike Gillis isn’t (style-wise anyway), but the man can coach.
Pierre Lebrun reported today that John Tortorella, John Stevens, Scott Arniel and...
Samuelsson, Brown Could Join Vigneault's Staff
Pat Leonard at the Daily News reports that Ulf Samuelsson is a leading candidate to be hired as one of Alain Vigneault’s assistants. Samuelsson, who was the head coach of Modo (SEL) last season, has apparently left that job. moved to Phoenix and his looking for a job in the NHL.
The former Rangers defenseman was an assistant in Phoenix from 2006 through 2011.
Leonard...
Don’t expect a huge change with Vigneault on board
Don’t expect a huge difference in performance under Vigneault.
With Alain Vigneault on board, the Rangers are likely going to be changing their styles of play. But with that style change comes understanding what that change will bring. This is something we’ve covered a few times here, but it’s worth digging deeper into the puck possession metrics to see how exactly the Rangers...
30 Teams In 30 Days–Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks got the short end of the stick in the playoffs. The shortest end possible to say the least. Vancouver won the Northwest Division and was promptly broomed out of the playoffs by San Jose. That quick exit led to the firing of coach Alain Vigneault and what smells like regime change in Vancouver.
Team Name: Vancouver Canucks
Record: 26-15-7, 1st in Northwest, Lost 4-0 to...
Will Maxim Lapierre follow Vigneault?
(Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)
When a new head coach arrives at a club it’s not just coaching staffs that tend to follow. Players who have built relationships often do the same, and with Maxim Lapierre approaching free agency, the opportunity to join the Rangers seems a logical one for all concerned.
Lapierre is a hard working hockey player that adds depth to the bottom six and is...
Canucks announce new affiliate; Comets to begin play in ’13-14
The new logo of the Utica Comets (courtesy of theahl.com)
Friday morning the Vancouver Canucks announced that Utica, New York will be the home of their new American Hockey League franchise as per the team’s website. Unanimously approved by the AHL’s Board of Governors, the team will take over operations from the Peoria Riverman, the former St. Louis Blues affiliate that the...
Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Why Did the Flyers Lose Out on Eriksson?
Former Flyers prospect Joacim Eriksson has signed a two-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks,...
Utica will get AHL franchise, Vancouver affiliate
The American Hockey League is returning to the Mohawk Valley of upstate New York.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Utica Memorial Auditorium will be the new home of the Utica Comets, who will be the minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks.
The Comets will kick off their inaugural season this fall at the 4,000-seat Utica Memorial Auditorium, which...
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A Don Cherry centaur from Detroit's WDIV
Your eyes will not be able to un-see the majesty of Don Cherry this time. His suits are a collective Rorschach test of terribleness, but never before has Cherry been this disconcerting. Via Andrew Ebbett of the Vancouver Canucks comes indisputable proof that Americans find Cherry as interesting as Canadians do:
Wow. Thank you for that, WDIV. I for one am anxiously awaiting...
Would Tortorella Be A Fit In Vancouver?
from Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province,
With Tortorella you might get Vigneault 2.0 with a heavy reliance on great goaltending, good defence and a struggle to score goals. The Rangers were 10th in offence and 23rd on the power play during the regular season and a paltry 4-for-44 on the power play in the playoffs. But you also get a snap to attention from a guy who guided the...
Adam French: Draft Spotlight : Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are still a strong team with a lot of positives despite what could be considered a bit of a side show this shortened season. I wonât go into too much detail because I think Esplen has covered this well enough, but the public calls for ousting of Luongo yet keeping him on the team and now the firing of AV brought some controversyâ¦though I know a lot...
Report: Islanders Believed to Be Interested in Trading for Roberto Luongo, Allowing Canucks to Buy Out Rick DiPietro
It’s long been assumed that Roberto Luongo is on his way out of Vancouver. However, his most recent rumored destination is not the one you might expect. The Islanders are now believed to be interested in trading for Luongo, according to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, depending on how contract talks go with their current starter, Evgeni Nabokov. Nabakov is an unrestricted free agent this...
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