Posts tagged with "Willie Desjardins"
Canucks Need to Adjust Horvat's Role
July 18th, 2017 It's hard to imagine an NHL team's MVP needing a role adjustment. With the Vancouver Canucks however, improvement is needed everywhere. That includes the Canucks' MVP from last season. Bo Horvat was the team's best player in 2016-17, other than Ryan Miller. He posted career highs with 20 goals and 52 points, despite not scoring in his...
Tryamkin's Departure Puts Pressure on Gudbranson, Juolevi
May 3rd, 2017 Even after the regular season has ended, it seems like the Vancouver Canucks can't stop losing. They went into Saturday night's draft lottery, positioned to snag one of the top two players available. Instead, they tumbled all the way back to fifth place. Before losing a bonafide young center during the draft lottery, they lost one...
The Nuck Stops Here: Coaching, McEneny & Hutton
April 17th, 2017 ‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion and analysis column that runs every Monday throughout the regular season. News Canucks Relieve Willie Desjardins, Assistants of Coaching Duties The Canucks announced this past week that head coach Willie Desjardins has been relieved of his coaching duties....
Who Do the Canucks Want Behind the Bench?
April 13th, 2017 With the Vancouver Canucks ending weeks of speculation and formally ending the reign of head coach Willie Desjardins earlier this week, the team’s management group will once again be in the position of interviewing and hiring an NHL coach this offseason. At this early point, speculating on who will behind the bench for the Canucks next...
Granlund Goes From Afterthought to Catalyst
March 27th, 2017 Not many were thinking about Markus Granlund when the Vancouver Canucks 2016-17 youth movement took off. He was an afterthought on the Canucks roster last season, and didn't show much scoring promise during his first 16 games as a Canuck. Jake Virtanen and Emerson Etem were garnering more attention during training camp. Those two have...
Hitchcock to the Canucks?
March 20th, 2017 One of the most successful coaches in NHL history lost his job on Feb. 1, half a season before he was allegedly going to retire. With an abrupt end to his coaching career, many are wondering if Ken Hitchcock will take one final crack at coaching in the NHL. My THW colleague Thomas Conroy mused about the possibility of Hitchcock...
