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Willie Desjardins

Canucks Need to Replace Benning Before Replacing Green

Matthew Zator | November 12, 2021

After more offseason moves and another promise of better days ahead, the Vancouver Canucks have started the 2021-22 season on a frustrating 5-7-2 run with two of the worst special…

Categories Canucks Management, Editor's Choice

The Grind Line: Detroit Red Wings’ Assistant Coach Candidates

Patrick Brown | May 31, 2021

What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly…

Categories Detroit Red Wings, NHL Coaching

5 Things to Watch in the 2019-20 Western Hockey League Season

The Canadian Press | September 19, 2019

There was plenty of change across the Western Hockey League in the summer, whether it was a coach returning to where he had the most success, or an entire organization switching cities.
Here are five storylines to keep an eye on in the 2019-2…

Categories WHL

Kings Fire John Stevens

Tom Dianora | November 4, 2018

The Los Angeles Kings have fired head coach John Stevens, per an announcement from the team. Willie Desjardins has been named the interim head coach. Willie Desjardins named interim Head…

Categories Los Angeles Kings, News

Forgotten Canucks Get 2nd Chance at 2018 Olympics

Matt Lawson | January 12, 2018

Team Canada announced their men’s ice hockey team roster on Thursday and to nobody’s surprise, it was nothing spectacular because of NHL players not being permitted to compete. However, there…

Categories Editor's Choice, Vancouver Canucks

Big Season Looming for Ben Hutton

Trevor Beggs | July 28, 2017

The Vancouver Canucks are looking for improvement across the board heading into next season. After his tumultuous campaign, Ben Hutton could be the poster boy for improvement. One of the…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Canucks Need to Adjust Horvat’s Role

Trevor Beggs | July 18, 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…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Tryamkin’s Departure Puts Pressure on Gudbranson, Juolevi

Trevor Beggs | May 3, 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…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

The Nuck Stops Here: Coaching, McEneny & Hutton

Markus Meyer | April 17, 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…

Categories Column, Elsewhere on the Web, Vancouver Canucks

Granlund Goes From Afterthought to Catalyst

Trevor Beggs | March 27, 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…

Categories Editor's Choice, Vancouver Canucks

Hitchcock to the Canucks?

Trevor Beggs | March 20, 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…

Categories Canucks Management, Editor's Choice, Vancouver Canucks

Is Benning the Canucks’ Problem?

Leah Dyck | March 18, 2017

The Vancouver Canucks are one of those controversial teams when it comes to being well-managed. The problems raining down on the club have been long and grueling, while not all…

Categories Canucks Management, Vancouver Canucks
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