The place Will The Vancouver Canucks Discover A New Head Coach?
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio Morning Skate and was requested concerning the Vancouver Canucks and the place they are going to go of their teaching search contemplating the drama that unfolded this season.
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Scott Laughlin: “Fridge we had been simply speaking earlier about Jim Rutherford making the announcement (Tuesday) that expectedly, perhaps considerably expectedly, Rick Tocchet, after the supply, determined he was going to maneuver on. So what are your ideas on the place Rick finally ends up now, and what the Vancouver Canucks are going to do?
As a result of perhaps that’s not the job that you’d assume it might be based mostly upon the strain of the market. The truth that Quinn Hughes is perhaps there for an additional yr, yr and a half, perhaps, earlier than he strikes on.
You’ve acquired Elias Pettersson, the maligned famous person that he’s, with a contract that he will get, that comes his approach, and he’s wanted to rediscover his kind. An oft-injured primary goaltender in Thatcher Demko. What do you consider Tocchet transferring on, as to the place he may land? And secondly, for Vancouver, what do they do subsequent?”
Elliotte Friedman: “I do know, I believe, in Tocchet’s case, I believe numerous eyes might be on Philadelphia. You realize, as he may have choices. There’s no query about that. I haven’t spoken to him straight, however Jim Rutherford mentioned he needs to go East. I had questioned if he can be a contender in Anaheim. I undoubtedly assume he would have been a contender in Seattle. However in the event you take Rutherford at face worth there, it wouldn’t appear to be that.
The Rangers, I believe Sullivan is the primary man on their radar. However Philly, I believe is the one rather a lot, Boston is open to, however Philly, I believe can be the one that folks would key on. I believe the longer this went on, the extra I believed that Tocchet can be leaving. Rutherford talked about private causes. And I don’t know what these are, and I don’t wish to get into these, however I do assume that this was a vastly disappointing yr in Vancouver.
When you return a yr, I don’t assume lots of people believed it might have gone like this. And even in the event you believed they wouldn’t have been pretty much as good a workforce, I don’t know in the event you would have seen all of the drama unfolding because it did. And I simply assume he was burned out. I believe he had sufficient. And it was, he determined, as soon as he sat down and actually thought of it, it was time to go. And he did.
So I believe it’s too early to say extra, the place Vancouver goes to go right here. I’m curious to see in the event that they consider Manny Malhotra, who coaches their AHL workforce, is a contender. And the opposite factor too, is that they’re sort of in an attention-grabbing spot. Vancouver is within the sense that numerous the primary, the highest candidates, Rutherford once more, mentioned Sullivan unlikely to go there.
When you take a look at among the high names which can be accessible, I believe Sullivan can be a no for Vancouver. Tocchet clearly isn’t going again. (Joel) Quenneville, I don’t assume can be a Vancouver candidate. You take a look at among the high names who can be accessible, I don’t assume that’s in Vancouver’s wheelhouse. That doesn’t imply you possibly can’t get coach, however I believe their search is perhaps a little bit extra open than among the others.”
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