The Vancouver Canucks are off to a historic start this season with a remarkable 20-9-1 record – the fastest they have ever hit 20 wins in a campaign. They sit second in the league behind the Vegas Golden Knights with 41 points and are on pace to eclipse the century mark for the first time
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In what I thought was a funny interview on Hockey Night in Canada, Scott Oake asked the Vancouver Canucks’ Sam Lafferty how he moved up from a bottom-six player to someone who was able to play on the team’s first line. While Lafferty took a bit of a double take, he answered the question by
As an academic, one of my research focuses was organizational leadership. Throughout my 41-year career at the University of Alberta, I wrote several books in this area. Now that I come to writing hockey posts for The Hockey Writers, it’s surprising just how much of my academic background I see at play in the world
The Vancouver Canucks (5-2-1) dropped their eighth game of the season, losing 4-3 in overtime on the second night of a back-to-back to the New York Rangers (6-2-0) in front of their home fans. Despite a great showing from the Canucks, Igor Shesterkin stole the show Saturday night, stopping 30 of 33 shots en route
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway Sportsnet: Jeff Marek on 32 Thoughts on Bruce Boudreau and the Vancouver Canucks. ** NHLRumors.com transcription “It’s almost over. Well there’ll be another chapter to this saga but the first part is almost over. So on Monday, we expect Rick Tocchet
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, are the Buffalo Sabres looking at Jakob Chychrun? And, if they are, will they be willing to pay the asking price Arizona has set to acquire the defenseman? Explore everything hockey with THW’s Hockeypedia pages. The Toronto Maple Leafs are waiting on a status update regarding Jake Muzzin potentially returning
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway Sekeres and Price: Rick Dhaliwal on the potential Vancouver Canucks head coaching change and the Rick Tocchet speculation. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Matt Sekeres: “Any chance they fire (Bruce) Boudreau coming out of this mid-season meeting in Florida? Any chance there’s a
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway Donnie & Dhali: Elliotte Friedman on the Donnie & Dhali show on the Vancouver Canucks and Bruce Boudreau. Donnie: “Elliotte, you tweeted this out and talked about it on the weekend on the Hockey Night in Canada, but how important is
Andrew Brunette still waiting Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Florida Panthers interim coach Andrew Brunette was a Jack Adams Finalist and was loved by his players according to Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov. Yet, Brunette still hasn’t received an endorsement from GM Bill Zito and his future is still in limbo. Is Zito looking at some of
Chiasson not considering Switzerland Rick Dhaliwal: There have been some reports that Vancouver Canucks pending UFA forward Alex Chiasson could sign with HC Lugano in Switzerland. Canucks President Jim Rutherford on Chiasson: “We will not make a decision on him until after free agency.” Rick Dhaliwal: Pat Morris, the agent for Chiasson of the report:
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there are a few names floating around when it comes to candidates for the head coaching job in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, both the Edmonton Oilers and Carolina Hurricanes are teams rumored to be ready to add before the NHL Trade Deadline. The Chicago Blackhawks are willing to listen to offers on
The Arizona Coyotes ended the 2020-21 regular season on a high note, with two victories over the San Jose Sharks on Friday and Saturday at the SAP Center, but, unfortunately for the boys in the white sweaters, the pair of triumphs were largely meaningless. Earlier in the week, in what has become a common springtime
Arizona Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong announced this afternoon that the team has agreed to mutually part ways with head coach Rick Tocchet. Tocchet, whose contract was set to expire this offseason, will not return as the team’s head coach next season. In addition, the team has announced that the search for their new head
As the Arizona Coyotes approach their final six games of the season, hope is pretty much all but over. The team currently sits in fifth place with a mark of 21-24-5 for 47 points and is five points behind the recently red hot St. Louis Blues, who are on a four-game winning streak. With the
Call it what you want — déjà vu, Groundhog Day, a glitch in the Matrix — the results are the same. The Detroit Red Wings get roughed up against a team, regroup and have a hard-nosed practice, come out with determination for the next series, only to get roughed up again. The team’s inconsistency has
After they were embarrassed by a 7-1 score in Game 4 of their Stanley Cup playoffs first-round series against the Colorado Avalanche, all eyes were on the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday afternoon. Would they show some intestinal fortitude and get back into the series, or would they fold and bow out of the playoffs after
Premier pending unrestricted free agent Taylor Hall may be a good fit with the Arizona Coyotes in theory based on their needs. In practice there’s less room for him to fit than you may think, though. Ex-New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall – (Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) To illustrate the point,
Let’s not sugarcoat things. The Arizona Coyotes had an absolute nightmare of a Western Canada road trip over the past few days – one which has put their playoff hopes in grave danger. After picking up a massive come-from-behind victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, the ‘Yotes followed that up with visits to the