Confirmed with Link: Manny Malhotra hired as Canucks development coach

[Chairman Maouth]

I may be behind the times but I didn't see where this is being discussed. If I'm late to the party I'll dump this thread.

Manny Malhotra could return to the Canucks’ fold

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[Baby Pettersson]

Manny mentoring Horvat on faceoffs... The possibilities...

 

[Huggy]

Manny mentoring Horvat on faceoffs... The possibilities...

lol wow. just legendary

 

[Nucker101]

Canucks will set faceofff records

 

[Canadian Canuck]

Faceoff/PK coach would be great.

 

[The Stig]

He was along for the CAN fishing trip. Id love for him to be back with the team. I have a Manny jersey

 

[Archangel]

I may be behind the times but I didn't see where this is being discussed. If I'm late to the party I'll dump this thread.

Manny Malhotra could return to the Canucks’ fold

I believe this is for an assistant coaching position or development

 

[Virtanen2Horvat]

I think Malhotra could be one of the best things to happen to this team.

Help Sutter improve on faceoffs even more. Then he can help develop Horvat in the circle, a great leader too.

 

[groov2]

This would be great.

 

[jimmythescot]

Saw the retirement thread on the main board first, saw he was talking about going into coaching and really hoped he'd come to us. I thought he was a great leader here, and I'm salivating at the prospect.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Part of me hopes he'll wait until Benning and Desjardins are fired so he'll be able to come into a functional situation with competent colleagues.

But please come back, Manny.

I knew our Cup hopes died when I saw the back panel of the paper the day after he got the puck in his eye. I just knew it.

 

[oyvey]

It's not like they have anything to lose by bringing in someone new to work on faceoffs...

I knew our Cup hopes died when I saw the back panel of the paper the day after he got the puck in his eye. I just knew it.

The funny part is he returned for Game 3 of the SCF...

 

[Rex Banner]

It's not like they have anything to lose by bringing in someone new to work on faceoffs...


The funny part is he returned for Game 3 of the SCF...

Game 3 was like being forced to watch someone torture a family member for 3 hours. Absolute nightmare of a game. I remember Luongo boasting before game 3 about how he got his first win/shutout in that building and how he felt confident going in. Worst Canucks game I've ever watched.

 

[Huggy43]

It's not like they have anything to lose by bringing in someone new to work on faceoffs...


The funny part is he returned for Game 3 of the SCF...

It was Game 2

Love Manny & hope he joins our coaching staff. Though tbh the Hamhuis injury is when our chances went out the door.... Sigh.

 

[stuffradio]

It was Game 2

Love Manny & hope he joins our coaching staff. Though tbh the Hamhuis injury is when our chances went out the door.... Sigh.

More like the Rome suspension.

 

[Huggy]

Game 3 was like being forced to watch someone torture a family member for 3 hours. Absolute nightmare of a game. I remember Luongo boasting before game 3 about how he got his first win/shutout in that building and how he felt confident going in. Worst Canucks game I've ever watched.

id be so less salty about scf if the games we lost were 2-1

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

He only played a few years here but his influence was massive. The guy was the ultimate third line center in 2011 - he dominated the dot, was a workhorse defensively and chipped in 30 points to boot. The eye injury was catastrophic to our cup run that year, before that they were simply unstoppable. They still made the finals but it was tougher than it could have been if Manny were in the fold.

His return in Game 2 is legendary stuff. I'd love to have him back as a mentor, he's the kind of presence you want around the youngsters (not these bums like Dorsett and Prust.)

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Such a class guy. I also miss Mike Keane being in the org (damn Jets).

 

[Orca Whalers]

If he doesn't sustain that brutal eye injury we win the cup. Never was the same player afterwards.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

Not sure where he has his roots these days but Utica is only about a hour flight from his hometown of Mississauga.

 

[Zombotron]

Not sure where he has his roots these days

I was wondering too, but it's in the article

In an interview on TSN 1040 radio at the annual Rick Rypien Memorial golf tournament last month, Malhotra, who makes Vancouver his post-hockey home

 

[JuniorNelson]

He'd make a good player coach in the AHL, no? Canucks can call him up for nine games, so he can get his thousand. Canucks will have plenty of meaningless games this season.

 

[Zombotron]

happening

 

[pahlsson]

thumbs up

 

[Zombotron]