Rumor: Bruce Boudreau Extension coming shortly: Update - Nope

Green Blank Stare · May 8, 2022

me2 said:
Washington was a heavy weight contender during his time there.

Anaheim was a heavy weight contender during his time there.

Minny was a decent contender for a couple of years.

Which of those teams was talented enough to win the Cup? Maybe the Caps but they've flamed out every year since Ovi's been there except 2018. They also went from dogshit before his arrival to a contender overnight.

mathonwy · May 9, 2022

Can Boudreau coach in the playoffs.

That’s the million dollar question.

Does he have what it takes to make the necessary line up adjustments to win a 7 game series versus a very smart opponent?

The last thing I want to happen is to bring a knife to a gunfight.

He either can do it or he can’t.

There’s no earning here IMO.

me2 · May 9, 2022

Green Blank Stare said:
Which of those teams was talented enough to win the Cup? Maybe the Caps but they've flamed out every year since Ovi's been there except 2018. They also went from dogshit before his arrival to a contender overnight.

Maybe the Caps? If you can't accept the Caps were bonefide contenders during that I'm wasting my time.

Petey But Really Jim · May 9, 2022

mathonwy said:
Can Boudreau coach in the playoffs.

That’s the million dollar question.

Does he have what it takes to make the necessary line up adjustments to win a 7 game series versus a very smart opponent?

The last thing I want to happen is to bring a knife to a gunfight.

He either can do it or he can’t.

There’s no earning here IMO.

Bruce is nearly 68 years old. He won’t be coaching this team in any playoff game that actually is relevant to winning the Stanley Cup. This project is still too early.

Dab · May 9, 2022

Walter The Cat said:
Bruce is nearly 68 years old. He won’t be coaching this team in any playoff game that actually is relevant to winning the Stanley Cup. This project is still too early.

I feel like Bruce is the perfect coach if they trade Miller and take a strategic step back. Bruce will make the important guys left here feel good and help them get some goals and keep the fans off managements back by distracting them with some exciting hockey and an encore of Bruce there it is.

Green Blank Stare · May 9, 2022

Walter The Cat said:
Bruce is nearly 68 years old. He won’t be coaching this team in any playoff game that actually is relevant to winning the Stanley Cup. This project is still too early.

Who cares? The average NHL coaching tenure is two and a half years.

PuckMunchkin · May 9, 2022

me2 said:
Maybe the Caps? If you can't accept the Caps were bonefide contenders during that I'm wasting my time.

Talented enough for sure... But that was before Ovechkin started to play in both ends of the ice.

Could be argued that Bruce should have gotten AO8 to commit to a defensive game in addition to his elite offense, but I wouldn't blame Bruce for that. Those things are insanely hard to gauge. Basically just down to specualtion.

Vector · May 9, 2022

Trotz fired by the Islanders. That’s a team that should be interesting to Boudreau. They are in full win-now mode.

iceburg · May 9, 2022

If not Boudreau, Trotz would be an excellent choice here. Fits with the get younger strategy :sarcasm:

Jyrki21 · May 9, 2022

iceburg said:
If not Boudreau, Trotz would be an excellent choice here. Fits with the get younger strategy

Imagine a second coach swap with a New York team. :laugh:

And Trotz/Torts alignment too, to really make things fun.

mathonwy · May 9, 2022

Walter The Cat said:
Bruce is nearly 68 years old. He won’t be coaching this team in any playoff game that actually is relevant to winning the Stanley Cup. This project is still too early.

I know there is a portion of HFCanucks that believes the project is too early.

I don’t share this sentiment and neither do the players.

Quinn is feeling urgency seeing his younger brother tearing it up in Jersey.

Petey is feeling urgency to make up for lost development and performance time so he can get paid in full.

Bo’s not getting any younger.

Brock has had a real tough go at it.

JT knows his best chance to make his 30s count is right here in front of his nose. He’s earned a permanent top 3 spot on this team and that’s not necessarily the case anywhere else.

As far as the players are concerned, the project is overdue by 2 years. They should have resigned Tanev and Toffoli and built on top of the success they achieved in the post season.

That didn’t happen of course and here we f***ing are talking about another f***ing retool.

Players don’t have any more time to f*** around and I see them pushing hard next season.

BB or no BB, I don’t care. I just pray they make the right decision because 1-2-3-4 royally f***ed the 2011 core.

Vector · May 9, 2022

A very interesting Patrick Johnston article on the Canucks dressing room culture and Boudreau's affect on it.

F A N · May 9, 2022

Trotz would definitely be an exciting coaching hire. Doubt he comes here though. I also doubt the Canucks would make him a fair offer. Canucks seem stuck on paying their headcoach ~$2-2.5M a year max.

rypper · May 9, 2022

There you have it folks, as committal as Friedman gets.

Dab · May 9, 2022

According to Drance Bruce was on the call with the canucks brass and Russian KHL free agent today.

Vector · May 9, 2022

Dab said:
According to Drance Bruce was on the call with the canucks brass and Russian KHL free agent today.

Yeah that was reported last night as well.

Tomatoes11 · May 10, 2022

mathonwy said:
I know there is a portion of HFCanucks that believes the project is too early.

I don’t share this sentiment and neither do the players.

Quinn is feeling urgency seeing his younger brother tearing it up in Jersey.

Petey is feeling urgency to make up for lost development and performance time so he can get paid in full.

Bo’s not getting any younger.

Brock has had a real tough go at it.

JT knows his best chance to make his 30s count is right here in front of his nose. He’s earned a permanent top 3 spot on this team and that’s not necessarily the case anywhere else.

As far as the players are concerned, the project is overdue by 2 years. They should have resigned Tanev and Toffoli and built on top of the success they achieved in the post season.

That didn’t happen of course and here we f***ing are talking about another f***ing retool.

Players don’t have any more time to f*** around and I see them pushing hard next season.

BB or no BB, I don’t care. I just pray they make the right decision because 1-2-3-4 royally f***ed the 2011 core.

How do you figure that we are ready? Newsflash , we don’t have anymore chips to go all in. Dim already went all in 2 or 3 seasons in a row. We simply don’t have anymore chips to go all in. Lol

Mr. Canucklehead · May 11, 2022

Vector · May 11, 2022

Very curious what those details are. Wonder if he’s seeking some sort of amendment on his contract that either adds some sort of incentive for himself. Not sure if pay escalators based on performance are allowed in coaches contracts.

JUMBOcanuck · May 11, 2022

Vector said:
Very curious what those details are. Wonder if he’s seeking some sort of amendment on his contract that either adds some sort of incentive for himself. Not sure if pay escalators based on performance are allowed in coaches contracts.

Maybe he wants to bring in his own staff? Walker was the only guy that came with him.

F A N · May 11, 2022

JUMBOcanuck said:
Maybe he wants to bring in his own staff? Walker was the only guy that came with him.

Bob Woods was Boudreau's long time assistant but unless he chooses to leave I don't see why Minnesota wouldn't bring him back given the year they have had. With Boudreau not having job security, might be a good idea for Woods to stay put.

There could be some coaching openings though. King and Gustafson being obvious targets to be replaced.

rypper · May 11, 2022

King seems like such an obvious change but maybe they work with him or shuffle responsibilities.

Vector · May 11, 2022

This article mentions it’s not term or salary so I’m assuming it’s either authority over certain team aspects, more input into or assurances of personnel decisions, and/or sorting out his coaching staff. Should have an official decision in the next week.

“Boudreau hopes to nail down a couple of items with management next week and would like to have things settled within the next ten days if possible. The items do not involve his term or salary.”

Vector · May 11, 2022

From earlier today. Dreger doesn’t talk about the Canucks unless he’s sure about what he’s saying.

rypper · May 11, 2022

Vector said:
From earlier today. Dreger doesn’t talk about the Canucks unless he’s sure about what he’s saying.

Ownership should kindly shut the f*** up and leave the hockey ops decisions to the people who didn't spend the last 8 years employing (and trusting) the former buffoon.

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