Jim Rutherford has been around long enough he should know how to fire a coach. But Bruce Boudreau's dismissal couldn’t have been handled any worse, and it cast a shadow over every decision-maker in the organization, writes eduhatschek.
Last Monday, I texted Tocchet, seeking his input on another matter altogether, relating to his time in Arizona, coaching the. Tocchet usually gets back to me right away. By Wednesday, I realized he probably wasn’t going to this time, that he had other things on his mind as he negotiated his departure from his current gig as a commentator on TNT to get back behind an NHL bench.
As a team, Vancouver would be much improved if they could simply insert an in-his-prime Tocchet directly into their line-up. Luckily, for Tocchet, professional sports is the ultimate what-have-you-done-for-me-lately sort of enterprise. Teams have short memories. Fanbases have short memories. Boudreau’s mistreatment will fade in time, and it’ll fade even faster if Tocchet can get things turned in the right direction.Boudreau, after replacing Green, was the toast of the town — in the eyes of everyone but Rutherford.had been healthy, if this would have had a different outcome.
Whatever short-term bump the Canucks may get from Tocchet’s presence behind the bench – because there’s almost always a short-term bump whenever a team makes a coaching change — long term, his success or failure will be greatly influenced by the quality of goaltending he may or may not get from Demko.
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