Bizarre hire. However, there is not a coach in this league that could take the current Canucks roster and turn it into a playoff style team.
The obvious things to watch will be how the Sedins and Kesler respond to his confrontational style towards butter soft stars, the plunderous ravaging of the self-conscious Vancouver media, and the style he decides to implement. The style he coached in Tampa was markedly different than the one he coached in NY. Pre-lockout aside, Van fans will be hoping he gives that goalie style garbage a rest. It won't work with that team, nor any other team really.
Back to the media, who was that guy that gave the fifteen minute rant between sobs after Nucks got swept? Sekaras? He is in for some sore times.
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