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Old 12-05-2021, 06:11 PM   #1
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Icon46 Canucks fire Benning, Weisbrod, Green, and Baumgartner

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Francesco Aquilini, Chairman and Governor NHL, Vancouver Canucks, announced today significant changes to the team's front office and coaching staff, and confirmed a search for new Hockey Operations leadership is underway.

General Manager Jim Benning, Assistant GM John Weisbrod, Head Coach Travis Green and Assistant Coach Nolan Baumgartner have been relieved of their duties.

Bruce Boudreau has been named the 20th Head Coach in Vancouver Canucks history and Scott Walker has been named Assistant Coach. Stan Smyl has been named Interim General Manager and Ryan Johnson has been named Interim Assistant GM while the search for new Hockey Operations leadership has begun.

"First, I want to sincerely thank Jim, John, Travis and Nolan for their passion and dedication to the organization and our community," said Aquilini. "We are grateful for everything they have done for the Canucks during their tenure, and we wish them nothing but success in the future.

"These are difficult decisions, but we believed we would have a competitive group this year. As a result, I'm extremely disappointed in how the team has performed so far. I'm making these changes because we want to build a team that competes for championships and it's time for new leadership to help take us there.

"Our search for new leadership is underway. In the interim, Stan Smyl will lead our Hockey Operations team with the strong support of Ryan Johnson, Chris Gear, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Doug Jarvis and others on the team to ensure day-to-day continuity. Stan has been a very loyal and committed member of our Hockey Operations Senior Management structure for many years and is someone whose experience and leadership we value greatly.

"I am excited to add Bruce Boudreau as our new Head Coach, and Scott as Assistant. Bruce is one of the most experienced coaches in the NHL, with nearly 1,000 games behind the bench and a successful track record working with some of the game's best talent. Scott is a young coach with an excellent reputation who will fit in very well with our group."




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Old 12-05-2021, 06:13 PM   #2
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That’s definitely a coach that will allow management to figure out who’s worth keeping

Interesting that Benning is still around
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:15 PM   #3
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How is Benning not fired yet?
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Did they even announce Green was fired?? BB is a good fit for that roster no doubt about it.
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:16 PM   #5
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:18 PM   #6
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:22 PM   #7
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Did they even announce Green was fired?? BB is a good fit for that roster no doubt about it.
They haven't announced anything yet.

Boudreau is who I wanted the Flames to get (I never thought Darryl was a legitimate possibility until they hired him). Think this is a solid move for Vancouver.

Boudreau gets his teams to the playoffs. He is also very good with offensive players. Could see Pettersson really responding well to this.
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:22 PM   #8
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Boudreau is a solid get for a team that actually has potential. Canucks are trash.
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:27 PM   #9
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Doesn't seem like many new coaches breakthrough anymore, many teams going back to established ones.
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:28 PM   #10
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I think Green is a good coach; the problem was the GM
If this preserves Benning's job, I'm all for it
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:28 PM   #11
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Good coach, but bad team. Can only do so much.
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:40 PM   #12
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:45 PM   #13
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How was benning even allowed to pick a coach
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:47 PM   #14
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I think this is a good fit. Canucks have a roster with a lot of offensive-minded players
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:49 PM   #15
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How was benning even allowed to pick a coach
He probably wasn't... ownership likes to hire coaches. Last one was John Tortorella. How'd that work out?

That said I think this makes a hundred times more sense than Torts did for them. If they'd done this three weeks ago they might still have a chance to bounce back and squeeze into a wild card spot. No chance of that now, of course.
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Old 12-05-2021, 06:54 PM   #16
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Long live Jim Benning, Canucks General Manager.

There are two(?!?!) of many players, but only one Jimmy B.
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Their problem isn't the coach
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Please be more changes coming.
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