Numerous reports have Travis Green out and Bruce Boudreau coaching the Vancouver Canucks.
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Enough is enough.
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Someone had to pay.
The Vancouver Canucks reportedly fired head coach Travis Green and replaced him with well-traveled 66-year-old Bruce Boudreau, who recently led the Minnesota Wild after stops with the Anaheim Ducks and Washington Capitals.
Boudreau reportedly agreed to a two-year contract.
What could have pushed property over the edge was a 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday in which chants of “Fire Benning” were followed by a fan throwing a jersey on the ice at the end of an ugly night. .
When Green was asked after the game about his current roster, his response was blunt.
“Yes, this is what we have,” Green said.
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That may have forced the property and general manager Jim Benning to do something immediately before Monday’s home game against the Los Angeles Kings in an attempt to stem the tide of negativity in a hockey-crazy city.
The Canucks had scored victories in Montreal and Ottawa to close out a five-game road trip, but opening a six-game home stand with a listless performance against the Penguins may have been the final straw.
The Canucks are last in the Pacific Division with an 8-15-2 record.
Green, a 50-year-old Castlegar native, replaced fired Willie Desjardins after the 2016-17 season.
Green had success with Utica Comets, affiliated with the American Hockey League, including the Calder Cup final in 2015, and the Canucks were preparing it and so were other clubs.
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However, the Canucks’ only postseason appearance under his direction for four seasons was a notable run in the 2020 Edmonton bubble, where his club pushed the Vegas Golden Knights to Game 7 and nearly advanced to the final of the Western Conference.
The Canucks followed that by falling into the North Division basement last season in the tight and COVID-19 plagued season.
Green signed a two-year contract extension in the offseason.
Boudreau was a center for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Fighting Saints World Hockey Association. He had 70 points in 141 NHL games.
As a coach, he likes to play fast-paced and led his NHL clubs to the postseason 10 times, including the conference final twice with the Capitals and once with the Ducks. But in the past four seasons, his clubs missed the playoffs once and were rejected in the first round three times.
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