Mondi wrote:
As for the BS about AV. They guy took the team to Game 7 of SCF. Won the regular season two years in a row. Has had the top PP and PK in the league for long stretches. And has seen the Twins, Kesler, Raymond, Hansen, Elder, Erhoff, Samuelsson, Burrows...etc have career years during his tenure. AV is a good coach. Heck he's won the Adams and been nominated for it twice.
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All in the past.
Mondi wrote:
He also signed RL to a boat anchor of a contract.
You mean the guy that took the team to Game 7 of the SCF despite the forwards shitting the bed on offense, won the Jennings Trophy, Nominated for the Vezina twice and Hart once, won an Olympic Gold Medal in
Roger's Arena Canada Hockey Place, is the winningest goaltender in Canucks history, owns the majority of the Canucks goal tending records, single handily won the Jack Adams for AV his first year here, has NEVER lost in Round 1of the playoffs, was arguably the teams' MVP last year once the team couldn't figure out what to do after the Jan 7 Boston Game, and the guy who played excellent when the first-year starter couldn't get the job done.
That guy, right?
Just like Lou's time in Vancouver is done (by most accounts), so is AV's. Go find a coach who has managed to get his team to the holy grail of hockey after failing to do so in his first 5 years behind the bench. He doesn't exist. Coaches either win it within the first 4 years or don't win it at all.
AV is a good coach, but his time in Vancouver should be done. The players are probably sick and tired of hearing the same thing over and over again - the thing that hasn't won them anything, but maybe, just maybe this year the same old message will be different.
AV's favourites on the team can coast for a shift here and there knowing they'll be back on the ice for their next shift. The guys who have spent regular time in AV's doghouse are squeezing the stick afraid to get creative or make a mistake because they know they'll be right back in it if they do.