Imagine a team built of solely BC born or bred players. While other teams would have more skill, the BC team would just kick the living (expletive deleted) out of all of them.
Shaw has a long history providing rock solid player development and systems integration for defense with St. Louis and Columbus, two teams known for their strong, transitional defense. I see no reason why he couldn't handle half a season at the helm of this team. Could be the move that makes him.
Might be a good plan in the interim.
Cull ain't going anywhere. They would be smart to work Juice into assistant job with Shaw.
Hiring a coach who's never coached in any capacity at the NHL level is suicide at this point. Juice is too smart to bite. Remember he said he'd go down with the ship and then he was traded. Could be bad blood. He should have been allowed to retire a Canuck as much as the Sedins in my mind. Protected this team and scored goals.
That would be Jim Rutherford or Dale Tallon. All for either of those guys. Very smart and savvy hockey men. Hell......
And, you know, Motte's been injured, and stuff. Would have been nice to have, you know, Ferland, but he's got a concussion and stuff. We're just doing what, you know, we can, and stuff.
Green is completely delusional. He seemingly can't see that his poor coaching is part of what's lead to this team playing as poorly as they have. I get that he can't absorb every gripe from every fan and expect to do his job. That makes sense. He's just not very good at his job though, as the record proves.