Hortankin Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I've been wating a LONNNNGGGG time for this!!! MANNY MANNY MANNY!!! https://www.google.ca/amp/theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/manny-malhotra-could-return-to-the-canucks-fold/amp?client=ms-android-samsung don't know how to quote the article sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Spector Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Awesome news! Bo's faceoff percentage will be off the charts now!!! He'll be top 5 in the league in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 The Canucks have been very weak in faceoffs for some time now. This would be a fantastic addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucypass Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Ahhh... Malhotra the faceoff guru. World class shutdown player in his prime, and a world class teammate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuckles80 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 16 minutes ago, Hortankin said: I've been wating a LONNNNGGGG time for this!!! MANNY MANNY MANNY!!! https://www.google.ca/amp/theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/manny-malhotra-could-return-to-the-canucks-fold/amp?client=ms-android-samsung don't know how to quote the article sorry! I mentioned this in my status update last week when they posted the pictures of him at the fishing derby! Those who said nah I was wrong!! Suck it! Awesome possum! This guy will only help players like Bo, Guance and even Sutter going forward! Love it! Gitter done JB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanaholic Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 BEST BEST BEST news I have read yet. THANK U so much for posting. He could certainly help this TEAM as a COACH . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanaholic Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 21 minutes ago, Hortankin said: I've been wating a LONNNNGGGG time for this!!! MANNY MANNY MANNY!!! https://www.google.ca/amp/theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/manny-malhotra-could-return-to-the-canucks-fold/amp?client=ms-android-samsung don't know how to quote the article sorry! ME 2!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 That's awesome. Manny was the man! Outside of Bo, our face off skills were awful last year. Manny could be huge help in our player development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck-lifer Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 One of best guys in our zone in one our best seasons ever. Great move if he returns! Class act... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillooet_Hillbilly Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I have zero problems with this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 He'd not only could improve our face-offs. But Canuck players would look very GQ with his style coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Cant wait for the entire team to benefit from his experience. Specially Bo. If manimal can pass on the face off touch oooooh maaaaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 This would be HUGE for Horvat and Granlund. Especially Horvat. He's always been decent at draws... Imagine how much better he can be with Manny as his mentor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo fan Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynwa Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I can't see too much of a downside, but just keep in mind, as a player he was accomplished, as a coach, we don't know yet. They are two totally different jobs—just look at #99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 There was so much buildup to this. He was in the fishing event, the parade and others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Lillooet_Hillbilly said: I have zero problems with this news. I concur and find it adequately acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillooet_Hillbilly Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 58 minutes ago, Mr.DirtyDangles said: Specially Bo. If manimal I like that, Bo the manimal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I like Manny as much as the next guy, and having him back seem like some kind of poetic justice. But after signing Doug Jarvis this summer, isn't Manny redundant on this team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Here's the article: Quote His playing days over, the former Canucks centreman is now looking for an NHL team take his career to its next stage — coaching Manny Malhotra may soon be rejoining the Vancouver Canucks organization. The former centreman, who suffered a devastating eye injury months before the Canucks’ run to the Stanley Cup Final five years ago, has reached the end of the line as a player. Malhotra is now looking to transition to the next phase of his hockey career and is seeking work in coaching or player development. The Province has learned his next role may be waiting for him at Rogers Arena. Canucks General Manager Jim Benning confirmed that the organization is exploring ways to bring Malhotra back into the fold. “We’re looking into that,” Benning said. “But we don’t have any announcement right now.” Malhotra appears to be a perfect fit for an organization that struggled mightily in the face-off circle last season, finishing 30th in the NHL. In his 991 career NHL games, Malhotra won 56.4 per cent of the face-offs he took — and won a staggering 61.7 per cent of his draws in his first year in Canucks colours. In addition to the circle, he’d also likely be able to help the team with another area of his expertise — penalty killing. Cut from the same cloth as recently hired assistant coach Doug Jarvis, who made a name for himself as a defensive specialist and special teams standout on the great Montreal Canadiens teams of the late 1970s, Malhotra could surely impart some of his wisdom and help the Canucks’ stable of young forwards with their defensive positioning and play without the puck. A quiet leader and a calming influence during his playing days, the now 36-year-old resumed his career and went on to play for Carolina and Montreal after leaving the Canucks in 2013. In those final years, Malhotra took on the role of mentor with young players and tried to help them develop their games. In an interview on TSN 1040 radio at the annual Rick Rypien Memorial golf tournament last month, Malhotra, who makes Vancouver his post-hockey home, admitted he was in discussion about work with a couple of NHL teams, but he didn’t want to say much more than that. “I’d like to stay in the game in a mentorship or coaching role,” he said. “I don’t want to talk too much about the opportunities until something materializes. I love the game of hockey and everything it has afforded me. I’d definitely like to give back. I enjoy coaching. “Over the course of this summer, I went to a couple of coaching seminars. With the way hockey is evolving now, you see a lot more positions and development roles opening up. So who knows?” When pressed on the Canucks specifically, Malhotra wouldn’t budge. “I don’t want to jinx anything or have something fall through,” he said. So finding the right fit for the two sides remains a work in progress, but Malhotra was on hand at the send-off for the Canucks For Kids Fishing Derby fundraiser a week ago where he was posing for photos with, among others, Jim Benning and Willie Desjardins. And there seemed to be smiles all around, so read into that what you will. Although he wasn’t at the helm during Malhotra’s time here, Benning is well aware of what he meant to the organization during arguably the most-successful run in franchise history. Benning is now attempting to build the Canucks into Stanley Cup contenders again and bringing Malhotra on board seems like it could be a shrewd move for a team trying to infuse its line-up with impressionable youth. “He was a good player for the team for a number of years, and he’s a guy who had a special set of gifts that he offered on faceoffs and penalty killing,” Benning said. “He was a good leader on those teams that were successful. So we’re currently looking into seeing if there is a fit with our organization.” It’s hard to imagine there isn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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