-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 The Canucks are now looking for at least one new assistant coach: More changes are coming — as expected — to the hallways of Rogers Arena. Vancouver Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau revealed Friday morning that assistant coach Scott Walker won’t be back. He made the comments on the Bob McCown podcast, where John Shannon is a contributor. Walker was the first person Boudreau contacted after he was offered the head coach’s job by Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini in early December and he agreed to return to the Canucks, where he’d worked previously in player development and where he’d broken into the NHL as a player, as an assistant coach. Canucks GM Patrik Allvin told Postmedia on Thursday he and Boudreau were still reviewing staff. “Bruce and myself are working, working on those things, you know, looking at the team and looking at the staff,” he said. Asked whether a change was imminent, he paused, then replied: “I think we need some more time.” https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/canucks-scott-walker-wont-be-back-as-assistant-coach Update: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post King Heffy Posted May 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2022 Disappointing as I loved him as a player and he is a very promising hockey mind. I think he'll be a head coach in the NHL one day and continue Pat Quinn's legacy. Wish him the best. 4 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted May 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2022 huh. Wasn't it his ideas that brought the PK back to life? 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 That's too bad. With Shaw here perhaps it was too many cooks in the kitchen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Disappointing as I loved him as a player and he is a very promising hockey mind. I think he'll be a head coach in the NHL one day and continue Pat Quinn's legacy. Wish him the best. Damn that sucks. Not sure what the issue would be - our special teams rapidly improved along the stretch and can't see given our personnel actually doing much better on the PK ... maybe a little. That's too bad considering we became one of the best defensive teams in the entire league post Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSVII Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 That's sad to hear. Was it his choice? Maybe had has something else lined up. His special teams were just what we needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 That's too bad, I'm sure Bruce isn't too happy about that. I thought the issues were mainly D zone breakouts etc? Wouldn't that be Brad Shaw under the microscope? Maybe they move Shaw to coach the PK and then bring in Housely to be the D coach? Wild guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, IBatch said: Damn that sucks. Not sure what the issue would be - our special teams rapidly improved along the stretch and can't see given our personnel actually doing much better on the PK ... maybe a little. That's too bad considering we became one of the best defensive teams in the entire league post Green. Could have been that he didn't particularly want the job and took it as a favour for a friend. He won't be out of work long as he was overqualified for the job. Edited May 20, 2022 by King Heffy 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4petesake Posted May 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2022 Say what?? I was under the impression that he was innovative and brought a new look to the pk. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCNate Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I'm guessing he wants to explore taking on a bigger role elsewhere. He was the #3 coach here, i'm guessing he will have bigger opportunities elsewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Is Jason King (PP) next? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Wonder if that was in the offering, and the reason for not giving Bruce a longer extension... Edited May 20, 2022 by spook007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 25 minutes ago, JM_ said: huh. Wasn't it his ideas that brought the PK back to life? I think Boudreau started utilizing Shaw properly in that department which is where he should have been all along when hired. Being that he was the one behind the Blues top PK and solid defense for years. Interesting to see who else comes in now. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, BCNate said: I'm guessing he wants to explore taking on a bigger role elsewhere. He was the #3 coach here, i'm guessing he will have bigger opportunities elsewhere. maybe he's being interviewed by WPG? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I guess Boudreau wanting more power over his assistants didn’t get very far. Too bad, Walker seems like a guy on the way up in the coaching world. Maybe we will hear that he has a head coaching gig in college or another lower level and it was his choice to do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Just now, Mike Vanderhoek said: I think Boudreau started utilizing Shaw properly in that department which is where he should have been all along when hired. Being that he was the one behind the Blues top PK and solid defense for years. Interesting to see who else comes in now. I'm not concerned, there's a lot of good bench talent out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Wild thing!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Specter Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I too am disappointed to hear that Boudreau's go-to assistant coach is not returning behind the bench for us in the upcoming season. I wish him all the very best in his future career endeavors if he continues on to a new coaching role. However, could this (personal) decision be linked with Walker being struck by an errant puck in the Jan 21st game against Florida. Struck in the head by a puck on January 21 in a game against the Florida Panthers, Walker has been away from the team ever since. “He had vertigo,” Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau told reporters. “Talking to him last night, he sounded a lot better, but he still gets a little lightheaded and stuff, so I’m hoping they find what’s wrong.” https://canucksarmy.com/2022/03/08/miss-terribly-canucks-head-coach-bruce-boudreau-provides-update-assistant-scott-walker/ I recognize that Walker rejoined the team on Mar 16th but could there be lingering effects? I hope not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BureBurrito Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 he had vertigo...but seems odd leaving only after a few months being hired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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