[Report] Canucks fire Bruce Boudreau, Trent Cull; name Rick Tocchet as head coach, Adam Foote as assistant coach, Sergei Gonchar as defensive development coach

[-Vintage Canuck-]

5 minutes ago, Barnstorm said:

I know squat about twitter. 
Any thoughts on why his account is suddenly deleted? 
Content?

New start?

I'm guessing Tocchet had some embarrassing stuff on his Twitter account, which made sense to delete it entirely.

 

But we've seen other staff members delete their previous tweets before, which is common when someone is hired by an NHL team and they have a Twitter account. For example: Ryan Biech, Rachel Doerrie, Chris Faber.

[PhillipBlunt]

11 minutes ago, 48MPHSlapShot said:

Can we not do this please? 

Go down the Twitter rabbit hole?

[Attila Umbrus]

1 minute ago, stawns said:

True enough, they do.

 

I'm very much enjoying and, though I'd rather not pay to watch hockey, it's a much needed spirit lifter and I still get to support my team.

 

If they weren't playing well, I wouldn't have done it, but watching podz and hogz gaining confidence and becoming difference makers is worth it.........not to mention the other prospects as well.

 

I think all those who said the prospect cupboard is bare should sign up.

For sure, well said. There is a lot to like on our farm right now. I've been watching AHL hockey since the manitoba moose days...now that was hard to find on TV back then lol. Utica was fun to watch because of the crowds, they come out and completely supported the team. To be honest most years our AHL club has always performed above 500 and barely ever misses the playoffs. A lot of early exits, but some good ones exist too. Cory Schnieder taking us all the way to the Calder cup finals with the Moose, same with Markstrom in Utica...that was some fun hockey to watch.

[Warhippy]

1 minute ago, Gurn said:

It is interesting to see the amount of folk that can 'look past' the bad stuff, as they feel the results are worth it.

Likely many of them would be fine with the team hiring coach Quenville, as all that "bad stuff' doesn't matter to them as much as wining.

Probably a few psychiatric papers written on the difference of where people place ethics.

Well respectfully.  We've already hired Tallon with his issues.  Tallon who in Chicago had a hand in hiring the guy Quenneville hid SA reports for.  If we're hiring a guy who plead guilty to sports betting and was investigated for potentially match fixing games he coached (while claiming adamantly that he didn't), then really, aren't we just splitting hairs here on what is or is not acceptable?

[Ghostsof1915]

1 minute ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

I'm guessing Tocchet had some embarrassing stuff on his Twitter account, which made sense to delete it entirely.

 

But we've seen other staff members delete their previous tweets before, which is common when someone is hired by an NHL team and they have a Twitter account. For example: Ryan Biech, Rachel Doerrie, Chris Faber.

Over/Under recommendations?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

So...you weren't aware of what he posted regularly then?

 

K.

 

It's probably more apt that the team that fired the anthem singer for covid protesting told Tocchet to delete his pro convoy conspiracy laden account full of anger and hostility so as to start in Vancouver with a clean slate.

A view that differs from yours automatically is "full of anger and hostility". 

 

Gotcha 

[Nucker 67]

1 minute ago, Bure2Win said:

How in the heck does King still have his job???????

Tocchet will make that decision.

[48MPHSlapShot]

Just now, Maginator said:

Fanbase & media is so toxic we can't even give people a chance.

I'm not big on the hire myself, but going through a person's Twitter likes to try and cancel them because A] We've already made up our minds about a person and want to find something to justify ourselves, and B] we can't handle diversity of opinion here, is lame af.

[204CanucksFan]

4 minutes ago, VancouverHabitant said:

Terrible human?  

 

Wow, what's up with judging people you have never met or interacted with? 

How about running an illegal sports gambling ring while he working as an assistant coach under Gretzky. He plead guilty and got two years probation. That was enough to get Pete Rose banned from the MLB and the Hall of Fame.

[aGENT]

24 minutes ago, VforVasili said:

Agree 100%. 
 

In some ways I am also glad Bruce left this team as a beloved legend, rather than sticking around long enough for us to fail in the playoffs in future years and become hated for it. 
 

He wasn’t exactly known for playoff success elsewhere. Better to work on a defensive systems with a new coach. Will reserve my opinions until I see what they do with the team. 

Yup. And even then I'm not remotely expecting immediate, positive results. This roster, as constructed, will continue to struggle IMO. Particularly as we won't be attempting to run and gun away our mistakes (which probably lead to more wins than we've deserved this year, uncommon as they were).

[Barnstorm]

2 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

I'm guessing Tocchet had some embarrassing stuff on his Twitter account, which made sense to delete it entirely.

 

But we've seen other staff members delete their previous tweets before, which is common when someone is hired by an NHL team and they have a Twitter account. For example: Ryan Biech, Rachel Doerrie, Chris Faber.

Appreciate your insight.

[Warhippy]

2 minutes ago, bramptoncanuck said:

I think Walker and Shaw left on their own accord.

They did.  But there was evidently little to no efforts made to retain them.

[kurtis]

Wow. This organization is a joke. Completely crushed by this. Hard to be a fan these last few years. 

[Devron]

Just don’t use an embarrassing platform like Twitter. Problem solved for everyone.

[MeanSeanBean]

3 minutes ago, Fanuck said:

Biggest take away  -  who gives their phone number to a basement blogger?

Dhaliwal has been covering the Canucks professionally for 26 years... It's fine if you're not a fan but no need to be ignorant.

[Ghostsof1915]

Tocchet: Listens to what Yeo and King has to say.

Tocchet: Ok guys, first things first, we're not doing what Yeo and King have to say.....

[EdgarM]

21 minutes ago, John.Tallhouse said:

Honestly, why would we not just ride out the year with Bruce? We’re losing so well right now. Even if we don’t get Bedard, surely we’ll get some nice pieces to build with. Can’t wait to go on a 15 win streak and end up 5 points out of a playoff spot 

I think they want to finish assessing what they have before the trade deadline. Who is on board and who isn't.

[Maginator]

Just now, 204CanucksFan said:

How about running an illegal sports gambling ring while he working as an assistant coach under Gretzky. He plead guilty and got two years probation. That was enough to get Pete Rose banned from the MLB and the Hall of Fame.

People change. That was almost 20 years ago.

[grandmaster]

Pretty shocked that Mike Yeo and Jason King survived. 
 

One question about Gonchar running the defence. Wasn’t he a primarily offensive defender when he played? How can he preach what he never really practiced? 

[Jack Fig]

48 minutes ago, naslund.is.king said:

Ffs now I need to make a liquor run

You should pin a topic for it now 

This press conference needs to be known about

State Of The Union: a liquor run for a Sunday press conference.