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Is AV on the Hot Seat?
Alain Vigneault has been Vancouver’s bench boss for five seasons. He’s only missed the playoffs once. He won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in 2007. Last year, he was nominated for the...
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Pens Coach Would Ask Crosby About Fishing, Not Concussions
Yesterday, Sidney Crosby finally let the world know how he was doing. Turns out, not fantastic. The Penguins superstar has been visiting “leading specialists around the country” for help with his...
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The Baseball Blog, week three in the Majors
Historical ineptitude? The five worst teams in baseball – the Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, and San Diego Padres – have a combined record of 26-74, and are all on pace...
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Who could replace A.V. as Canucks head coach? Former junior defenceman Steve...
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning — about five hours after the San Jose Sharks had swept the Canucks in the first round of the playoffs — we here at Province Sports got an email from Steve Marr....
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Gallagher’s Hat Trick: Tony regrets the Cooke-for-Pettinger deal, slots in...
Province Sports columnist Tony Gallagher delivers the Hat Trick … It may be the off-season for the Vancouver Canucks but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still hats streaming down from all those fans....
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Hat Trick: No Bones about it, Iggy should Wing it, kicking Flyers trade tires
Three things to ponder amid yet another Oil change in Edmonton, the fallout in Pittsburgh and the best possible fit for Iginla and kicking the trade tires with Philadelphia: 1. NO BONES ABOUT IT: Two...
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Gallagher’s Hat Trick: A proper salute to former Canucks GM Harry Neale,...
Province Sports columnist Tony Gallagher delivers today’s Hat Trick … Mike Gillis has a priority list longer than the Obama administration’s list of monitored phone numbers, so we almost hesitate to...
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Hat Trick: A look at the Mark Streit trade, the Dan Bylsma signing and how...
1. Any speculated deal with Philly that would send a top-four defenceman (Alex Edler) to the Flyers for young centre (Sean Couturier or Brayden Schenn) looks less likely after a move on Wednesday. The...
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Van Provies: Shootout karma, wow it’s Weise, testing Torts, Sid is no kid
PITTSBURGH — From land of Heinz ketchup and the struggling Steelers, we bring you the ever-popular Van Provies and what transpired Saturday between the surging Penguins and improving Canucks: BEST...
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Canucks/Penguins Post Game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
The main issue I have with post game coverage is the general lack of personality conveyed by the majority of the league. The NHL has some of the classiest athletes and coaches in all of professional...
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A fired Dan Bylsma would shoot right to top of Canucks’ coach list
In amongst the blast furnace fury in Pittsburgh after the Penguins fell short in the playoffs once again, is the likelihood that the devastating loss to the Rangers will cost head coach Dan Bylsma his...
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Hat Trick: The Linden Watch, happy Vigneault B-Day for the Anti-Torts, I...
Three things to ponder as we await the hiring of a Canucks general manager and coach, wonder about birthday boy Alain Vigneault’s mantra in Manhattan and what to make of Bob Cole’s future in the...
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Canucks can’t afford to wait for Dan Bylsma
Now that Jim Benning is officially in place as the Canucks’ new GM, the NHL team could find itself in another waiting game. President of Hockey Ops Trevor Linden definitely caught a break when the...
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Gallagher: Does Bylsma go from fired Penguins coach to Canucks frontrunner in...
If Canucks general manager Jim Benning likes the core of this team as much as he claims to, it would appear there should now be a clear frontrunner for the club’s vacant head coaching job. That would...
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Canucks Hat Trick: Is Dan really the Van Man?, Garrison plus pick may get...
Three things to ponder as we wonder about what real level of interest the Canucks have in Dan Bylsma, what it’s going to take to pry away the Panthers’ first-overall draft choice and why Darryl Sutter...
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Dan Bylsma shows up in Vancouver, but may be destined for Florida job
Dan Bylsma was in Vancouver on Tuesday, clearly to talk with the Canucks about their vacant head coaching job. He told me not to tweet it today, but cuz he came from #Pittsburgh he meant EST. Welcome...
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Linden on TEAM 1040: Shock of shocks, every coaching candidate is impressive
It’s hard to blame Trevor Linden for being so keen. At least, publicly. The Canucks president was on TEAM 1040 this morning and the hosts did their due diligence, talking about every one of the men the...
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WHL Giants coach Claude Noel talks Ty Ronning, the Teddy Bear Toss and, yes,...
Vancouver Giants winger Ty Ronning celebrates celebrates his goal against the Lethbridge Hurricanes with teammate Dalton Sward during a game last season. (Photo by Ben Nelms/Getty Images) You can bet...
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Casual Tuesdays with Steve: Carlyle gets the Toronto axe, what to do with...
Did you hear Randy Carlyle got fired? Steve Ewen learned about this seconds before recording the first Casual Tuesdays with Steve of 2015. Is Dave Nonis to blame? The team isn’t that good. And are...
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