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mightyquack
eggplant and jade or bust
- Apr 28, 2010
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BB was great here for the most part, but the guy's just turned 68 and this team is years off benefitting from what BB could do.
Pathetic how he's been treated by Vancouver, but also not surprising, one of the worst ownership groups in NA sports.
Pathetic how he's been treated by Vancouver, but also not surprising, one of the worst ownership groups in NA sports.
The Midnight Burrito
True Fan
Shameful to treat a head coach that way. They're used to being fired, to having their jobs questioned, but to be basically publicly cuckolded by another guy and have it drawn out like that? Terrible organization.
mightyquack
eggplant and jade or bust
- Apr 28, 2010
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Especially bad when they are treating a coach as decorated as BB in such a way to bring in a guy who's career winning percentage is 8 losses off being below .400.
Terry Yake
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- Aug 5, 2013
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boudreau's ducks teams overachieved like crazy. talk about getting the most you can out of your players. i'm not sure there are many coaches better at that than BB
funny how it's the complete opposite with carlyle. he can produce results for a couple seasons before he sucks the life out of the team
Lord Flashheart
Squadron Commander
Aquilini is, was, and has been the worst owner in the league for quite a while now. This is on him.
This is beyond trash. Canucks will be bad for a long time, it's clear that their organizational decision-making is really bad. Good for us I guess, but tough to watch.
The Midnight Burrito
True Fan
Cogs is a mint human being. Good for him for speaking out publicly. More should be doing that.
2faded
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I would love BB back. Not this season of course, not until the tank is over. I think he would ruin the tank by winning games. But, next season 100%. He would have this offense firing on all cylinders.
I cant think of a better Eakins replacement for a young developing team. I bet he'd love to come back to so cal too.
I cant think of a better Eakins replacement for a young developing team. I bet he'd love to come back to so cal too.
Terry Yake
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Anaheim4ever
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- Jun 15, 2017
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Bruce Boudreau always reminded me of Pete Thornton from MacGyver !
Anyone who still doubts the "old boys club" being alive and well in the NHL can be referred back to this post please. f***ing insanity that anyone would give Tocchet another head coach job.
TheGoodShepard1
Dongle Digits.
- Nov 26, 2017
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Bruce, there he goes. I know he’s getting up there in years, but I really hope someone offers him another shot just so his career doesn’t end in such a classless, undignified manner. One of the true good guys
Loved him in his time in Anaheim and the Ducks teams he coached were super fun to watch. Would love to have him back in the organization next season.
Hopefully remembering this game will cheer Bruce up.
Hopefully remembering this game will cheer Bruce up.
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Terry Yake
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boudreau will for sure land another job soon if he wants it. but at his age, i can't see him going anywhere aside from a team ready to make the jump to playoff contender
he deserves another shot after how dirty vancouver did him, and all that just to go ahead and hire a career loser in rick tocchet
he deserves another shot after how dirty vancouver did him, and all that just to go ahead and hire a career loser in rick tocchet
Quack Shot
Registered User
Crazy that was the 20th Anniversary season and next year will be the 30th anniversary season, time flies.
WhatTheDuck
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It's absolutely bullshit that they are putting Bruce through this, he deserves so much better. Class act, humble and personable when I met him a few years ago.
If there's silver lining to all of this, Bruce is getting a ton of love around the league and will no doubt be taken care of in terms of having a hockey job somewhere. Also it's shining a light on one of the worst owners in pro sports, more people seeing that situation for what it is.
If there's silver lining to all of this, Bruce is getting a ton of love around the league and will no doubt be taken care of in terms of having a hockey job somewhere. Also it's shining a light on one of the worst owners in pro sports, more people seeing that situation for what it is.
WhatTheDuck
9 - 20 - 8
^ Though I'll add to that, if Bruce has term remaining on his contract (believe he does have one year left), he should ride it out and enjoy some time off before taking a job elsewhere. Make their POS ownership have to pay every cent.
If it were me, that’s what I’d do but he doesn’t strike me as a guy who’d dwell on it for too long and he just loves the game. I hope to see him back coaching somewhere next year (and hopefully in Anaheim, lol)
Arthuros
Registered Snoozer
If management had a different vision for the coach, fine. Obviously I don't think Tocchet's an improvement, but that's their prerogative.
They 100% could have done this on the down low and not disrespect Boudreau like this. Either let him finish out the season or just fire him and be done with it. In the process of trying to justify Bourdreau's firing by effectively subtweeting and being passy-aggy about the whole thing, they've really done nothing besides earn the ire of the fanbase.
They 100% could have done this on the down low and not disrespect Boudreau like this. Either let him finish out the season or just fire him and be done with it. In the process of trying to justify Bourdreau's firing by effectively subtweeting and being passy-aggy about the whole thing, they've really done nothing besides earn the ire of the fanbase.
Lord Flashheart
Squadron Commander
I would suspect one of the reasons they dragged BB through the mud was an effort to make him quit, so they don't have to pay him, Aquilini is just that type of guy.
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