40 Years Later: Maple Leafs Should Re-Unite with Boudreau
An ugly chapter to the Vancouver Canucks’ 2022-23 season came to an end on Jan. 22, of head coach Bruce Boudreau and the subsequent hiring of Rick Tocchet after the team lost their seventh of their past eight games. A coach getting fired mid-season due to an underperforming team isn’t uncommon by any means, but what makes this situation unique is the way Canucks the entire process. Bruce Boudreau, Vancouver Canucks head coach (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images) Being a Toronto native, he’s expressed interest in wanting to work for the team he grew up supporting and playing for in the past, even if it wasn’t as a head coach (from ‘Bruce Boudreau has interest in joining the Maple Leafs’ staff, if they have interest in him’, The Toronto Star – 8/24/20). In 15 seasons as a head coach since then, Boudreau has seen head coaching stints with the Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, Minnesota Wild, and Canucks, only missing the playoffs in three of those seasons....
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