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Kypreos tweeting that Craig McTavish is close to becoming the Chicago Wolves next head coach.


I don't want that clown anywhere near the Canucks organization.
 

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Kypreos tweeting that Craig McTavish is close to becoming the Chicago Wolves next head coach.


I don't want that clown anywhere near the Canucks organization.

Look out Griff, you may be getting that tonguectomy sooner rather than later...


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I know what this hire means

Mact has been the biggest canuck booster/apologist for ove a year now on the panel

He was angling for a job all along

He got it

I don't think AV will have a long leash and when gillis fires him mact will be next in line
 

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I know what this hire means

Mact has been the biggest canuck booster/apologist for ove a year now on the panel

He was angling for a job all along

He got it

I don't think AV will have a long leash and when gillis fires him mact will be next in line

LMAO!!

If that happens one thing is a lock next season. The Canucks won't win the Cup.
 

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I know what this hire means

Mact has been the biggest canuck booster/apologist for ove a year now on the panel

He was angling for a job all along

He got it

I don't think AV will have a long leash and when gillis fires him mact will be next in line

oh dear god nooooooooooooooo!!

I hate, hate, hate MacTavish.
Hated him as a player, hated him as a murderer (sorry, "manslaughterer"), hated him as a coach, and hated him as a TSN panelist.
 

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I guess we're still awaiting confirmation on whether or not MacT will be joining the Canucks organization?!?
 

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i hope what i said doesnt happen but im thinking its destined to happen

our only hope is he's learned something from being away from the game ... doubtful

/he was interviewed on team1040 during the cup run and, swear to god, it sounded like he apologized for 1994 lmao
 

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and hated him as a TSN panelist.

i liked him as a tsn panelist ... thought it was his calling ... dont think he should leave that cushy gig

/*praying*
 

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this blows my theory out of the water

and gives us a glimpse at a potentially very ugly (hard to deal with???) AHL minor league partner

Over the weekend, it seemed like an announcement naming Craig MacTavish the head-coach of the Canucks new AHL affiliate the Chicago Wolves was imminent. Two well respected, and generally trust-worthy hockey reporters in Kypreos and Strickland tweeted that the deal was "likely" and "real close". I figured that the press-release, and the official announcement were mere formalities.


The most current reports, however, particularly Iain Macintyre's piece in the Vancouver Sun, have cast aspersions on the status of the MacTavish agreement. Canucks assistant GM Laurence Gillman told Macintyre that MacTavish "is one of several candidates" whom the Canucks have interviewed. Gillman also told Macintyre that the Canucks “want to make sure we bring the right individual into our group and we'll take whatever time is necessary to make the right decision.” Well jeez, if Gillman is to be believed, (and the Canucks tend not to be the most scrupulously honest and open of NHL franchises) that makes MacTavish's hiring seem considerably less "likely" - and certainly not "real close."


So what's the hold up?


This is purely speculation, but the Chicago Wolves are a pretty unique AHL franchise - and the team has a notorious independent streak. Ask any Thrashers fan - and you'll hear the same refrain - "the Wolves want to win an AHL championship", "they don't develop our players" etc.. There is some truth to this sentiment, the Wolves outspend nearly every other AHL franchise, are the only AHL team that has their own television deal, and recently brought in a 47 year old Chris Chelios - allowing the oldster to play major minutes.


The standard AHL-NHL affiliation agreement requires the Canucks to send at least twelve players to the Wolves, and Vancouver is responsible for hiring the coaching-staff; but is it possible that the Wolves want MacTavish, and are leaking the information to try and force the Canucks hand? It doesn't seem all that farfetched, and Gillman's emphasis on taking "whatever time is necessary" sounds calculated to me.


If the Canucks want to take "whatever time is necessary" to complete their coaching search, then who is feeding this MacTavish information to well-respected, major reporters? It has to be someone reasonably high-profile or these guys wouldn't run with it. Obviously, I have no way of knowing if there's any actual organizational dissonance at play - but if there isn't a fire, then how does one explain all the smoke?
 

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this blows my theory out of the water

and gives us a glimpse at a potentially very ugly (hard to deal with???) AHL minor league partner

that is fraked up. really. we go to our biggest rival fan base (I know they have a different feel for the AHL than the Hawks) but its really strange. this is whack decision by the Canucks and just doesnt seem right.
 

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that is fraked up. really. we go to our biggest rival fan base (I know they have a different feel for the AHL than the Hawks) but its really strange. this is whack decision by the Canucks and just doesnt seem right.

bad enough theyre in our rivals market ... worse is they sound like they have their own agenda and could care less about putting potential canucks players in a position to develop :L
 

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Dreger is tweeting:

Sources say Craig MacTavish will officially be named the head coach of the AHL's Chicago Wolves.
so its officially official because it came from Mr Official

:finger: to Dreger
 

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Dreger is tweeting:

Sources say Craig MacTavish will officially be named the head coach of the AHL's Chicago Wolves.
so its officially official because it came from Mr Official

:finger: to Dreger

I just heard a loud smack...I'm assuming puck put a hole in the wall of his home :boxing:
 

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sigh... years of fucked up prospects.
 

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Imagine the reaction if AV was canned and MacT was named head coach of your Vancouver Canucks?!?
 

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bigger hole in the wall.
 

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Imagine the reaction if AV was canned and MacT was named head coach of your Vancouver Canucks?!?

i thought it was a fait accompli (see post above) but after reading how the canucks werent 100% on board with the wolves hiring MacT ... I feel a little better about it not happening

our prospects are doomed
 
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