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Originally Posted by pure.life
Definitely the back up plan. He wouldn't coach in the minors, at his age, if he wasn't assured there would be the potential to coach again in the NHL level. Rest assured, it may not be for the Canucks, but MacT is certainly a candidate to fill the roll should AV struggle
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He's a backup plan but there's a reason he's a coach in the minors.
He wouldn't coach just any team in the minors...he wanted to coach the Canucks minor league team.
Why? The past four coaches for the Moose, Randy Carlyle, AV, Scott Arniel and Claude Noel all landed NHL jobs after coaching the Moose. They were all considered the "next in line" for a NHL job after their success at the AHL level with the Canucks. The Canucks run a good program these days and while they haven't had a very good draft record in comparison to a lot of other teams, the system in the minors has developed a lot of very good players from guys that didn't exactly look like NHL caliber talents.
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Originally Posted by b0unce. [?]
brian rolston goes in on a shootout with luongo in net
rolston: "IM GOING TO DO A SLAPSHOT!" 
luongo:  
rolston: 
luongo:   |
I still want to see Salo skate to the slot and crank one at the goalie during a shootout. First shooter. Even if you don't score, maybe you ring one off the dude's helmet and throw off his balance for a bit.