Sources say #Canucks have a deal in place to make Manny Malhotra the 23rd head coach in franchise history.
Zero surprise, the Canucks’ Calder Cup winner isn’t going anywhere. He’s won with Johnson and was a teammate of the Sedins.
Announcement and timing TBD.
Inspired by a comment by the great @/katwhetstone_, what’s your starting lineup of your favorite all time #CBJ’s? Not necessarily the “all time good” Blue Jackets. Just your personal favorite players.
Mine?
Sanderson - Fantilli - Nash
Tyutin - Savard
Bobrovsky
I like Marchment but the Coyle signing makes that tougher, and not because of the money.
#CBJ needs to get faster up front to help their forecheck. Need to add some speed to this top nine.
Marchy-Mo-Marchment
KJ-Monny-Garland
Silly-Coyle-Olivier
Fans saying you have to bring back Marchment, you're basically saying you want to run it back with the same top 9, barring a shocking trade. Do you think this gets us closer to a cup? Something has to give here. #CBJ
It’s a @monstershockey gameday! Cleveland begins its AHL North Division final tonight at home vs. Toronto. The Monsters have home ice for the five-game series that leads into the league’s final four. #CBJ
I'm not saying the Flyers will do this, but...
Theoretically...
One could offer sheet Adam Fantilli to $9.25M while CBJ has $8.7M of cap space.
The compensation would be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round pick. Which isn't crazy.
@RichSaluki Depends on who’s made available/who is willing to extend. For me, few would be off limits. Really need another bona fide top winger on the top line.
@Aportzline The Athletic posted an NHL Agent Survey criticizing #CBJ leadership for being disorganized. What’s your take on CBJ organizational leadership compared to other franchises? #AskPorty
Further to @Aportzline here, hearing that Rick Bowness has agreed to an extension to stay on as HC of the Blue Jackets. Should be made official at 2 pm ET news conference.
I feel like people are missing the mark here.
Bones clarified they cared — of course they do. But they didn’t care ENOUGH to overcome adversity when it got hard. Or when it “didn’t matter.”
Nobody likes to lose. But his point was that they don’t hate losing ENOUGH. #CBJ
So far, theme among #CBJ players - Zach Werenski, Ivan Provorov, and Sean Monahan, with more to come - is that they disagree with coach Rick Bowness’ impassioned “they don’t care” observation. In fairness. Bowness did soften that stance later in his comments.
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Another shrug of a year in Columbus. Six straight out of the playoffs, that's 19 out of 25 seasons in franchise history. One visit to the second round. Tough, fans deserve better.