The Vancouver Canucks were plagued by injuries for most of this season. But yet, coach Willie Desjardins found some line combinations that work — including surprises like Jannik Hansen on the first line. Unfortunately, it does not seem like he wants to change them ever again.
Coaching is a difficult job. Not only do coaches have to get their philosophy across to their players and teach them how to play, but they also have to think about ways to beat their opposition day after day. There are coaches like the Colorado Avalanche’s Patrick Roy, who changes his team’s lines 160 times in an 82-game season and then complains that his team never found chemistry, and then there are guys like Willie D — who just never change anything that has once worked.