For the third time in just under four years, the Vancouver Canucks’ front office introduced a new head coach. This time, former Utica Comets head coach Travis Green will sit behind the Canucks bench and try to lead this lost franchise into the right direction.
Nobody should be surprised that the Canucks hired Green, the head coach of their AHL team. This isn’t the first time Vancouver’s new head coach was found within the organization. Alain Vigneault, the greatest head coach in franchise history, was bench boss of the Manitoba Moose, the Canucks’ AHL affiliate at the time, until Vancouver hired him in 2006.