Canucks go from extending Bear sometime soon to scratching him? Hmmm.. Coach and management on different pages?
— Blake Price (@justBlakePrice) December 22, 2022- And honestly, the scratch failed. The team looked bad defensively. A ridiculous decision was born (bear-d?) out by the result. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen again — it would be a real shame to see this kind of found money end up in the coach’s dog house for vague, unknown reasons.
This game just raised the cap hit on Ethan Bear’s next contract.