All summer there has been chatter about J.T. Miller and the Vancouver Canucks, with reports swinging between extension talks and trade speculation as the star forward approaches unrestricted free agency. Signed for just one more season, the Canucks have been clear that they would love to keep Miller but it has to be at a price they feel comfortable with.
On the latest Dropping the Gloves podcast with former NHL enforcer John Scott, Miller spoke about his situation and admitted that his camp and the Canucks are “not as close” as they would like to be at this point. Miller continued to suggest that he wants to stay in Vancouver if possible but understands that it might not be possible.
- Lindy Ruff spoke with team reporter Amanda Stein about the New Jersey Devils offseason acquisitions, gushing about the addition of Ondrej Palat. Explaining that Palat will be “big-time” for the team, Ruff was clear with the goal for this year. Development time is over and the veteran coach must now “make sure that this team gets to the playoffs.”
- In an interview with Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun, former Golden Knights head coach Pete DeBoer admitted that he was surprised to be fired this offseason. While the team missed the playoffs for the first time in their history, they still finished with a 43-31-8 record, despite missing several key players for a huge part of the season. In fact, DeBoer had a 98-50-12 regular season record with Vegas over parts of three seasons and reached the third round in both of the first two years. DeBoer is now with the Dallas Stars, while Bruce Cassidy will takeover the Golden Knights.
DeBoer nor Gallant deserved to be dumped by Vegas. And Cassidy did not deserve to be dumped by Boston. I no longer care for Vegas or Boston but I like 2 of these coaches very much, and Deboer I have no opinion on him.
I have an opinion about DeBoer … he was train wreck of a coach. That sounds far nicer than what I’d like to say, but I’ll leave it at that.
Great point. No team needs a coach who has won at every stop. These franchises need to spend more time listening to you and the rest of the rabble who don’t have any hockey knowledge and believe that the solution to every problem is to fire the coach.
118-73 was Turks record..Cassidy will be lucky to last 2 years..
First mccrimmon runs vegas like junior team . only person who stays is him. every else just has few years. if you think someone can help you win now goodbye. Deboer mystery why people keep hiring him. He must be great at interviews. I would take chance first timer who was assistant ,minors or junior over him.
Deboer belongs in the NHL ask alot of players he has a sound structure …
Ruff will be fired by Christmas