Over the past few weeks, Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau had been stuck in limbo as the team mulled his future. The team reportedly wanted to fire him weeks in favor of TNT analyst Rick Tocchet, but did not because Tocchet couldn’t immediately get out of his contract with the network, according to Vancouver-based sports journalist Rick Dhaliwal.
On Sunday, Vancouver officially fired Boudreau and hired Tocchet as his replacement.
The Canucks kept Boudreau as head coach while rumors swirled that he would be fired for weeks. On Saturday night, Boudreau coached his final game with the team, but Vancouver fans made sure he got a proper send off with multiple “Bruce, there it is” chants.
