Darkest Era of Canucks hockey - Vancouver Canucks' most controversial head coach Mike Keenan tells all
Former Vancouver Canucks head coach and general manager Mike Keenan sits down to discuss his time with the team, which is viewed as the darkest era of Canucks hockey.
Per Chek's 'Donnie and Dhali & the team' this week, coach Mike Keenan went over some chapters in his new book, Iron Mike: My Life Behind the Bench,
where he went into serious detail on some of the troubles and tribulations that had occurred in his Tenure with Vancouver.
Darkest Era in Vancouver Canucks Hockey
During the late 1990's and early 2000's, the Canucks had issues of turnover, as the team was plagued by new coaches, owners, general managers and overall branding. This in the made it difficult for the team to focus on what really mattered performance on the ice.
When Mike Keenan took over the team as the man behind the bench, there was no current manager in place, so he served as the interim general manager while aslo being the head coach.
Kennan delved into the major decisions made in that sole year as GM, where he decided to move on and ship out players such as Trevor Linden, McLean, Gélinas and Odjick.
In return he did acquire big names in Todd Bertuzzi and Bryan McCabe, whoever, his legacy in Vancouver is shadowed by these unexplained and controversial moves.
He doubled down on his decisions and said that in the long run, it worked out for the Vancouver Canucks. His GM predecessor, Brian Burke used Brian McCabe to get 2nd and 3rd overall picks in the 1999 NHL Draft, which turned out to be Henrik and Daniel Sedin.
What did you think of Mike Kennan as a head coach?
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OCTOBRE 21 | 126 ANSWERS Darkest Era of Canucks hockey - Vancouver Canucks' most controversial head coach Mike Keenan tells all Do you look at these trades made by Mike Keenan in a different light now? | ||
| Yes | 40 | 31.7 % |
| No | 86 | 68.3 % |
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