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Adam Foote is leaving to manage the Canucks (and it’s not going over well with some)
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Adam Foote is leaving to manage the Canucks (and it’s not going over well with some)
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The coaching waltz continues.

After seeing Rick Tocchet head for Philadelphia (for $25 million over five years, according to reports), his former team, the Vancouver Canucks, are on the verge of finding Tocchet’s successor.

We’re talking about Adam Foote. John Shannon tweeted it, Darren Dreger tweeted it – and Pierre LeBrun retweeted it.

Adam Foote is the former first-round pick of the Nordiques. He spent most of his 1154-game career in Denver, but also played with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

His name was circulating a lot, as was that of Manny Malhotra. In the end, Foote got the job.

This is his first NHL head coaching job, so the Canucks didn’t choose (or weren’t in a position) to dip into the coaching bag again.

Does the man who coached a little in the WHL and was an assistant in Vancouver for three years have enough experience to take on his new challenge? Some people don’t like the fact that he doesn’t have enough experience, but… #RememberMartinStLouis

However, for many people, the guy’s experience isn’t the #1 criterion for crying.

What you need to know is that he’s Cal Foote’s father. And Cal Foote, for those who remember, is one of the five players currently implicated in the 2018 Junior Team Canada scandal.

Is this the most attractive fact about Adam Foote’s candidacy? No. But just because his son is at the center of such a story doesn’t mean it should stop his father from moving on with his life.

If Adam Foote has nothing to reproach himself for, and was the best candidate in the eyes of his bosses, he deserves a promotion.


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– Interesting.

– Seen the same.

– Of note.

– He’s going to make money.

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