Late Monday evening, Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson officially announced that Manny Malhotra will become the 23rd\u00a0Head Coach in franchise history.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson and Malhotra have been a dynamic duo for the past\u00a0couple of\u00a0seasons in Abbotsford, and the\u00a0two will bring their \u2018be better than yesterday\u2019 mindset to the NHL club.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cManny and I have been in the battle together before, so I know firsthand what a good teacher, leader, and quality person he is,\u201d said Johnson on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The General Manager\u00a0met with the media on Tuesday morning to field questions and discuss further his decision to appoint Malhotra as head coach.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He began by saying that he had some great conversations with Malhotra over the past couple of weeks about alignment,\u00a0and that the head coach would be able to jump in with confidence in his new role.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want him to implement what I know he does well, and that is\u00a0structure\u00a0within a game in all three zones, absolute certainty from players.\u00a0What\u2019s\u00a0expected of them, the structure that\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0going to play in,\u201d said Johnson on Malhotra.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the 7 pm on Friday nights, it\u2019s the 8 am on Monday, and the focus and attention on that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson mentioned that he is always watching teams around the league and paying attention to who is on their staff. He said he keeps a running list of coaches who interest him or who have a presence. He also believes that it is a natural process for NHL assistant coaches to take a step back and carve out their teeth as head coaches in the AHL, which is exactly what Malhotra did.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cManny was one of a few that I had really been keeping an eye on when\u00a0I knew I\u00a0needed a head coach in Abbotsford. I was very vindicated\u00a0that he could do a heck of a job there. I knew where the team was at as far as our prospects and people that I wanted to bring in there at that time,\u201d said Johnson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI put some support around him, especially early in those first few months. Things that jumped out right away were his ability to connect and communicate. Manny is very able to wear many hats, and as far as he holds players accountable, it\u2019s not really rainbows, and every day he\u2019s able to navigate the adverse situations by being consistent, and I think you guys have heard me talk about how important consistency and environment is.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
On top of all this, Johnson delivered a powerful message about Malhotra\u2019s ability to drive and establish a culture.\u00a0He spoke about the players needing to get\u00a0uncomfortable,\u00a0and that wins and losses will take care of themselves down the road.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really feel this is an amazing opportunity for a coach that has the makeup and everything that I could want in a coach that\u2019s going to start the process into this rebuild,\u201d said Johnson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The hiring of Malhotra as the 23rd head coach in Canucks history brings alignment as well as a focus on development and on creating a winning culture for the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Late Monday evening, Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson officially announced that Manny Malhotra will become the 23rd\u00a0Head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-710822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}