When the Vancouver Canucks fired Travis Green, few of us were surprised. His grasp on the gig was tenuous to begin with, and the Canucks had three wins in 13 games.
When they replaced him with Bruce Boudreau ... again, few of us were surprised. Boudreau is the NHL's answer to The Wolf in "Pulp Fiction," the guy you bring in to quickly clean up a gruesome mess and crack a few jokes in the process. If Canucks ownership felt there was a playoff berth somewhere in this team, there was only one man to call.