Good morning fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs and others!

The Maple Leafs played last night, you can go here and read the recap of the game, but what I want to talk to you about today is the Vancouver Canucks, specifically poor Head Coach Bruce Boudreau, who has been told over and over again by his bosses Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin that they never wanted him at all and he’s going to be fired at some point soon, we just don’t know when.

I wanted to complain about this earlier, but I was on vacation and then got sick, somehow, after spending five hours in a tube breathing recycled air.

Anyway, they still haven’t pulled the trigger on kicking Bruce to the curb and it’s getting crueler and crueler the longer they wait.

It’s been weeks of reporting that Bruce is on his way out in Vancouver, to be replaced by Rick Tocchet, but it turns out the wheels have been turning on replacing him since the start of the season.

There’s no outcry from the fans about replacing him, they know the Canucks problems start at ownership and are trickling down, heck they even have a chant of appreciation for him.

"Bruce there it is" chant makes return after second straight Canucks win | Offside

He’s been a professional coach since 1992, winning a Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears in 2006, and a player since 1975 - including a stint as a Toronto Maple Leaf - and has been fired mid-season before, but it’s never taken this long, and happened this publicly.

Canucks: Bruce Boudreau remains a coach in wonder as winds of change howl

Bruce has been loved everywhere he’s been. He hasn’t played in St. Catharines since he was here with the AHL Saints in the 80s but still makes time to do radio hits on the local news station.

Niagara Sports Report - Bruce Boudreau - NHL Analyst and Former Coach

He’s a video star where ever he went, we all loved his love of Haagen Daaz in the first season of Road to the Winter Classic.

He hosted a Vlog for the Anaheim Ducks.

He’s so well spoken of after he leave teams, does anyone dislike him? Maybe Teemu Selanne, just a little bit,

r/hockey - Teemu Selänne on Bruce Boudreau

Canucks, please, just put Bruce, and all of us, out of this misery, and let him go.

And I hope you finish 17th overall.

Now, other some news.

Okay so some of it is still Canucks related.

Insider Trading Tanner Pearson Bo Horvat Jim Rutherford Vancouver Canucks | TSN

TSN really knows how to make a headline.

Brian Leetch is alright.

Ivan Provarov didn’t show up for warm ups, people wondered why. Then the Flyers told us.

Let’s end on a high note with some good news.

The Toronto Maple Leafs PA announcer had to call in sick, so there was another call up from the Marlies.

I’m still a bit dizzy over the Leafs game last night, so fill in the rest of the news yourself. I’m taking a nap.

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