Manny Malhotra, Vancouver Canucks and Coaching Staff
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Manny Malhotra is taking the jump from leading the Vancouver Canucks' AHL affiliate to coaching the NHL team through their upcoming rebuild.
The team’s new leadership triumvirate, meanwhile, is scattered across the globe. General manager Ryan Johnson was in Buffalo, but is now en route back to Vancouver to formally introduce head coach Manny Malhotra in a Thursday morning news conference.
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Canucks: Malhotra hiring latest effort to get the band back together
It was fitting that the day the Vancouver Canucks hired Manny Malhotra as its 23rd head coach was also the 15th anniversary of the high-water mark in team history.
The Vancouver Canucks are still months away from training camp, but this week gave fans a better sense of where the organization is headed. New head coach Manny Malhotra officially took the stage in Vancouver,
Malhotra’s hire is the latest example of the growth and influence of people of South Asian heritage within hockey. Sunny Mehta became the first NHL general manager of South Asian descent when the New Jersey Devils hired the former Florida Panthers assistant GM on April 16.