The Vancouver Canucks are set to replace head coach Travis Green with veteran bench boss Bruce Boudreau, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
Boudreau will coach the club through at least next season, TSN's Darren Dreger added.
Green had been the head coach of the Canucks since 2017-18, leading the team to one playoff appearance. He owns a lifetime .478 points percentage behind the bench. Vancouver sits last in the Pacific Division this season with an 8-15-2 record.
Boudreau has coached 984 games in the NHL between the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, and Minnesota Wild. He won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in 2007-08 with the Caps.
The 66-year-old has been out of coaching since the Minnesota Wild fired him in 2019-20, serving as an NHL Network analyst since.
Boudreau ranks 18th on the all-time coaching list in points percentage (.635) and 22nd in wins (567). He's made the playoffs in 10 out of his 13 seasons as an NHL head coach, winning eight division titles.
Boudreau will be the Canucks' third head coach since Jim Benning was named general manager in 2014, following Green and Willie Desjardins. However, the decision to hire Boudreau reportedly didn't come from the front office, according to Sportsnet's Satiar Shah.
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