Rick Dollywall

So I do believe that either maybe on the weekend or early next week, they're working towards hiring a coach and keep an eye on the addition of a new assistant GM.

Now,

The Sedin twins and Ryan Johnson were working on this all week with Manny.

They're definitely taking their time.

Some negotiations are short, some are long.

This shouldn't be that hard of a negotiation if you think about it.

Minor league coach moves up to take the head coaching job of the NHL team.

I will say this.

If I was Moholtra, I'd be asking for four or five years.

Why sign with a team that just fired a coach one year into a three-year deal?

Why sign with a team that's looking for their fifth head coach in five years?

I also wouldn't want to be the lowest paid coach in the NHL.

Now, we do know the Canucks didn't offer much for their GM job.

Thanks to paying Rutherford Alvina foot next year not to work for him, I don't imagine they're in the mood to pay for a new head coach big bucks.

But Manny's got leverage.

He doesn't have to take a bad deal.

He knows there's interest around the NHL for him.

He can go back to Abbotsford and then become a free agent in 12 months and then pick and choose where he wants to go.

Not hearing any major red flags in the Malhotra talks.

Most people still think it'll work out for him.