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Could Vigneault be headed to Montreal?

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So, the Montreal Canadiens have a new general manager. Who will be their next head coach? As Jason Botchford writes at provincesp­orts.com and on our White Towel blog at thewhiteto­wel.

ca, it could well be Alain Vigneault. Yes, the guy who’s under contract to the Canucks. It’s a complex situation but, for Botchford, it comes down to this: “The Canucks have two choices. They can sign Vigneault to an extension or allow him to interview for the Montreal job. Fat chance he’s coming back just to play out the final year of his current deal.” Meanwhile, we continue our in-depth look at the coaching situation in our month-long series, Mayday. Today, Gord Mcintyre focuses on Vigneault and touches on his assistants, Newell

Brown and Rick Bowness.

Check it out at thewhiteto­wel. ca. At provincesp­orts.com/blogs, Steve Ewen takes a closer look at this season’s WHL award-winners, including Vancouver’s own Sam Reinhart, whose 28 goals and 34 assists earned him the league’s rookie of the year title. Finally, the latest Province Sports

podcast is available for download on itunes. The last couple of days, Jonathan Mcdonald and Paul Chapman have been discussing the richest athletes in the world, as well as the richest athletes by sport. Did you know that Phil Taylor, the top darts player in the world, made $938,000 US last year playing the sport? That’s without endorsemen­ts!

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