Canucks: Adam Foote can add familiarity to his bench, but who's coaching offence?
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Foote played with Boughner in the OHL and they won a title with the Soo Greyhounds in 1990-91. They teamed up with the Colorado Avalanche over two seasons in 2003-04 and 2004-05 before Boughner turned to coaching.
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Boughner was a Detroit Red Wings associate coach the last three seasons, and with Todd McLellan at the replacement coaching helm, the club rallied with a 6-2-2 late-season spurt to finish six points shy of a wild-card playoff berth.
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In the process, the kids blossomed. Dynamic right-winger Lucas Raymond, 22, finished with 27 goals, while speedy centre Marco Kasper, 20, had 19 goals. And veterans Alex DeBrincat and Dylan Larkin had 39 and 30 goals respectively. Is that a product of the player or coaching? Probably both.
What Boughner gleaned from McLellan about offence will help elsewhere. Boughner also ran the bench with the Florida Panthers and San Jose Sharks, and directed Windsor to back-to-back OHL titles. So he knows something about offence and how to generate it.
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Richardson was fired as Chicago Blackhawks head coach Dec. 4 after the struggling club went on a 3-9-1 slide and was 8-16-2 under his watch. The Blackhawks had the 31st-ranked offence and allowed the second-most goals.
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Aside from UFA Ryan Donato striking for a career-high 31 goals, and Connor Bedard netting 23, including 11 on a seventh-rated power play, there just wasn't much collective pop. However, Richardson's history as an assistant with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Ottawa Senators could help secure a job with the Canucks.
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'He was a great assistant,' said a Senators source. 'A real players' coach. He would be a great fit.'
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Richardson also ran the bench for the Senators AHL affiliate. That's where he helped young prospects Jean-Gabriel Pageau, 19, Mark Stone, 20, and Mike Hoffman, 22, grow their games.
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Stone blossomed from 15 AHL goals, learned how to play a complete game, and became a consistent NHL scorer with seven 20-goal seasons, including a career-high 28 goals with the Senators in 2018-19.
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Hoffman went from 13 AHL rookie goals to 30 the next season and then surpassing 20 NHL goals six times, including a career-high 36 with the Panthers in 2018-19. And Pageau turned seven goals into his first AHL season into 24 with the parent Senators in 2019-20.
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