Alain Vigneault

31 May 2011

cause of home-ice advantage and substitutions, this will not always be the case.  Head Coaches Alain Vigneault (Vancouver) and Claude Julien (Boston) will have to have their head on a swivel in order to get the proper players on the ice at the proper times.

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13 May 2011

that the Canucks have had, Kesler seems to be out there every other shift.  Canucks Head Coach Alain Vigneault also used Kesler in every situation against Nashville.

“He was driving our bus,” Vigneault said. “He took charge both offensively and defensively.”

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25 January 2010

as the top center on the roster and Ryan Kessler as the number two man, its obvious that head coach Alain Vigneault wants someone who could round out the third line or even challenge Kessler for the second line.  Recently off the injury reserve is Pavol Demitra, who has seen much time at center with various teams, but was vocal when playing in Minnesota that he did not want to center a line in the NHL.

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