Manny Malhotra’s Slow-Burn Path to the Canucks’ Bench

Manny Malhotra has spent enough time around this league to know the ladder never gets climbed in a straight line. The Province frames his coaching rise as a persistence story, which is front-office speak for a guy who keeps getting trusted because people inside the game keep seeing the same thing. The Canucks know exactly what kind of room presence matters when the games get tight and the noise gets loud.