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Report: Bylsma interviews with Canucks

Dan Bylsma

Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma speaks during a news conference in Boston, Thursday, June 6, 2013. The Penguins are down 3-0 to the Boston Bruins in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs. Game 4 is scheduled for Friday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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The search for a new head coach continues for the Vancouver Canucks.

Up next on the list of candidates to interview for the vacant position was former Pittsburgh Penguins bench boss Dan Bylsma, according to The Province newspaper.

From The Province:

Bylsma is apparently the fourth to interview with Linden and Jim Benning. They have already spoken with former Canucks coach Marc Crawford as well as Crawford’s former assistant, Mike Johnston, who’s now the head coach of the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks. Fired Florida coach Peter Horacek also been reportedly interviewed.

If the Canucks don’t have a head coach in place a week from now, it could put them at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to courting potential free agents.

You can scratch one name off the list - John Stevens. It was believed Stevens would be a strong candidate, however on Wednesday, the L.A. Kings promoted him from assistant coach to associate head coach alongside Darryl Sutter.

Willie Desjardins, recently a champion as coach of the Texas Stars in the AHL, has garnered most of the attention when it comes to who will potentially fill the spot previously held by John Tortorella before he was fired.

According to John Shannon of Sportsnet, the Canucks have asked the Dallas Stars for permission to speak to Desjardins, who will reportedly interview for the Penguins job, too.

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