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Fired in 2013, assistant coach Brown may go back to Vancouver

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VANCOUVER, CANADA - APRIL 22: Assistant coach Newell Brown of the Vancouver Canucks talks to Henrik Sedin #33 and Daniel Sedin #22 of the Vancouver Canucks during their NHL game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Arena April 22, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 3-1. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

Jeff Vinnick

The Vancouver Canucks may bring back Newell Brown as an assistant coach.

Presumably, his main job would be to fix the Canucks’ dreadful power play.

Brown was on Vancouver’s coaching staff from 2010-13, during which the Canucks had one of the best power plays in the league, with him in charge of it.

But Brown was fired, along with head coach Alain Vigneault, in 2013. Brown then joined the Coyotes in Arizona, where he helped their power play, too.

Meanwhile, Vancouver’s power play languished. The last four seasons combined, it’s been the second worst in the NHL, converting at just 16.0 percent.

Brown was fired by the Coyotes in April, freeing him up to join a new team. A source tells PHT that Brown still has to negotiate a contract with the Canucks, but it sounds like he’ll be one of the assistants under new head coach Travis Green.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was first to report the Canucks’ interest in Brown.

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