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Toronto Marlies head coach Dallas Eakins is interviewing for the Vancouver Canucks head coaching vacancy on Wednesday. Zach Werenski Blue Jackets Jersey . The Canucks requested permission to speak with Eakins from the Maple Leafs organization over the weekend. Eakins has been the Marlies bench boss since 2009 and has two years left on his three-year AHL deal. The deal includes a clause which allows him to pursue NHL opportunities this summer. The Canucks fired Alain Vigneault after the club was swept by the San Jose Sharks in the opening round of the playoffs. Eakins led the Marlies to a 43-23-3-7 record this season before they were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals. The Dade City, Florida native was originally drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 10th round, 208th overall, of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. Eakins played in 120 games for Winnipeg, Florida, St. Louis, Phoenix, the New York Rangers, Toronto, the New York Islanders and Calgary. He also suited up in 609 AHL games, registering 134 points (27 goals, 107 assists) and 1051 penalty minutes. He retired from professional hockey following the 2004 season with the Manitoba Moose in the AHL. Brandon Dubinsky Blue Jackets Jersey . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. Scott Harrington Blue Jackets Jersey . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. http:///...blue-jackets-jersey/ . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive.MIAMI -- Chris Andersen is returning to the NBA champion Miami Heat, and at a bargain price. Andersen signed a $1.7 million, one-year deal Wednesday, becoming the latest in a long line of current Heat players who were willing to sacrifice some salary. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem, Shane Battier and Ray Allen are among those who could have gotten more money either from the Heat or elsewhere when signing their current deals. And now, Andersen has done the same, a move that lessens the luxury tax burden the Heat will face this coming season. Andersen could have commanded $3.2 million from the Heat this season, but by taking the lesser deal, he saves the Heat more than $1.5 million on that looming tax bill. Andersen will also be receiving about $5 million this season from the Denver Nuggets, as part of the contract that his former club escaped from under the amnesty provision last year. Markus Hannikainen Jersey. Andersen averaged 4.9 points in 42 games this past season off the Heat bench, then averaged 6.4 points in 20 playoff games. The Heat were 54-8 in games where Andersen appeared, after he joined the team in late January as a free agent and quickly became an intregal part of Miamis big-man rotation. He shot 81 per cent from the floor during the playoffs. According to STATS, that is the best percentage ever by a player who attempted more than 50 shots in a single post-season. Andersen spent several days weighing a number of offers, though it was clear throughout free agency that his first choice was to stay in Miami. He resumed workouts at the teams practice facility within a week of Miamis championship parade, and committed last week to join James, Allen and other Heat teammates at the ESPY awards in Los Angeles on July 17. ' ' '