Candidates for defensemen coach

[Price is Wright]

It still kind of makes me laugh when people think Robinson is a defence only guy. His background as a defenceman pigeonholes him into people believing he's just good for D but many people in the Devils organization praised him as a coach for his work on the team offence.

That said, he doesn't want a heavy responsibility job like being on the bench anymore, but he's always been open to Montreal. Montreal hasn't been open to him.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Loved Desjardins as a player - has he coached since retiring from the Flyers?

I don't think he has. I doubt he will be the guy they hire as D coach. Just noticed his name is the code word for the Club 1909 today. Just found it amusingly coincidental.

 

[Toene]

Am I the only one who's happy we at least have Julien who can formulate a thought and discuss issues with the team without deflections or buzzwords? Everytime I hear or read Julien's comments I feel he's the sole sane mind on this team, he's a very good hockey mind (with a style we can agree or disagree with but still). Pretty shitty move from MB to throw him under the bus saying the team had a bad attitude, implying Julien had all the elements he needed to make the playoffs and that he failed to motivate them.

I love how CJ was not at ease with the term "attitude" and tried to circle around the fact his team just didnt have the firepower to accomplish anything. He's "entre l'arbre et l'écorce" like we say here. He doesnt want to make his boss look bad but he's under pressure from the media to explain the lackluster season and MB puts him in a delicate situation...

 

[Price is Wright]

Am I the only one who's happy we at least have Julien who can formulate a thought and discuss issues with the team without deflections or buzzwords? Everytime I hear or read Julien's comments I feel he's the sole sane mind on this team, he's a very good hockey mind (with a style we can agree or disagree with but still). Pretty ****ty move from MB to throw him under the bus saying the team had a bad attitude, implying Julien had all the elements he needed to make the playoffs and that he failed to motivate them.

I love how CJ was not at ease with the term "attitude" and tried to circle around the fact his team just didnt have the firepower to accomplish anything. He's "entre l'arbre et l'écorce" like we say here. He doesnt want to make his boss look bad but he's under pressure from the media to explain the lackluster season and MB puts him in a delicate situation...

His recent comments make it sound like he's been freed a bit and not under Bergevin's thumb.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

His recent comments make it sound like he's been freed a bit and not under Bergevin's thumb.

Which makes me think Bergevin really isn't 'the man' like he once was, control freak was stripped of his control, while still being a freak.

(ok the situation may not be as drastic as I made it out to be, even if I hope it is)

 

[Price is Wright]

Which makes me think Bergevin really isn't 'the man' like he once was, control freak was stripped of his control, while still being a freak.

(ok the situation may not be as drastic as I made it out to be, even if I hope it is)

If they do hire Bouchard for AGM, I think that is the beginning of the end of Bergevin. You don't bring in Bouchard unless you expect him to be a GM soon.

 

[LaP]

If they do hire Bouchard for AGM, I think that is the beginning of the end of Bergevin. You don't bring in Bouchard unless you expect him to be a GM soon.

Pretty sure Bouchard wont be a yes man. He'll speak his mind freely. I think he could be the right guy for MB. There will be fire but at least MB will be challenged.

 

[jaffy27]

If you're going for experience and track record, Mike Kitchen is hard to top. He's got his prints all over Chicago's last 3 cups.

But that's nepotism......

 

[LaP]

If Mike Kitchen still want to be assistant in the NHL he's the guy. I mean lot of experience. Was a coach for 4 teams only in almost 20 years. So if the plan is to eventually have Ducharme has hc then having an experienced guy like Kitchen as an assistant is a good idea.

 

[ZUKI]

Yeah it's not like he's coached any decent d-men recently

Unless you include Burns and Vlasic

He was also around Niedermayer more than probably any other coach during his career but what would he know about PMDs that can join the rush

Well there was also that one time that he was one for about 15 years

Cups as a player, Assistant Coach and Head Coach

If he passes the senility test that's good enough for me

You really think that Burns ,Vlasic and Niedermayer needed Robinson to be what they were ? funny

 

[Le Tricolore]

Mike Kitchen should be pretty high on the list

they other candidate I have are:

Chris Chelios
Phillipe Boucher
Wade Redden
Marty Wilford
Jay McKee
Mike Komisarek

Bring back Coach K!

 

[ZUKI]

Bring back Coach K!

good idea ! he will be a good mentor to teach to play and think fast

 

[Koivu11]

Joel Bouchard

 

[Nedved]

Busy being our Player Development Coach.

Thought I was being funny. And yet, nothing is more funny than the truth.

 

[Habaneros]

Bring back Coach K!

hopefully Dominique Ducharme can teach Claude a newer system...We need to bring back the Guy Carbonneau style offense fast pace ...

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Maybe too early, but id like the General

 

[Forum93]

Robinson really should be brought back into the fold. And this Kitchen dude sounds like the best candidate.


I'm convinced the vast majority of Quebecois are much better than these petty issues.

I'm sure the vast majority are fine with it also, it's just the vocal minority outside and inside the organization that's being unreasonable. For instance like what they did to Cunneyworth, that was despicable.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Montreal always picks off the scraps heap in Buffalo....lol

Crazy as this sounds, Gorges would be an upgrade on our dfense...I don't think he is done , just Buffalo syndrome...I would take him back for league minimum money... one thing we all know his heart is with Montreal.Only reason we got rid of him he made too much $$ for what he was...he had that one good season(offense) and got a pay day for it .....750,000-850,000 k for 1 year ,I would try it out.

It goes both ways...

 

[LyricalLyricist]

While this looks good, it's odd that an assistant coach who doesn't even talk to the media was even brought up in the 'must speak french' conversation.

It's kind of obvious.

 

[Et le But]

Am I the only one who's happy we at least have Julien who can formulate a thought and discuss issues with the team without deflections or buzzwords? Everytime I hear or read Julien's comments I feel he's the sole sane mind on this team, he's a very good hockey mind (with a style we can agree or disagree with but still). Pretty ****ty move from MB to throw him under the bus saying the team had a bad attitude, implying Julien had all the elements he needed to make the playoffs and that he failed to motivate them.

I love how CJ was not at ease with the term "attitude" and tried to circle around the fact his team just didnt have the firepower to accomplish anything. He's "entre l'arbre et l'écorce" like we say here. He doesnt want to make his boss look bad but he's under pressure from the media to explain the lackluster season and MB puts him in a delicate situation...

I think Julien himself is somewhat an outdated coach who made bad decisions this year, but I definitely trust his judgement more than Bergevin or Therrien. At a minimum, he’s a lot more honest, and while he has a grinder fetish, he at least isn’t openly jealous of skill the way those two clowns are.

 

[BLONG7]

While this looks good, it's odd that an assistant coach who doesn't even talk to the media was even brought up in the 'must speak french' conversation.

It's kind of obvious.

This issue, makes us go around and around in circles...sad, we are the only team in the league that has to deal with this....why can't Molson straiten this crap out?

 

[Whitesnake]

1 - Mike Kitchen
2 - Jay Leach
3- Todd Nelson
4 - Alain Vigneault

 

[Habaneros]

I think Julien himself is somewhat an outdated coach who made bad decisions this year, but I definitely trust his judgement more than Bergevin or Therrien. At a minimum, he’s a lot more honest, and while he has a grinder fetish, he at least isn’t openly jealous of skill the way those two clowns are.

The Habs need to see that teams ain't trying to win 2-1 in the playoffs now..look at the scores. Ducharme his system ,is what we need in 2018...Jacques Martin , Therrien , Julien , system very much a like, lower scoring teams........we need to ramp up and be able to put the boots to people offensively ...enough of getting shutout and lose...lets lose 5-4 if we have to lose....not 3-0 ...20 times ..lol i want the feeling if we get down 1 or 2 that we can actually come back.....

 

[Bring Bak Damphousse]

for asst coaches ,yes..lol
head coaches...no way..lol

yeah, who would want a bum like Gerard Gallant as a head coach, guy doesn't even speak french

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

You really think that Burns ,Vlasic and Niedermayer needed Robinson to be what they were ? funny

What's funny is if you don't think Robinson had any impact on those guys then we don't need a D-coach

He worked a lot with Burns when they moved him from forward back to D