Speculation: Gerard Gallant FIRED, Should Montreal go for it ?

[sandysan]

At least Eugene's teams have gone to the finals and the rebuild is about 2 years away from completion while we're stuck in mediocrity

Your saying that a team whose owner ran their biggest star outta town and signed online white as the "equalizer" is better run than the habs?

No.

And molson pays his gambling debts

 

[sandysan]

yeah but Melnick does not have the same "easy" market to make money, and thus must play under a strict cap to remain profitable. Molson saves $9MM/year because his employee couldn't find a UFA (or trade with Cap-strapped team) to use it.
Bergevin dresses in $4000 suits, and pulls into Jiffy Lube for a $19.99 oil change on his Lamborghini.

He may be a financial strapped dumpster fire but a dumpster fire he is.

And if the argument is that Ottawa is better off becuase they don't have Montreal's market, no one outside Toronto does.

 

[Adriatic]

What's the funniest is Gallant was replaced by the person he probably hates the most hockey lolol

 

[AshyHabs]

You don't care. Fine. Others do.

So language over success? Ok then. That's the mentality that will keep the habs a garbage to mediocre team. Unless the stars align and they somehow get a great bilingual GM and coach, we won't be seeing a cup here anytime soon.

 

[Habs13]

If he finishes this season as Habs head coach, he will have way over 400 games coached in Montreal...a total 6 games won in the playoffs to show for it ....

I like CJ , good guy , good coach ...but 6 playoff wins in over 400 games speaks ....For whatever reason, he can't find playoff success with Habs ..

Whats a playoffs??

 

[Miller Time]

Zero point changing coaches until we've addressed the GM problem... Shuffling chairs on the Titanic.

 

[Picaroon]

First thing i would do if i became Habs GM (and no it's never gonna happen but anyway) would be to come out and say in a press conference that from now on this team want to win and will hire to most qualified people no matter their language , nationality etc . Sure there would be some kind blacklash like those crazies did when Cunneyworth replaced Martin but honestly i don't think it would last very long. I'd give it a week or two before it dies out and no one cares

I'm sick of this language barrier **** seriously. It has handcuffed us for waaaayyyyy too long

I've always felt it would play out this way if we just had a gm or president that had the balls to do it.

 

[hockeyfan2k18]

How many coaching jobs does DeBoer get? sheesh

 

[vokiel]

Absolutely I would re-hire Gallant and fire Julien. The small adjustments aren't enough anymore.

Shock therapy: The best therapy.

 

[durojean]

yes, caused they embrace giving the youth play time, Julien didin't and Gallant doesn't give youth playtime, Glass could be used a lot more

But their team is not at the same place we are. Gallant is the one who developped Barkov and Huberdeau and helped flourish a lot of young players in Vegas.

 

[WinterLion]

It Might be interesting as an assistant

 

[Garnet76]

No change. You ride this out at this point till the off season. I dont think we have the best coach in the nhl by any means but I dont feel hes the elephant in the room.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

If we get Gallant does that mean we get Yzerman too?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

If we get Gallant does that mean we get Yzerman too?

What's the link between the two, LG?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

What's the link between the two, LG?

They were line mates back in the day.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

They were line mates back in the day.

Aaah in Detroit, ok

 

[Deluded Puck]

Zero point changing coaches until we've addressed the GM problem... Shuffling chairs on the Titanic.

I completely get this. still... i trust Gallant to develop a young roster better than Julien

 

[Deluded Puck]

If he’s not French, he’s not going to be the head coach. I don’t agree with it but the French fan base would cause a near riot. History and tradition are more important to a lot of them, more so than success.

Montreal Canadiens have gone from being FC Barcelona to Athletic Bilbao. Sadness.

 

[neil2005]

 

[The Great Weal]

While Julien should rightfully get fired, it would be f***ing insanity if Bergevin survives the season after firing 2 coaches and missing the playoffs 4 times in the last 5 years without even rebuilding properly.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

While Julien should rightfully get fired, it would be ****ing insanity if Bergevin survives the season after firing 2 coaches and missing the playoffs 4 times in the last 5 years without even rebuilding properly.

It's already insanity that he's still here after so much failure.

 

[The Great Weal]

It's already insanity that he's still here after so much failure.

For sure, but letting him fire ANOTHER coach without himself being affected is even more absurd

 

[loudi94]

A question I have which admittedly may have been answered in these 10 pages. Why is a guy that is so likable and has been successful, getting unceremoniously canned....twice (thrice counting Clb)?

 

[MrGold]

A question I have which admittedly may have been answered in these 10 pages. Why is a guy that is so likable and has been successful, getting unceremoniously canned....twice (thrice counting Clb)?

Best guesses:

1. He seems to get at odds with management. In Florida they wanted to play by the advanced stats numbers and he probably told them off. In Vegas, Tatar not being played after being traded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd at the deadline.

2. He exacts everything he can from the players and accepts no compromise on efforts. The kind of coach that gets tuned out fairly rapidly. The question, I suppose, is whether or not he does it in a respectful way to players given the era we live in.

 

[DangerDave]

Best guesses:

1. He seems to get at odds with management. In Florida they wanted to play by the advanced stats numbers and he probably told them off. In Vegas, Tatar not being played after being traded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd at the deadline.

2. He exacts everything he can from the players and accepts no compromise on efforts. The kind of coach that gets tuned out fairly rapidly. The question, I suppose, is whether or not he does it in a respectful way to players given the era we live in.

I'd also add that expectations were a little high after his first year in Vegas. Vegas is good but it's unrealistic to expect that roster to dominate every year.