Of course, with this news comes the likelihood that Garth Snow remains as GM. This will obviously disappoint some fans, myself included, but let's not try and marry Weight and Snow. At the end of the day, Isles went 24-12-4 after Weight took over, after starting 17-17-8 heading to last in the Eastern conference. He got the team to play hard, gave chances to the younger skill players and enabled them to build confidence, and made smart decisions. He deserved the head coaching job and I am happy about it.
As someone stated above, need to pay up for a legit assistant coach with a resume of successful special teams management. This team has more than enough talent on the roster and in the system to have a top PP. No excused any more. has been our achillies heel the last 3 years. If we can figure out a system that works with Greiss/Jaro in net and improve on special teams, this team will be a playoff team and more. Stll a move or two to be made, but step 1 of the offseason is complete. Here is what is next.
1. Expansion: Survive, make the right choices, hopefully force Vegas to take Nelson, Bailey, Hickey, or Pelech.
2. sign JT. No excuses here. Confident this will get done.
3. Trade for a top 6 forward. If we can make this addition, and add Barzal, team will be ready to contend next year.