Speculation: Next Head Coach?

[lhsgolf19]

Make your pick…

Will it be Lambert, Larionov, Gronberg, etc.?

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[NickH8]

Abbot?

 

[jaster]

Probably someone outside of the top-5 most popular names mentioned in this thread/on this forum.

 

[DTR]

Hell would freeze over before this happened, but Fedorov did win the Gargarin Cup today.

I think Derek Lalonde or Lane Lambert will end up with the job though.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

Lane Lambert

 

[MBH]

Lambert.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

If i were a betting man, I'd say 100% it's Lane Lambert.

 

[Ricelund]

The Summer of Lambert. Draft Brad and hire Lane.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

The Summer of Lambert. Draft Brad and hire Lane.

Works for me, This would be a dream come true.

 

[golffuul]

Also...just as a note. They are not renewing Blashill...so the option year "rumor" was correct by Friedman et al.

 

[lhsgolf19]

 

[golffuul]

The plot thickens

 

[Richard Gibson]

Steve Yzerman Lane Lambert

 

[Petes2424]

Is Lambert too system oriented? It would be the only question. You don’t like to see coaches shoving squares into circles. A lot of long time assistants do this after getting their shot.

He’s the name you hear the most but others they should look at include, Tony Granato, who’s done well with young players at Wisconsin, Rick Tocchet and Edmonton Oil Kings Head Coach Brad Lauer, who was an assistant in Tampa before heading to Edmonton and doing a great job as a Head Coach.

 

[golffuul]

Steve Yzerman Lane Lambert

Were they roommates at some point?

 

[lhsgolf19]

Another name to possibly watch

Benoit Groulx... The Syracuse Crunch (Tampa AHL Affiliate) Coach

 

[ShanahanMan]

I do see Stevie Y picking a “new name” and not an established NHL head coach.

 

[PajamaBoy]

As long as its not that idiot overhyped paul maurice. Im good with whomever Stevie chooses.

 

[WF19]

Abbot?

Would be a good choice but i think Yzerman sees value in Rogle grooming our prospects so i don't think he cherry picks from there but wouldnt be against it

 

[Dotter]

I'm going to add to the debate and ask why Yzerman would give Blashill a 2 year extension just to fire him a year into for doing exactly what was expected?

Yzerman is a guy that sees things 5 steps ahead and I'm 100% sure Blashill is doing exactly what Yzerman knew he would do. So why would Yzerman give him a 2 year extension just to fire him?

Before people say Blashill isn't doing what was expected, remember I had to eat crow because I was literally the only one on this forum who had hopes Detroit would take a wildcard spot. Everyone laughed at me when I was vocal about it, and rightfully so.

All Blashill has done was what you expected. Except Seider and Raymond are likely Calder nominees. We had inconsistent goalie issues, Ned was overworked due to Greiss being so bad or injured. And I think after the 2nd half the season, Blashill was allowing the team to be more creative.

Unless the locker room is toxic, and if the players rally against playing for Blashill next season, then why would Yzerman fire Blashill. His job is to get us top 10 picks and help develop the kids. Zadina regressed, but Seider, Raymond, Ras, Vrana have been good. Bert and Larkin had career years. Pius Suter did as expected. Fabbri played as expected. Veleno was fine.

I know a coaching change would be fun. But realistically why would Yzerman give him 2 years only to fire him for doing what was expected? Yzerman isn't trying to ding the guys career. Firing him for having the season he had with what he had to work with would be troll move.

 

[Hughes Hefner]

You have to give him two years or he's a lame duck coach otherwise the players will just tell him to get bent...

 

[golffuul]

I'm going to add to the debate and ask why Yzerman would give Blashill a 2 year extension just to fire him a year into for doing exactly what was expected?

Yzerman is a guy that sees things 5 steps ahead and I'm 100% sure Blashill is doing exactly what Yzerman knew he would do. So why would Yzerman give him a 2 year extension just to fire him?

Before people say Blashill isn't doing what was expected, remember I had to eat crow because I was literally the only one on this forum who had hopes Detroit would take a wildcard spot. Everyone laughed at me when I was vocal about it, and rightfully so.

All Blashill has done was what you expected. Except Seider and Raymond are likely Calder nominees. We had inconsistent goalie issues, Ned was overworked due to Greiss being so bad or injured. And I think after the 2nd half the season, Blashill was allowing the team be more creative.

Unless the locker room is toxic, and if the players rally against playing for Blashill next season, then why would Yzerman fire Blashill. His job is to get us top 10 picks and help develop the kids. Zadina regressed, but Seider, Raymond, Ras, Vrana have been good. Bert and Larkin had career years. Pius Suter did as expected. Fabbri played as expected. Veleno was fine.

I know a coaching change would be fun. But realistically why would Yzerman give him 2 years only to fire him for doing what was expected? Yzerman isn't trying to ding the guys career. Firing him for having the season he had with what he had to work with would be troll move.

Could have been that Yzerman had someone in mind who wasn't available to coach and so he gave Blashill a one year deal with a 2nd year option (which was confirmed by the "not renewing" from the Wings) to act as a bridge until whoever Yzerman had in mind was ready. Or it was a final "show me" deal and he simply didn't show Yzerman enough to keep him.

Edit: Also...don't think that COVID (aka...revenue) factored in to Blashill staying on as Head Coach. He probably came a lot cheaper than a potential "name" coach and Illitch may have had a mandate to keep money tight.

 

[stillwater]

Obviously Blashill pissed in the drain somewhere and was caught doing so.

 

[Dotter]

Could have been that Yzerman had someone in mind who wasn't available to coach and so he gave Blashill a one year deal with a 2nd year option (which was confirmed by the "not renewing" from the Wings) to act as a bridge until whoever Yzerman had in mind was ready. Or it was a final "show me" deal and he simply didn't show Yzerman enough to keep him.

Edit: Also...don't think that COVID (aka...revenue) factored in to Blashill staying on as Head Coach. He probably came a lot cheaper than a potential "name" coach and Illitch may have had a mandate to keep money tight.

Okay I missed the update that Yzerman didn't renew the extension. So like my prediction of Wings making a wildcard spot, I was wrong again..... Man I suck!

I guess the OP should be updated to "confirmed, Blashill will not return". I missed the breaking news.

Red Wings Will Not Bring Back Coach Jeff Blashill

The Detroit Red Wings have elected to not renew Jeff Blashill's contract for the 2022-23 NHL season.

thehockeynews.com

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Obviously Blashill pissed in the drain somewhere and was caught doing so.

Same with Houda and Salajko.