Confirmed with Link: Ryan Huska and Geoff Ward named as Assistant Coaches
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InfinityIggy
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I’m pretty optimistic about the Ward hire. I’d trust him to at least get us to an average PP.
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Will be interesting to see how we do. Especially the PP. Man, anything should be better than what we got this year.
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I actually really like these hirings. Husky has done a good job developing our d-men in the A, and we could use a new coach there to get our offensive prospects going. And anything over Cameron will help our PP.
Pretty fantastic decision to give our AHL coach a kick at things. He'll be familiar with a lot of the Heat graduates that will undoubtedly see time with the Flames this year.
Ward is a guy I know nothing about but anything is better than Cameron.
Overall I'm pleased.
Ward is a guy I know nothing about but anything is better than Cameron.
Overall I'm pleased.
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Mobiandi
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On Huska:
On Ward:
On the hiring process:
On our play style in the upcoming season
On Ward:
On the hiring process:
On our play style in the upcoming season
RIGHT MEN FOR THE JOB
Then we better sign some guys who are fleet of foot because the current edition of the Flames is not a very fast one
Anglesmith
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Then we better sign some guys who are fleet of foot because the current edition of the Flames is not a very fast one
I know just the UFA!
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Not a UFA this year, but we honestly should try to get him back if Peters wants to play fast.
Anglesmith
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Geoff Ward on the 960:
- Intended to stay with NJ, but Treliving and Peters met with him to get him on board
- Coached against Peters at the Worlds, is their only connection.
- Did go through the process of an interview with Treliving in the HC job prior to the hiring of Glen Gulutzan.
- On player relations: says you have to be a genuine person to the players, being true to your style, and establishing relationships with all of your players, especially on a personal level. This comes from his teaching background. Work with each other on and off the ice.
- Asked about having the same responsibilities as AC from NJ to Calgary? Says that everyone needs to contribute, and as a coach you need to challenge the players to do their best. Says he needs to work with the power play and making in game adjustments, much like he did in New Jersey and Boston.
- Philosophy on PP: Look at the strengths of your players. The biggest thing that he's always thought of, is you need to make the opposing goaltender work. Will give some players the chance to play on the PP that did not really get the chance to and could perhaps earn a spot on the PP. What's interesting about the PP is that if it's hot it could be better and if it's not it can be better. Always room for improvement.
- Has already thought of certain players that have a good skill-set that should be utilized on the PP. Looking at strengths and talking to the players and having their input on how the PP can be better will help too.
- The people Ward can work with and the upcoming challenge is the reason of him switching teams. Thanks NJ for what they did for him, but he's ready for the new challenge to getting the Flames successful and building a culture here.
- Aspirations to be a HC? It's more about the relationships, team dynamics, winning, and the culture than having a HC job.
- How the hockey player has changed through his time as a coach? Hockey was a different game ten years ago. The expectations of the players were much different back then. Nowadays, the relationships with the players and how they are being treated are needed a lot more with the hockey players now. The hockey players now need to be let known what they need to do and ensured that the coach needs them and their strengths.
- Teams need to play extremely fast and high paced now. Transitions, rushes, moving the puck, supporting the attack, etc. Trying to get that here in Calgary. Watching the SCF can help show at how fast the game is.
- Intended to stay with NJ, but Treliving and Peters met with him to get him on board
- Coached against Peters at the Worlds, is their only connection.
- Did go through the process of an interview with Treliving in the HC job prior to the hiring of Glen Gulutzan.
- On player relations: says you have to be a genuine person to the players, being true to your style, and establishing relationships with all of your players, especially on a personal level. This comes from his teaching background. Work with each other on and off the ice.
- Asked about having the same responsibilities as AC from NJ to Calgary? Says that everyone needs to contribute, and as a coach you need to challenge the players to do their best. Says he needs to work with the power play and making in game adjustments, much like he did in New Jersey and Boston.
- Philosophy on PP: Look at the strengths of your players. The biggest thing that he's always thought of, is you need to make the opposing goaltender work. Will give some players the chance to play on the PP that did not really get the chance to and could perhaps earn a spot on the PP. What's interesting about the PP is that if it's hot it could be better and if it's not it can be better. Always room for improvement.
- Has already thought of certain players that have a good skill-set that should be utilized on the PP. Looking at strengths and talking to the players and having their input on how the PP can be better will help too.
- The people Ward can work with and the upcoming challenge is the reason of him switching teams. Thanks NJ for what they did for him, but he's ready for the new challenge to getting the Flames successful and building a culture here.
- Aspirations to be a HC? It's more about the relationships, team dynamics, winning, and the culture than having a HC job.
- How the hockey player has changed through his time as a coach? Hockey was a different game ten years ago. The expectations of the players were much different back then. Nowadays, the relationships with the players and how they are being treated are needed a lot more with the hockey players now. The hockey players now need to be let known what they need to do and ensured that the coach needs them and their strengths.
- Teams need to play extremely fast and high paced now. Transitions, rushes, moving the puck, supporting the attack, etc. Trying to get that here in Calgary. Watching the SCF can help show at how fast the game is.
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Hmm. I thought they talked about getting an experience HC with a lot of PP experience.
This is good though. I like the internal promotion and the Geoff Ward acquisition a lot.
Let's see. If these guys want to run and gun, and get fast... they're going to need some moves. There's a lack of team speed for a lot of this team.
This is good though. I like the internal promotion and the Geoff Ward acquisition a lot.
Let's see. If these guys want to run and gun, and get fast... they're going to need some moves. There's a lack of team speed for a lot of this team.
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"Philosophy on PP: look at player strengths and to see if players who don't play there should be playing there"
What a concept. Too mind blowing for Cameron to have handled.
What a concept. Too mind blowing for Cameron to have handled.
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Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
For what it's worth, when coaches have been talking about Vegas playing fast, they don't mean that their roster is comprised of fast players, per se. Sure, they have a few burners, but so do we. They are more referring to the team play. Fast decisions, fast puck movement, quick to pressure. Everything happening fast so the other team feels like they have no time to react.
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Happy to hear Huska will be staying and be given an opportunity with the big club. Really do think he's earned it.
Don't mind the Ward hire at all either, been running a PP for a while now and with the Flames personnel there's no reason they can't be in the top third of the league. Hope he can employ a strategy that promotes more urgency and puck support rather than the static umbrella we saw with Cameron.
Don't mind the Ward hire at all either, been running a PP for a while now and with the Flames personnel there's no reason they can't be in the top third of the league. Hope he can employ a strategy that promotes more urgency and puck support rather than the static umbrella we saw with Cameron.
"What we want to be is a real connected group here. We want to be connected in fives in all three zones. We want to defend fast; we are going to defend fast. We are going to utilize the assets we have here. For me the trend is how quickly we can transition from offense to defense, how much we can stay connected so we can hold onto the puck but still play fast, and how quickly we can get it back and utilize the strengths of the players that we have here. The only way you can play that way is to stay connected as a group."
- Gulutzan, Glen, June 2016
"This is an important person we need to bring into our organization. We spent the first while building a profile. 'What is it we're looking for in a coach? What's the best fit?' You talk about who the best coach is for a particular team, what kind of coach was our team ready for. We went through a lot of those attributes before we got into the field and the market and talking to people.
"We built a real in-depth profile and started going through the process. As you went through it, it became very clear meeting with Glen early that this was a perfect match."
- Treliving, Brad, June 2016
- Gulutzan, Glen, June 2016
"This is an important person we need to bring into our organization. We spent the first while building a profile. 'What is it we're looking for in a coach? What's the best fit?' You talk about who the best coach is for a particular team, what kind of coach was our team ready for. We went through a lot of those attributes before we got into the field and the market and talking to people.
"We built a real in-depth profile and started going through the process. As you went through it, it became very clear meeting with Glen early that this was a perfect match."
- Treliving, Brad, June 2016
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