Speculation: The coaching search continues

[Satoru Gojo]

Where was that hindsight in Dec 2021 or Jan 2023?

"I get that AV sucks but what is with the big obsession with Tocchet? He's 178-200-60 and made the playoffs once"

Philadelphia Flyers fire HC Alain Vigneault; Mike Yeo named Interim

2nd in the Met last year. That's pretty good... It was completely fraudulent. The Flyers got hot while others came back to them like the Islanders and penguins. That was never the real team, they were 9th in the conference in mid January

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"I just don't get the obsession with Tocchet

His track record his Dallas Eakins esque"

Massive changes coming to Vancouver Canucks coaching staff Monday

I just find it once again unfair, that Bruce Boudreau gets Mike Yeo, and trent cull, And Rick Tocchet gets Gonchar and foote.:confused: Would be nice to see Boudreau with them instead, both are significant upgrades as assistant coaches, or at least I know Gonchar for sure is.

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Sure but he still doesn't have Tocchet's resume

 

[Gil Gunderson]

 

[BondraTime]

Green officially hired per Dreger

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Lets go Travis.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

lol this is definately Brady’s last season here

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I'm naturally dissapointed to see another coach who's had very little success be on top of the list but it seems to make a lot of sense based on what this team needs. It's a bit frustrating because this team has been through so many coaches and it seems like we never find the winning recipe behind the bench and I'm not convinced he's that guy.

That said Green is a guy who expects his players to play fast and hard. He holds guys accountable whoever they may be and there's consequences if guys don't play well. He's played in the league and he's apparently fair with players as well. I don't know about the details of the game but this is what I've seen based on a few guys talking about him (Sedin/ Shane O'Brien/ Upshall). Seems like players like him.

Evason fits that motto as well. Expects guys to play hard and with structure. NHL experience.

Whoever it may be I just hope the players take the coach seriously and I hope the coach is able to get some much needed mojo to his players. Berube would've really been the choice here. He has all those qualities and he's won the cup. Type of guy who commands respects and no one can say anything to him since he's already proved to have what it takes.

All coaches expect their players to play fast and hard

 

[GCK]

Welcome Travis.

 

[Senscore]

After all the exhaustive searching and interviews and focus on getting the exact right guy during a period where there are available experiencd coaching candidates coming out the ass, this is what they come up with?


f*** off

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Is Staios looking for rooking coach for the same reason Dorion did? No upward pressure?

Maybe all the other coaches are looking to win today while our management team thinks we're many years away?

Or maybe this is all a ploy to get our actual candidate to accept the offer before other positions open up.

Well staios has the job because he’s the owners friend. And yeah I’m sure he doesn’t want anything disrupting that

 

[Gil Gunderson]

All coaches expect their players to play fast and hard

I feel like every cheap bottom-of-the-barrell coach we get’s system is “play hard”.

 

[BondraTime]

After all the exhaustive searching and interviews and focus on getting the exact right guy, this is what they come up with?


f*** off

What does that tell you about what they wanted?

A. He fit what they wanted
B. He didn’t fit what they wanted

It’s not like they weren’t talking to a load of coaches, many of whom were guys wanted here.

He’s not who I wanted, but hes who the GM wanted

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Another reason DJ should have been fired last season, there was less competition for head coaches then.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

What does that tell you about what they wanted?

DJ Smith 2.0?

 

[Senscore]

What does that tell you about what they wanted?

Someone good at interviews?

 

[Flamingo]

Is Martian floating a hypothetical? Or is this the streets talking?

 

[flyingfingers]

Wait to kick off the summer Steve and Michael.

Next news to expect:

• Senators pausing plans to move downtown. Andlauer likes how accessible CTC is for residents of Kanata and Barrhaven.
• Senators trade Jakob Chychrun to Florida for 2nd round pick in 2026. Like the look of that draft class.

This is what I expected. Andlauer has a much more polished facade, but he's a small town owner who watches his wallet very carefully. This is a nickle and dime hire for a franchise that will continue nickle and diming every part of the operation.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Is Martian floating a hypothetical? Or is this the streets talking?

Dreger literally just confirmed it.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I think it's less about coaches not making a difference, and more about fans ability to actually determine the difference a coach makes tends to be limited.

Hell, MacLean was runner up and winner of the Jack Adams, yet most here seem to have thought he was a terrible coach, Boucher took us to the ECF, and people think he was terrible. Do we think Babcock would have done better at the helm than either of those guys? Honestly, it's hard to say.

People thought that Maurice was a bad coach when he was with the leafs, Missed the playoffs in 13 out of 18 of his years as HC until the Jets turned things around a he's been in the playoffs 6 out of 7 years between two teams, with a WCF and trip the cup finals to his name.

From the outside looking in, it's not easy to evaluate a coach, thats all.

Every coach is a loser until they win. Absolutely. But there are winners available. And we are choosing a bad track record. Maclean was a good coach. And Boucher is a good tactician.

As with everything in life. Wait and see.

But korpisalo is gonna have to be at his absolute best for this to work

 

[Relapsing]

What does that tell you about what they wanted?

A. He fit what they wanted
B. He didn’t fit what they wanted

It’s not like they weren’t talking to a load of coaches, many of whom were guys wanted here.

He’s not who I wanted, but hes who the GM wanted

Smell ya later, "benefit of the doubt".

 

[BondraTime]

Someone good at interviews?

What is the point of interviews?

 

[slamigo]

And a mighty sigh was heard across the land...

 

[Relapsing]

Wait to kick off the summer Steve and Michael.

Next news to expect:

• Senators pausing plans to move downtown. Andlauer likes how accessible CTC is for residents of Kanata and Barrhaven.
• Senators trade Jakob Chychrun to Florida for 2nd round pick in 2026. Like the look of that draft class.

This is what I expected. Andlauer has a much more polished facade, but he's a small town owner who watches his wallet very carefully.

We could have had Ryan f***ING Reynolds

 

[OgieO]

I think most of the optimism here is purely because Staios isn't Dorion and we 'want' him to be good.

This is a tremendously uninspiring hire. Quite frankly, absolutely nothing Staios has done has led me to believe he'll do a good job. Benefit of the doubt... just getting atarted... yeah-yeah-yeah.. It's time to show us something.

Waited way too long to act on Dorion. Waited way too long to act on Smith. Did nothing at all at the deadline or throughout the season to help the team either. Waited (too long?) to hire a coach. Now hiring a head coach that's on his third job without ever having any success. You can come up with some form of justification for all of those things but we're pretty close to forming a trend here.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Can we get rid of Capuano now?

 

[Flamingo]

What is the point of interviews?

"Are you willing to move to Ottawa? I mean Stittsville?"
"Yep."