2020-2021 Laval Rocket

[Pompeius Magnus]

Except the fact that we might, based on Weise comments, that he was and still is a champion of portraying himself differently than what he actually is.

I know one thing....for every people, including myself, that think that Bouchard is a development god, we probably heard Jake Evans talking about it but never like players were talking about Guy Boucher.

I wish we could get Boucher back in the organisation somehow. He has a great mind for hockey . In a player development job maybe or something.

 

[Hannibal]

He looks like a solid candidate.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Thanks for sharing. I like what I saw from him in that video.

 

[Vachon23]

Any info on the guy? Only thing I see is he has accumulated over 200 PIMs per season as a player

He coach 4 yrs in my hometown so yes I know him very well. Great guy and he’s great to bring culture, but he’s not the best strategist and we’ll get out coach often.

 

[WinterLion]

He coach 4 yrs in my hometown so yes I know him very well. Great guy and he’s great to bring culture, but he’s not the best strategist and we’ll get out coach often.

Nice! Bringing culture is by far more important... we can always add a strategy guy to the mix...

 

[WinterLion]

I wish we could get Boucher back in the organisation somehow. He has a great mind for hockey . In a player development job maybe or something.

I feel like he is too cerebral. I like his coaching, but I get the feeling he is a bit of a downer at times...

 

[Archijerej]

So, with Belzile coming back, Laval's roster seems to be mostly set for next season.

They still have one veteran slot if I'm not mistaken. I'm assuming this will be used to re-sign Blandisi, or bring in another veteran forward, most likely a centerman.

The forward group is strong. Laval should be able to roll 3 lines pretty comfortably.

Defence seems weaker than last year. The top-3 of Ouellet, Schueneman and Brook should be fine. A lot will depend on Paquette-Bison continuing his strong play and how much of an impact Fairbrother can have.

 

[Number 57]

So, with Belzile coming back, Laval's roster seems to be mostly set for next season.

They still have one veteran slot if I'm not mistaken. I'm assuming this will be used to re-sign Blandisi, or bring in another veteran forward, most likely a centerman.

The forward group is strong. Laval should be able to roll 3 lines pretty comfortably.

Defence seems weaker than last year. The top-3 of Ouellet, Schueneman and Brook should be fine. A lot will depend on Paquette-Bison continuing his strong play and how much of an impact Fairbrother can have.

They definitely need to add another veteran defenseman for Laval in my opinion

 

[BaseballCoach]

They definitely need to add another veteran defenseman for Laval in my opinion

Giordano may be available, LOL

 

[Archijerej]

They definitely need to add another veteran defenseman for Laval in my opinion

I'm not sure that's going to be possible. Assuming Poehling is going to stay with the big club, their best center is Dauphin if they don't bring back Blandisi or someone like that.

 

[dcal64]

I'm not sure that's going to be possible. Assuming Poehling is going to stay with the big club, their best center is Dauphin if they don't bring back Blandisi or someone like that.

I like Vejdemo better than Dauphin.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Lucchini signed to an AHL deal:

 

[Archijerej]

Lucchini signed to an AHL deal:

Now that's surprising.

Good. He's a decent bottom-6 player.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Nice to see Lucchini accept an AHL deal after being on an NHL deal last year.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Now that's surprising.

Good. He's a decent bottom-6 player.

I guess he likes it well enough in Laval and decided to take the security. He's sorta in that tweener zone where his agent might have told him that a one way AHL deal was as good as he would be getting this time

 

[Archijerej]

I guess he likes it well enough in Laval and decided to take the security. He's sorta in that tweener zone where his agent might have told him that a one way AHL deal was as good as he would be getting this time

Yes. No one was going to sign him to an NHL deal at the age of 26.

 

[montreal]

good depth for Laval, he works hard and has speed to burn

 

[Agalloch]

good depth for Laval, he works hard and has speed to burn

So I guess we don't qualify him ?

 

[Treb]

So I guess we don't qualify him ?

If we were to qualify him, we wouldn't have signed him to an AHL deal. He's not really worth an NHL deal anyway.