Around The League 2019-20 VII

[Bleedred]

It’s been a week of troll jobs.

Frickin Kovalchuk actually got signed by another NHL team. I don’t think many saw that coming.

Now all we need is for Keith Kinkaid to get an NHL starting goalie job.

 

[Bleedred]

I agree that it's surprising he got hired mid-season. I don't think it's that surprising that he got hired somewhere, though.

I think the biggest comparable for a coach that immediately got another head coaching position in recent memory with a similar resume was Bill Peters. He also had a really terrible goalie situation in Carolina with a very washed up Cam Ward the entire time he was there and Scott Darling being an astronomically bad fiasco for him.

Unfortunately for Hynes, he’s just inherited the second oldest starting goalie in the league, who looks like he’s pretty much also out of gas.

 

[My3Sons]

Guy wanting a trade, also has a lower body injury, and suspended. Yeah you are pretty ****ed for a while buddy.

Isn't he 20? It's a shame it has come to this for him. He's little more than a big child and has to sit at home because of either an agent or GM being stubborn? Where are his parents in all this? If NYR are so awful go to the AHL after your rehab and wait for a trade or maybe the NYR will allow you to play for an SHL team. He's way too young to sit on the couch. Does he even get paid if he is suspended? This is sad to me even if he is partly at fault for this.

 

[Darkauron]

Isn't he 20? It's a shame it has come to this for him. He's little more than a big child and has to sit at home because of either an agent or GM being stubborn? Where are his parents in all this? If NYR are so awful go to the AHL after your rehab and wait for a trade or maybe the NYR will allow you to play for an SHL team. He's way too young to sit on the couch. Does he even get paid if he is suspended? This is sad to me even if he is partly at fault for this.

Also kravtsov fled the rangers back to the KHL this year too. Im loving the Rangers f*** ups. Couldnt happen to a better team

 

[crashline]

Do us a solid Hynesy and trade for Wood, would ya?

 

[MadDevil]

Could anyone really see it coming this fast though? I figured maybe they’d hire DeBoer.

No matter what, I don’t think even the staunchest Hynes supporter would have predicted him getting a head coaching job midseason.

I did say he could get hired before we all thought, but I thought it'd be at least the summer before he got hired again.

I don't know if they can even make it work cap wise, but I wonder if they get in on the Hall sweepstakes now?

 

[BenedictGomez]

Just saw the news on NHL.com that Nashville hired John Hynes as head coach.

Positively stunned.

 

[Call Me Al]

boston scored 4 shorthanded goals against him in his debut

 

[Nubmer6]

boston scored 4 shorthanded goals against him in his debut

Did he bring our PK coach with him? Oh wait. Maybe HE ran our PK after all.

 

[NJDevs26]

boston scored 4 shorthanded goals against him in his debut

I literally thought you were kidding on this one. Man...I know the last two were on an empty net, but that's somehow fitting.

 

[MadDevil]

Just saw the news on NHL.com that Nashville hired John Hynes as head coach.

Positively stunned.

I'm not when you consider the relationship between Shero and Poile, and the fact that the Preds assistant GM played with Hynes in college.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Hynes losing streak begins... again.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Hynes losing streak begins... again.

What is his current losing streak between here and there?

 

[NjDevsRR]

What is his current losing streak between here and there?

Only 3

 

[Cloned]

Oilers fan here. I'm literally stunned that another team hired Hynes. I'm sure all of you guys were absolutely shocked at the news too.

 

[MadDevil]

Oilers fan here. I'm literally stunned that another team hired Hynes. I'm sure all of you guys were absolutely shocked at the news too.

Given how much the NHL recycles coaches it's not that shocking. Plus he does seem to be well thought of and respected amongst "hockey people". I also think it probably helps Hynes' case that the Devils were rebuilding for pretty much his entire tenure. I think if we were considered a contender and he got the wins/losses results he had for 4+ years here it would be a different case. Who knows, maybe he ends up actually doing well in the long run. It is kind of funny he's going to another team that has awful goaltending though.

 

[glenwo2]

Just saw the news on NHL.com that Nashville hired John Hynes as head coach.

Positively stunned.

And he had precisely the "impact" we all expected with Nashville tonight : NONE.

 

[glenwo2]

Oilers fan here. I'm literally stunned that another team hired Hynes. I'm sure all of you guys were absolutely shocked at the news too.

We were but now we're laughing our asses off.

 

[Cloned]

Given how much the NHL recycles coaches it's not that shocking. Plus he does seem to be well thought of and respected amongst "hockey people". I also think it probably helps Hynes' case that the Devils were rebuilding for pretty much his entire tenure. I think if we were considered a contender and he got the wins/losses results he had for 4+ years here it would be a different case. Who knows, maybe he ends up actually doing well in the long run. It is kind of funny he's going to another team that has awful goaltending though.

I think it's far more likely he gets the new coach "depression" than the new coach "bump."

 

[TBF1972]

The only thing that 2 games over 500 season accomplished was wasting my time and money.

If anything the team regressed the next season with what I would argue at the very least is the same quality of roster even not slightly better.

The season we made the playoffs had more to do with Hall than it ever did with Hynes. Hall had a once in a career type season that he won't duplicate. Do you really think Hynes deserves credit for Hall carrying the team on his back? I don't.

Weird. Input is twice the same and the result is different. Seems like hockey isn't a mathematical function.

 

[TBF1972]

It’s been a week of troll jobs.

Frickin Kovalchuk actually got signed by another NHL team. I don’t think many saw that coming.

Now all we need is for Keith Kinkaid to get an NHL starting goalie job.

I can't imagine the lack of crow.

 

[I Hate Tie DOMI]

I think it's far more likely he gets the new coach "depression" than the new coach "bump."

It’s going to take awhile for his new team to forget how to play hockey and learn his “system” of skating anywhere you want, at any time you want, and cover nobody.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Ranger related, but Larry David calling Don LaGreca a fraud is hilarious.

 

[tr83]

And he had precisely the "impact" we all expected with Nashville tonight : NONE.

One can have negative impact

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]