Tidbits: Around the League: NHL News - Part 2

[Wabit]

If Fletch hangs around, would he really hire Yeo full-time again?

I think he'd hire Prosser to be the new head coach over hiring Yeo again.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Incredible if true

 

[57special]

Incredible if true

truly mind boggling.

 

[MuckOG]

 

[Spurgeon]

I could see Yeo having success in Philly. Idk, I always thought he was a decent coach with an effective system. Just didn't work out after the team stopped buying in. Wishing him the best of luck as he always came off as a genuinely nice guy.

 

[Bazeek]

I could see Yeo having success in Philly. Idk, I always thought he was a decent coach with an effective system. Just didn't work out after the team stopped buying in. Wishing him the best of luck as he always came off as a genuinely nice guy.

Say what one will about him, he's the only coach to win a playoff series in Minnesota in like a decade. I wouldn't want him hired long term if I was a Flyers fan, but I'm a little curious to see what he does with the current roster.

 

[57special]

One person that seems to think the team is need of is one of Yeo's former players in Minnesota, Zenon Konopka.
And Konopka's pet rabbit, Hoppy.
Konopka spent parts of two seasons with the Wild under Yeo's watch and played in 73 games, recording one goal and one assist. He was placed on waivers by the team during the 2013-14 season (he was claimed by the Buffalo Sabres) and according Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune the two did not really see eye to eye during their time together.
On Wednesday Yeo was asked about Konopka's Tweets and said that he didn't really care about what Konopka had to say, but that he was "really disappointed to see Hoppy holding that sign."

It's hard to get mad at a man who can come up with that line.

 

[Bazeek]

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Yeo was such a throw back to the ol' 'I'd rather never give up a chance than create a chance' philosophy that he got tiresome to have around. Whatever it is that the Wild have become this year, at least they are fun.

 

[Peen]

why did boudreau get fired in minnesota

 

[Dickie Dunn]

why did boudreau get fired in minnesota

I think it is as simple as Guerin wanting his own coach.

 

[thestonedkoala]

I think it is as simple as Guerin wanting his own coach.

Didn't he get fired under Fenton?

 

[Ban Hammered]

Didn't he get fired under Fenton?

Boudreau was fired Feb. 2020, Guerin started as GM in August of 2019

 

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[DeagleJenkins]

why did boudreau get fired in minnesota

Too old school with vet favoritism?

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Didn't he get fired under Fenton?

Nope, it was Guerin.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Nope, it was Guerin.

Geez, the Fenton to Guerin years have messed with my head. I know that Boudreau was up for a contract at the end of the year. They just ended it earlier.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Geez, the Fenton to Guerin years have messed with my head. I know that Boudreau was up for a contract at the end of the year. They just ended it earlier.

Yeah, I was surprised too when I looked but I did recall BB being shocked and kinda pissed Guerin let him go.

 

[MuckOG]

Guerin was just looking for a reason to get rid of Boudreau. The timing of it was kind of odd because the Wild weren't playing all that poorly when he got fired.

 

[Bazeek]

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