Around the NHL: 2019-20 Part 2

[Jim Bob]

 

[Jame]

Every coach in the west has to fear their star player coming back from the all star game with an idea....

 

[SundherDome]

It's astonishing, given how NHL coaches are tossed around, that Housley was allowed to finish last season...

I can almost guarantee it had to be financial. Season was already lost, why fire him and pay him only to hire a new HC and put him as well.

 

[Buffaloed]

 

[flashsabre]

Gallant wasn’t McCrimmon’s hire. Maybe he was waiting until the right time to turf him and bring his guy in. Imagine being NJ and now having Lavy and Gallant sitting there to be hired.

 

[Jame]

I can almost guarantee it had to be financial. Season was already lost, why fire him and pay him only to hire a new HC and put him as well.

I can almost guarantee it was a deer in headlights situation

 

[Paxon]

The Sabres are the most ruthless coach killers out there. No coach on either bench is safe.

 

[joshjull]

 

[old kummelweck]

WE KILLED ANOTHER ONE!!!!

 

[Buffaloed]

I can see why he was fired but I don't agree with it. They're on track to be even worse this season. I think Bill Foley was expecting a Cup last season. He's the new George Steinbrenner

2017–18	82	51	24	7	109	272	228	1st, Pacific	Lost in Stanley Cup Finals, 1–4 (Capitals)
2018–19	82	43	32	7	93	249	230	3rd, Pacific	Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Sharks)

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Sansbacon]

Our coach retention timing is so bad...we miss out on Trotz because we had just hired Housley, now Gallant and Laviolette are sitting out there and we won’t hire either because Ralph is so new in the job.

So we need Pegula to convince Ralph to move into a President of Hockey Ops position with big stacks of $$$, and hire Gallant. OR, fire Botts, give previously said fat stacks to promote Ralph to GM, then hire Gallant.

Easy peasy.

 

[Kyndig]

It's not a great look for the NHL, his job should've been one of the safest in the league. Gallant takes his team to the SCF in their expansion season, probably would've in their 2nd season as well if not for refs, and they're still in the thick of it in their 3rd season. What else is he supposed to do? Cure cancer?

 

[Jame]

So we need Pegula to convince Ralph to move into a President of Hockey Ops position with big stacks of $$$, and hire Gallant. OR, fire Botts, give previously said fat stacks to promote Ralph to GM, then hire Gallant.

Easy peasy.

As much as I like Gallant... Krueger is the right coach for this team right now. A shakeup in message/communication at this stage would be disruptive to what they are trying to build. And Gallant wouldn't have the magic of a bunch of castoffs to work with, and we are a ways away from having the talent needed.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Unreal. There must be something else happening behind the scenes, otherwise this is a senseless overreaction move.

Also, i am not sure what's worse: vegas hiring DeBoer or nash. hiring Hynes. I am gonna go with hynes...
Next up, wild fire boudreau and hire gallant.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Not usually one for this knee jerk type of post - but I would take Gallant over Krueger tomorrow.

I also understand why it's not possible for that to happen.

 

[SundherDome]

Unreal. There must be something else happening behind the scenes, otherwise this is a senseless overreaction move.

Also, i am not sure what's worse: vegas hiring DeBoer or nash. hiring Hynes. I am gonna go with hynes...
Next up, wild fire boudreau and hire gallant.

Current logic, Wild would hire Carlyle

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Yikes. His presser doesn’t inspire much confidence in this move.

Seems like an overreaction to me. McCrimmon couldn’t even explain why Gallant was fired, other than saying it was a gut feeling that is hard to explain.

I, uh, think, uh, they, uh, made, uh, a bad, hasty decision.

 

[flashsabre]

If I had to bet money I would say Stevie Y will be hiring his ex linemate Gallant to come back to Detroit and take over the Wings bench next season.

 

[Fezzy126]

Unreal. There must be something else happening behind the scenes, otherwise this is a senseless overreaction move.

Also, i am not sure what's worse: vegas hiring DeBoer or nash. hiring Hynes. I am gonna go with hynes...
Next up, wild fire boudreau and hire gallant.

Ironic that you mention Bruce, until very recently my personal opinion of the top tier of coaches in the league was:

• Trotz
• Boudreau
• Laviolette
• Gallant
• Babcock

Keefe has since replaced Babs in this list though.

Amazing that three of these guys are now available.

 

[Buffaloed]

So we need Pegula to convince Ralph to move into a President of Hockey Ops position with big stacks of $$$, and hire Gallant. OR, fire Botts, give previously said fat stacks to promote Ralph to GM, then hire Gallant.

Easy peasy.

Marv Levy was both coach and director of football ops for a long. Bill Belichick has essentially filled the same role with the Pats. It makes a lot of sense to have the GM serving the needs of the coach.

 

[sufferer]

Ironic that you mention Bruce, until very recently my personal opinion of the top tier of coaches in the league was:

• Trotz
• Boudreau
• Laviolette
• Gallant
• Babcock

Keefe has since replaced Babs in this list though.

Amazing that three of these guys are now available.

Having any of those guys available after Housley was canned would've had us all giddy, that's for sure. No disrespect to Ralph.

 

[old kummelweck]

It's kind of funny to think the VGK may have peaked their first year in the league.

 

[Sabretooth]

Marv Levy was both coach and director of football ops for a long. Bill Belichick has essentially filled the same role with the Pats. It makes a lot of sense to have the GM serving the needs of the coach.

Can't tell if you mean this as a joke or not but I've been having that thought for a couple weeks, firing botts, keeping kruger, letting kruger have the final say on player personnel decisions and finding a GM to execute those decisions. Would be unconventional for the NHL but not other leagues as you say. Didn't the bills hire McDermott before Beane? Browns just hired their coach and don't have a GM in place yet.

 

[Buffaloed]

Can't tell if you mean this as a joke or not but I've been having that thought for a couple weeks, firing botts, keeping kruger, letting kruger have the final say on player personnel decisions and finding a GM to execute those decisions. Would be unconventional for the NHL but not other leagues as you say. Didn't the bills hire McDermott before Beane? Browns just hired their coach and don't have a GM in place yet.

I'm serious. Krueger said he came back because he loves to coach. The Sabres have tried similar type arrangements with Bowman and Muckler. They might have succeeded with Muckler if they hadn't run out of money.

 

[VaporTrail]

We should draft someone like him

Maybe we could trade for someone like him ?