New York Islanders: Assistant coaches are Doug Houda and John MacLean (Brian Wiseman will not be joining the coaching staff)

[SI90]

Houda was with Detroit as an assistant most recently and Wiseman comes from Edmonton as an assistant. Doing a quick search I haven’t found and connection to Lambert or Lou.

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[MJF]

Houda was with Detroit as an assistant most recently and Wiseman comes from Edmonton as an assistant. Doing a quick search I haven’t found and connection to Lambert or Lou.

Houda played here for a couple of years in the 90s.

Wasn’t Houda a teammate of Lambert’s in Detroit?

 

[xECK29x]

Houda is a good coach, was the Bruins D coach when they won the cup. Wiseman works with forwards/general offense.

 

[SI90]

Houda is a good coach, was the Bruins D coach when they won the cup. Wiseman works with forwards/general offense.

I wonder if they get 1 more guy for special teams?

 

[SI90]

Houda played here for a couple of years in the 90s.

Wasn’t Houda a teammate of Lambert’s in Detroit?

I just looked it up. Said they were teammates for 1 season when they were teenagers.

 

[Tres Peleches]

I just looked it up. Said they were teammates for 1 season when they were teenagers.

Neither were from Maine though, right? Wanna make sure Garth isn’t still secretly pulling the strings

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Would love to know or hear about any connections Wiseman may have with Lambert or Lamoriello.

 

[MJF]

Would love to know or hear about any connections Wiseman may have with Lambert or Lamoriello.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

Houda hell are these guys?

 

[Seph]

Houda is a good coach, was the Bruins D coach when they won the cup. Wiseman works with forwards/general offense.

Houda definitely has the resume you want, 15+ years experience as an NHL assistant coach and a cup win as one. Wiseman seems like a bit more of a wild card with most of his coaching experience at the NCAA level and his few years of NHL experience being with the Oilers, who had great offense but also had a couple talents we will in no way have a comparable for. But I will say, usually guys with that much experience in juniors or college are good at working with and developing young players, so hopefully he will be able to help our young forwards that have been struggling.

 

[lafellaesobar]

Good hires tbh. Wiseman was pretty good at helping a guy like Ryan Mcleod last season for edmonton alongside Woodcroft. Lets take a gamble and see what happens

 

[Sparksrus3]

Here’s one from the Who Cares file . I believe the one full season Houda was here as a player was the year of the Palffy / Green smootch.

 

[Mike C]

Houda hell are these guys?

Funny one!

 

[SI90]

Lou said in an interview today that Korn will remain Director of Goaltending. That’s great news.

 

[seafoam]

 

[xECK29x]

I really like this coaching staff

 

[Lights911]

Brian Wiseman will not be joining the coaching staff.

 

[SI90]

 

[xECK29x]

Brian Wiseman will not be joining the coaching staff.

Oh interesting tidbit there. Staying with Edmonton I guess?

 

[doublechili]

Oh interesting tidbit there. Staying with Edmonton I guess?

I suspect Wiseman will be their scout in the Southwest, wandering around the desert looking for promising youngsters.

 

[MJF]

Johnny Mac's son is Bridgeport Isles center Kyle MacLean.

 

[rt]

John MacLean is not effective at running power plays. His career success, in terms of PP% rank league wide is not good. I can’t understand how he continues to get jobs. He’s been a ineffective at every stop. And he just never seems to be out of a job for long. I really don’t get it.

He shows up and PPs get worse. He leaves and they get better. That’s the story of his career as a PP coach. They took it away from him in AZ. Essentially got demoted before got fired. AZ was a cluster. But New Jersey and Carolina weren’t. And they had firepower. But relative PP to EV success was not great.

 

[Skidrow11]

Lou likes his Devils like Wang liked his good old boys club. I don't like this at all.

 

[rt]

Will say MacLean is an excellent communicator. Comes from being a good broadcaster. And he was a heckuva player. The players seem to like him. But those same players have said negative things about structure and specialty teams in AZ after leaving (Tocchet was supremely likable and wholly inept, also). So it’s possible that MacLean won’t be so bad if he has a stronger head coach. It was a miserable combination with Tocchet. That’s for sure.

 

[PK Cronin]

Lou likes his Devils like Wang liked his good old boys club. I don't like this at all.

Yeah, how dare people hire other people they know, respect, and trust. Such an outlandish decision.