Confirmed with Link: Boucher fired, Cooper to TB, Zettler in SYR | Bowness & George Gwozdecky hired

[LightningStrikes]

"Martin Raymond would be the number one candidate to lead the Drummondville Voltigeurs."

Erik Erlendsson ‏@erlendssonTBO
Top head coach target --> RT @MLeclerc_Hockey: Martin Raymond serait le candidat numéro un pour diriger les Voltigeurs de Drummondville

https://twitter.com/erlendssonTBO/status/344180804252995584

 

[Glide5]

hooray for being stuck with frantz jean!

I'm kinda surprised we haven't been in talks with Groulx. I was thinking we would go after him, considering it all.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

I'm kinda surprised we haven't been in talks with Groulx. I was thinking we would go after him, considering it all.

Frantz Jean is with the Crunch right now so Yzerman probably won't do anything until the playoffs are over.

 

[Coopers Gum]

Frantz Jean is with the Crunch right now so Yzerman probably won't do anything until the playoffs are over.

And Desjardins is ******** the bed down there. Coincidence?

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

And Desjardins is ******** the bed down there. Coincidence?

Jean has nothing to do with it.

 

[Steve Yzerman]

I'm kinda surprised we haven't been in talks with Groulx. I was thinking we would go after him, considering it all.

We probably have interviewed some people. Jean's contract has not been renewed yet.

 

[Coopers Gum]

Jean has nothing to do with it.

What makes you say that? Admittedly, I only saw game one, and that was in person. The backbreaking goal for the Crunch in that game was one that Ceddy should've definitely stopped.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

What makes you say that? Admittedly, I only saw game one, and that was in person. The backbreaking goal for the Crunch in that game was one that Ceddy should've definitely stopped.

I have trouble seeing how his mere presence has led to the downfall of the Crunch. Keep in mind he regularly travels to Syracuse to work with them through the year and he's been with Desjardins and the Crunch since the first playoff game. I can't place the blame all of a sudden on Jean because Desjardins hasn't been great these past 3 games.

 

[Felonious Python]

I have trouble seeing how his mere presence has led to the downfall of the Crunch. Keep in mind he regularly travels to Syracuse to work with them through the year and he's been with Desjardins and the Crunch since the first playoff game. I can't place the blame all of a sudden on Jean because Desjardins hasn't been great these past 3 games.

We've got to blame somebody.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

We've got to blame somebody.

exactly

 

[Stammer Time*]

BriseBois said there is no timetable to name the new assistant in Tampa Bay.

"We have lots of different (candidates),'' he said.

The Crunch will also be in the market for a new assistant, to replace Marty Raymond. Raymond came down from an assistant's job in Tampa Bay when Cooper went up.

"I know he's got a lot of options,'' BriseBois said. "I know a number of teams have contacted me, a number of teams have contacted him. He told them all he didn't want to talk until after the playoffs. We're lucky he came in and helped us. He's a big part of what ended up being a nice run in Syracuse.''

http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/2013/06/zettler_1.html

So obviously Raymond isn't sticking around even in Syracuse and there will be another hire in addition to Bowness and Garlock.

 

[LightningStrikes]

http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/2013/06/zettler_1.html

So obviously Raymond isn't sticking around even in Syracuse and there will be another hire in addition to Bowness and Garlock.

As posted above, Raymond is Drummondville's top candidate. But maybe he'll get another gig in the NHL.

So, any news on Steve Thomas or did they already confirm that he won't be part of the Lightning coaching staff?

 

[LTIR Trickery]

Steve Thomas stays

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Rick Bowness Sits Down: Part 1

http://video.lightning.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=260194&catid=-6

 

[LightningStrikes]

Rick Bowness Sits Down: Part 1

http://video.lightning.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=260194&catid=-6

Part 2: http://video.lightning.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=55&id=260504

I like this guy.

 

[2016cupwinners]

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bougw9J7Wmg&list=RD02ssCZWBtwUTI

His face is a ringer for Doug McKenzie's.

Edit: Hopefully he has a sense of humor.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Larry Brooks ‏@NYP_Brooksie
Told that Rangers have hired Ulf Samuelsson as one of Vigneault's assistant coaches...

https://twitter.com/NYP_Brooksie/status/351444429153910784

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/stamkos-trusts-in-lightning-brain-trust/2129362

The Lightning will hire an assistant with NHL experience to work behind the bench with coach Jon Cooper and assistant Rick Bowness. Assistant Steve Thomas, likely an eye in the sky; video coach Nigel Kirwan; and goaltenders coach Frantz Jean are expected to be retained.

 

[Coopers Gum]

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/stamkos-trusts-in-lightning-brain-trust/2129362

The Lightning will hire an assistant with NHL experience to work behind the bench with coach Jon Cooper and assistant Rick Bowness. Assistant Steve Thomas, likely an eye in the sky; video coach Nigel Kirwan; and goaltenders coach Frantz Jean are expected to be retained.

 

[LightningStrikes]

 

[Felonious Python]

Let's not freak out. Chicago's Stephane Waite and probably others are about to test the market. You never know who will be without a chair when the music stops.

 

[IdealisticSniper]

We just signed our other assistant coach. I'm too lazy to start a thread from my phone lol.

 

[Oilers Chick]

My apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere on this board.

Former University of Denver head coach George Gwozdecky named an assistant coach. You can read more about it HERE.

For those that aren't familiar with Gwozdecky, he re-built the Denver program into one of the nation's powerhouses and became one of the most respected coaches in all of college hockey. He guided the Pioneers to back-to-back National Championships in 2004 and 2005. A number of his former players are currently playing in the NHL including Beau Bennett and former Hobey Baker winner Matt Carle. He's a no-nonsense kind of coach whose a stickler on details. It came as a real shock to many in the college hockey community when DU let him go. And his departure has already resulted in one high-end recruited player decommitting (Sharks 2013 pick and now North Dakota-committed Gage Ausmus).

IMO, this is a terrific hire by the Lightning and I wish Coach Gwozdecky all the best in Tampa Bay. College hockey's loss is definitely the Lightning's gain!

 

[Stammer Time*]

Former Denver coach George Gwozdecky signed a 3 year contract last Sunday to be assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning

https://twitter.com/Buccigross/status/365596368397537280

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

We just signed our other assistant coach. I'm too lazy to start a thread from my phone lol.

http://www.denverpost.com/du/ci_23823665/former-du-hockey-coach-george-gwozdecky-become-tampa

Thank you Oilers Chick seems a good choice to me he understands the younger kids for sure