Confirmed with Link: David Quinn Dismissed

[HatTrick Swayze]

Think this is the right decision. But agree not the be all end all some make it out to be.

Of the names rumored my pick is Gallant.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Farewell to the worst coach this team has ever had ... until the next one.

Not even close, I'm sorry to say. Remember Ron Smith or Alf Pike or Neil Colville.

 

[Edge]

Any ideas about what names they're likely to be looking at? By my count, Torts, Babcock, Julien, Tocchet, and Gallant are all jobless...any personal preference?

I have my doubts that Gallant is in the running. There's a lot of mystery boxes around him. I'd be okay if he's out of the running.

I personally don't like Tocchet as a coach, and wouldn't want him leading the charge. But I can't rule him out at this time.

Torts is definitely a consideration, though I think Dolan might like him more than the front office does.

Julien is a possibility, as is Babcock. I don't know if the latter is necessarily a good thing. I'd include Boudreau there.

The Rangers have been high on Sullivan for a while, so they might be inclined to see what happens there.

I wouldn't rule out Montgomery, or even a dark horse like Karl Taylor.

 

[Kodiak]

U will disagree...but the worst coach was Mike Keenan. Fired everywhere he goes..players hated him....traded Mike gartner..amonte..weight..for utter crap

Trottier was worse.

I'm not saying that Quinn was actually the worst. I'm just saying that whoever gets hired will probably be called an idiot and a horrible coach in short order.

 

[tlk]

l'chaim

 

[GAGLine]

Now we all pray that the Pens get bounced in the first round and that Burke wants to bring in his own coach

To hire the guy that half this board hated when he was an assistant here.

I just hope we hire someone that most people like (for now) so we don't have to hear all the bitching for a while.

 

[mas0764]

Not sure about kids per se, but he has a history of abusing his players. He is a shithead as far as I am concerned.

I don't know much about it other than he seemed to have very successful runs in Anaheim and Detroit.

 

[IDvsEGO]

Is Babcock known to be bad with kids?

I mean did you not hear how he treated the kids in Toronto? Yeah he’s not a coach to work with kids.

 

[LokiDog]

Jeez, I don’t really think it’s likely and I hadn’t even considered him until seeing him mentioned in a post above but Drury won a Cup with Roy in net and Roy is... certainly known for encouraging aggressive behavior. I can’t see them hiring Roy, but that would be interesting.

 

[DialUp]

Drury going to release a statement on twitter that reads "I am HC of NYR"

 

[Cmox]

I'm not saying that Quinn was actually the worst. I'm just saying that whoever gets hired will probably be called an idiot and a horrible coach in short order.

I got it after the fact, lol

 

[Cyclones21]

Now we all pray that the Pens get bounced in the first round and that Burke wants to bring in his own coach

second round

 

[tlk]

Roy! But he'll clash with Drury and the latter obviously will want the power he's acquired now.

 

[Kaapo Hollweg]

I have my doubts that Gallant is in the running. There's a lot of mystery boxes around him. I'd be okay if he's out of the running.

I personally don't like Tocchet as a coach, and wouldn't want him leading the charge. But I can't rule him out at this time.

Torts is definitely a consideration, though I think Dolan might like him more than the front office does.

Julien is a possibility, as is Babcock. I don't know if the latter is necessarily a good thing. I'd include Boudreau there.

The Rangers have been high on Sullivan for a while, so they might be inclined to see what happens there.

I wouldn't rule out Montgomery, or even a dark horse like Karl Taylor.

Ouch. I didn't like anything of what you just said. Except for Sullivan, who might not be available anyway.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

I will also say, one reason this perhaps rings a bit hollow is I’m not sure it makes it any less likely that Blackwell (or similar) is on the PP at the expense of “the kids” given the totality of the last week of moves.

 

[Quinnisinoverhishead]

Absolute jubilation!

 

[WojtekWolski86]

Farewell to the worst coach this team has ever had ... until the next one.

Worst coach? You must not have been alive/around for Trottier, Ron Low, Muckler...hell even Sather was worst.

 

[cwede]

Martin being removed does not mean he wont get an interview for HC job,
aside from Gallant or Torts, none of the retreads interest me much

 

[Hi ImHFNYR]

I'm not saying that Quinn was actually the worst. I'm just saying that whoever gets hired will probably be called an idiot and a horrible coach in short order.

The way to avoid that is to avoid being an idiot and a horrible coach. That eliminates about 90% of the NHL coaching pool though.

Torts, babcock, AV, Julien, Tocchet. These guys have fundamental flaws that leave you baffled. Some of them flaws just as straight up human beings in ways that are baffling for a leader of men being paid millions. (Babcock)

 

[Ail]

This announcement brought to you by the letter F.

Never came close to hating him as much as AV or even Torts. This is the right move though all things considered.

 

[TheTakedown]

I never understood all the AV hate.

Though I did understand that cutting him loose because we were entering a rebuild that we actually didn't want to win in, made sense.

You forgot that he was extended, then considered for running the rebuild and then he p***yed out and gave up, then the players followed...

 

[Edge]

Ouch. I didn't like anything of what you just said. Except for Sullivan, who might not be available anyway.

My best advice right now is the same as when I see staff celebrating about the departure of a manager - be careful what you wish for.

 

[cheech70]

Nobody mentioned Knobloch.....if I was at Saratoga and the odds for Knobloch was 75 to 1.............. I would put a Hundy on him

 

[Ruggs225]

Halle-f’in-lujah

 

[Crease]

I have my doubts that Gallant is in the running. There's a lot of mystery boxes around him. I'd be okay if he's out of the running.

I personally don't like Tocchet as a coach, and wouldn't want him leading the charge. But I can't rule him out at this time.

Torts is definitely a consideration, though I think Dolan might like him more than the front office does.

Julien is a possibility, as is Babcock. I don't know if the latter is necessarily a good thing. I'd include Boudreau there.

The Rangers have been high on Sullivan for a while, so they might be inclined to see what happens there.

I wouldn't rule out Montgomery, or even a dark horse like Karl Taylor.

The Rangers definitely like Sullivan (as do I), but there's no guarantee anymore that him and Pittsburgh part ways and the Rangers need to make a hire sooner than later.

Hiring Torts would signify that Dolan--not Drury--is in charge, and that's a scary thing.

I'm confident that Gallant is out. He would have been here already if there was mutual interest. But maybe Drury now being in the picture changes things.