Confirmed with Link: Fire Pete DeBoer - just kidding - HIRED

[starsfan86]

DeFranks with a 3rd article today. A quote about what type of assistants he's looking for:

A proven winner, Pete DeBoer is ready to grab a Stanley Cup with the Stars

Pete DeBoer is a known commodity. When the Stars introduced him as their next head coach on Wednesday morning, the franchise understood what it is getting...

www.dallasnews.com

Sounds like Spott isn’t a lock. These next 4-5 weeks are going to be very interesting (hopefully exciting).

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

I'm happy enough with Debeor; less so about Nill being GM for a few more years. Would've rather seen that band-aid ripped off.

 

[Dynamite Time]

DeBoer wasn’t my 1st take as the Stars new coach but I’m fine with it. A handful of years or so with Ruff, Hitchcock, Montgomery and Bones it’s time this team grabs a coach for a few years and does something different. He’s already stated he knows Heiskanen has more of an offensive potential (now being allowed) and is going to open a more offensive style of game from our backend.

 

[eartotheground]

someone may have mentioned this already, but..
finally listened to pdb's interview with the hardline. when asked about how to get more scoring he brought up the upcoming infusion of skill from the farm. later he also referenced his time coaching jr hockey and said he thinks of himself as a development coach.

those are great signs that we really are looking at a youth movement.

 

[Satan]

someone may have mentioned this already, but..
finally listened to pdb's interview with the hardline. when asked about how to get more scoring he brought up the upcoming infusion of skill from the farm. later he also referenced his time coaching jr hockey and said he thinks of himself as a development coach.

those are great signs that we really are looking at a youth movement.

i was told that PDB eats prospects for breakfast and nobody has ever developed under him

 

[LT]

i was told that PDB eats prospects for breakfast and nobody has ever developed under him

without any milk

 

[starsfan86]

someone may have mentioned this already, but..
finally listened to pdb's interview with the hardline. when asked about how to get more scoring he brought up the upcoming infusion of skill from the farm. later he also referenced his time coaching jr hockey and said he thinks of himself as a development coach.

those are great signs that we really are looking at a youth movement.

But But But he hates young players and doesn’t play them!!!!

 

[Satan]

without any milk

i heard hes a milk first kinda guy actually

 

[LT]

i heard hes a milk first kinda guy actually

fire him immediately

 

[Kipper 17]

i heard hes a milk first kinda guy actually

Blasphemy! Start another thread to have him fired!

 

[starsfan86]

I love milk

 

[WhoahNow]

i love cereal

 

[Kipper 17]

Listen, we all love milk and cereal. But if you put milk first, you're a sociopath and we can't be friends.

 

[BG44]

Duhatschek wrote an article about retread coaches that I felt was pretty thoughtful. If you're curious, it's worth a read.

I appreciated this the most ... this is less retread and more coaching in general:

Being an NHL coach requires technical expertise, the ability to change strategies on the fly, and the ability to relate to players of all ages and experience levels. Whenever I think why NHL coaches succeed and fail, I go back to a long-ago conversation with Willie Mitchell who once gave this assessment of Gerard Gallant, back in the early stages of Gallant’s career.

Mitchell said (and I’m paraphrasing for clarity) that in his experience, some coaches do well with younger players because their primary skill is teaching and development and others do well with older players because their expertise is motivation and bench management. Gallant, according to Mitchell, succeeded in doing both.

Duhatschek notebook: On Paul Maurice, Hall of Fame and more

While there's a temptation to go for a fresh face behind the bench, a steady like Paul Maurice is a good for what the Panthers need.

theathletic.com

 

[Troy McClure]

Pavelski was on the Hardline. He was asked about what DeBoer will do different. Pavelski said he's already talked to DeBoer about how things will change. The main three things is sounds like they want to work on are improving the forecheck, improving breakouts, and getting the defense involved more.

When asked what advice he'd give Benn and Seguin about how to prepare for them entering the old guy phase of their careers, he talked about needing to put in work every day to keep the body able to compete. Don't know if he's speaking generally or was saying something about Benn and Seguin.

 

[BG44]

Pavelski was on the Hardline. He was asked about what DeBoer will do different. Pavelski said he's already talked to DeBoer about how things will change. The main three things is sounds like they want to work on are improving the forecheck, improving breakouts, and getting the defense involved more.

When asked what advice he'd give Benn and Seguin about how to prepare for them entering the old guy phase of their careers, he talked about needing to put in work every day to keep the body able to compete. Don't know if he's speaking generally or was saying something about Benn and Seguin.

Hopefully, they'll post it later. That sounds like the perfect guy to talk to about those topics.

Those are some of the main things DeBoer touched on in his introductory press conference: getting out of the D zone, getting through the neutral zone with speed, and playing as a 5 man unit.

 

[LT]

Pavelski was on the Hardline. He was asked about what DeBoer will do different. Pavelski said he's already talked to DeBoer about how things will change. The main three things is sounds like they want to work on are improving the forecheck, improving breakouts, and getting the defense involved more.

When asked what advice he'd give Benn and Seguin about how to prepare for them entering the old guy phase of their careers, he talked about needing to put in work every day to keep the body able to compete. Don't know if he's speaking generally or was saying something about Benn and Seguin.

Seguin seems pretty good at staying fit and in game shape.

Benn I could see being a lot lazier.

 

[jonu]

Shea Theodore bloomed under PDB, hope Miro has a clean offseason and manages to stay covid free next season.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Seguin seems pretty good at staying fit and in game shape.

Benn I could see being a lot lazier.

I have no clue about their prep, but they both played with a legend like Jagr and Pavs has been here for three years already, so if none of that has rubbed off, nothing will at this point.

My guess is that it's just a generic piece of advice and isn't some indictment of their prep. My problem with Benn is more mental than physical, IMO. He hasn't done nearly enough to change his game and is still trying the same stuff as when he still had two working hips and one of the deadliest wristers in the NHL. At least with Seguin you can see the makings of changing who he is as a player, with Benn I'd really like him and his coaches to accentuate the strengths he has left and leave what doesn't work behind.

 

[WhoahNow]

Listened to the Jeff Marek show and he mentioned that its expected that Alain Nasreddine will be joining the coaching staff (don't remember the exact phrasing he said).

 

[Captain Awesome]

Listened to the Jeff Marek show and he mentioned that its expected that Alain Nasreddine will be joining the coaching staff (don't remember the exact phrasing he said).

TVA has it as a done deal.

Alain Nasreddine se trouve du travail

Le Québécois Alain Nasreddine se joindra aux Stars de Dallas à titre d’instructeur adjoint en prévision de la prochaine saison.

www.journaldemontreal.com

 

[serp]

 

[Satan]

see spott run

 

[Morry83]

No surprise there

 

[starsfan86]

f***. I guess he can’t be any worse than Lexdall was the 2nd half of the season.