Give credit to Ducharme

[ES]

Would Drouin get his name on the cup if Montreal won? He's got to feel like an idiot about now.

Enough regular season games so yes.

 

[AdvancedPressure]

How is he holding up anyways? Any word on whether or not he's expected to survive?

 

[Weztex]

Normally I'd agree, but Ducharme was seen as a future NHL head coach when he was in the Q and coaching Canada's world junior team.

A lot of people in this thread didn't get the memo

Montreal fires Julien and Muller, Dominique Ducharme named interim head coach

 

[majormajor]

I don't know if Ducharme really changed much. It looks like the same team that started the year with Julien.

 

[justHypnos]

Because Montreal only hires franco coaches. So the narrative is that they certainly must have settled for an inferior coach instead of going for the best coach available.

People believe that English speaking coaches are superior to French speaking coaches and refuse to credit a French speaking coach for any sort of success. It makes no sense. It's not like Ducharme is speaking French to Cole Caufield.

 

[Burke the Legend]

#edgy

Too bad Montreal was beating winnipeg so bad it caused schielife to lose his mind.

And too bad LV crumbles without their all-star #1C Chandler '90 career points over 6 season' Stephenson

th chandler one is the funniest. Who the f*** is this guy ???

 

[HabsQC]

It's so weird to me that we perform like that after taking out Tatar and Drouin who were supposed to be top 6 guys. I prefer the lineup without them though. Great work by the coaching staff to unite Perry and Staal. Never thought it would've worked.

 

[Kojo]

It's so weird to me that we perform like that after taking out Tatar and Drouin who were supposed to be top 6 guys. I prefer the lineup without them though. Great work by the coaching staff to unite Perry and Staal. Never thought it would've worked.

Drouin is usually good in the playoffs too. They both can sit but Tatar is nice to have if he's needed.

 

[Scorlov]

All credit goes to the team in this situation IMO. They are not winning because of him, they are winning despite him.

The team consisting of Suzuki, Caulfield, Toffoli, Danault, Kotkaniemi, Staal, Armia, Perry, Edmundson, Weber, Petry, Gustafsson, etc? They all materialized out of thin air?

 

[Kimota]

I don't know if Ducharme really changed much. It looks like the same team that started the year with Julien.

They looked completely different the moment from the moment the playoffs started. Especially since Game 5 against the Leafs. That is why IMO Ducharme to me was part of their success.

 

[majormajor]

They looked completely different the moment from the moment the playoffs started. Especially since Game 5 against the Leafs. That is why IMO Ducharme to me was part of their success.

They do look different in the playoffs but I think that's because the playoff intensity suits the roster construction. I just don't see much different in the way of coaching stuff.

 

[Kimota]

They do look different in the playoffs but I think that's because the playoff intensity suits the roster construction. I just don't see much different in the way of coaching stuff.

He made good decisions one after the other. Like playing the kids, changing the PP, putting Perry, Staal and Armia together(and that was pure genius). A lot of his decisions have paid off so far,