It’s funny, I’m pretty sure Dreger said something to this effect on Spittin Chiclets. Mind you it was pure speculation, but he said that if Gronberg doesn’t get a HC gig, then the Ducks may make sense since they have multiple Swedes.
How 'bout we talk coaching candidates here?
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Where do you think I got the inspiration?
Got a link for that?
Getting I think getting him as an assistant and Eakins as a HC would be the best case scenario.
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There is no way he was just purely speculating, that was way too specific.
If Eakins is cool with it, I definitely am as well. I hope Bob stops hiring assistants for his coaches, although you can argue it worked lol.
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I almost wonder if Rickard Gronberg would be a good choice to take over in San Diego and have him be "loaded" just in case Dallas doesn't work out.
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ralph krueger has left his position at southampton
guy is a damn good coach. would definitely be my #1 choice
guy is a damn good coach. would definitely be my #1 choice
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There was recently an article about him in The Athletic basically saying that he'd likely return as a team President or the President of Hockey Ops, rather than coaching. I didn't read it, but maybe someone here could shed more light into what was said in the article.
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I read it and your summary is spot on. While he didn’t come right out and say he wouldn’t coach, he likes having the big macro view similar to what a a president would have. Pretty easy to read between the lines that he wouldn’t come back just to coach.
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I actually wonder if he's bound for Ottawa or New York. They're both looking for a president and he seems like a good candidate.
Not totally sold on him as a coach so ok with that obviously not happening here.
Not totally sold on him as a coach so ok with that obviously not happening here.
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And now McClellan can be taken off the list. Another guy I didn't want. Glad these guys are going.
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Any reliable sources? Only place I can find this rumour is a tweet by an account called Complete Hockey News without any sort of source whatsoever.
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Same. That outfit doesn’t have any sources. All they do is regurgitate stuff they find online.
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Funny thing is I think their "source" was a random Ducks blogger on Twitter who tweeted out an article about not going to the Q with a few Ducks hashtags. Guessing they saw that, didn't read the article and just ran with it.
Dr Johnny Fever
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Scott Burnside said that "a source close to the Ducks" called Eakins the safe hire. When asked if he would be the right hire the source was non committal.
Take that FWIW.
Take that FWIW.
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He's linked to speculation from TSN. It's not even a rumor.
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That cites an Athletic article(already cited in this thread, actually) that says he was thrown into the mix once McLellan spurned them. So they're at least talking about him but that would surprise me quite a bit.
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Yeah, being thrown into the mix is far from being one of the top candidates for the job (which is what the translation says).
Very high chance, given Eakins success in the ahl and the successful brand the gulls have become, that Eakins is staying put no?
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