How would rank the coaches sitting at home

[Jeune Poulet]

Gallant is probably the best available coach. He has suffered two injustices in Vegas and Florida. He will be back.

Babcock is a difficult individual who likes himself too much, then got a ridiculously dumb proposal by the Leafs (contract was way too big) and unsurprisingly, his already huge ego grew even more with catastrophic consequences. The failure in Toronto, coupled with a break from coaching, is the best thing that could happen to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he was back next season or the one after and after a lot of introspection, he might be improved.

Laviolette will get another chance. I think he's a bit overrated but still a good coach.

Guy Boucher hasn't been mentioned by anybody and he is probably done in the league, but I think he is a solid coach who deserves another chance after the toxic mess he was in in Ottawa. Imagine coaching with Melnyk above your shoulder, saying crazy things and penny pinching, then having to deal with drama queens like the Karlssons as well as Matt Duchene, who is locker room poison.

 

[viper0220]

Pretty much this, I expect Babcock back in the league at the start of next season

If he does come back, I think he goes to a quiet Southern Market.

 

[Breakers]

That Babcock marner deal has to lower him on the list.

 

[PaciorettysWrister]

Lavy, Gallant, Babcock. Babcock is a dick as a human being, but hes still a good coach. He made some questionable decisions as a coach but he wanted his guy to play the right way. 60 minutes, 200 FT, every shift. Even keefe cant get them to do that so leafs fans are bitter about it.

 

[HugginThePost]

Why Gallant is not behind the Calgary bench is beyond me!?!?

Unless they tried and he told them to pound sand!! Which I can understand.

 

[Svencouver]

Like are we rating them on how good they are at sitting at home? Boudreau probably wins that one cleanly

 

[jetsforever]

I'd probably take them in the order Gallant, Babcock, Boudreau, Laviolette (and then whoever else is around) but all 4 of those guys are great.

 

[Goose]

I don't think Sutter and Babcock are ever getting NHL gigs again.

Old Boys Club runs deep in the NHL, dunno about Sutter because I don't really know anything about him but I would bet $1,000 even money in a heartbeat that Babcock is back sometime in the next few years.

 

[Leafs87]

Seeing how the leafs now have a new coach and are still facing the same issues, Babcock won’t be riding pine much longer. He did have 2 back to back 100 point seasons. I think if he gets another chance and leaves his antics he’s known for behind he’s a great coach

 

[viper0220]

Old Boys Club runs deep in the NHL, dunno about Sutter because I don't really know anything about him but I would bet $1,000 even money in a heartbeat that Babcock is back sometime in the next few years.

What about the player abuse that Babcock did?

 

[viper0220]

Why Gallant is not behind the Calgary bench is beyond me!?!?

Unless they tried and he told them to pound sand!! Which I can understand.

I don't think that the Flames have asked anyone, Ward is doing ok and it would be bad look on the organization if they did not at least let Ward play out the season.

 

[viper0220]

Honestly after the way Babcock screwed up with his coaching decisions against Boston in last years playoffs and the fact Toronto blew a 3-2 series lead, he should have been fired after that and not during this season. In fact Dubas wanted to fire him after the playoffs, however it was reported that the MLSE board wanted to keep him on

What is the point of having GM if they are going to make the decisions, might as well fire the GM save some money and make all the decisions themselves.

 

[DiglettDangles]

I was going to rank very high the fact that Dan Bylsma was "sitting at home", until I realized he's been an assistant coach in Detroit since June 2018. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Babcock sucks, what are you guys talking about lol

He got lucky winning a Cup with a pretty good roster, if he was good he’d have more hardware to his name. He coached 14 seasons in the NHL, failed to make it past the first round 9 times

Team Canada gold medals don’t count, loaded roster. Any coach can win it.

 

[CookiesAndMilk]

Gallant

Laviolette




The Rest

 

[WestCoastLife]

Babs ...

Big hat, no cattle.

 

[thadd]

Responding to the 3 mentioned in the OP: For all the horrible coaches Edmonton has had, I've never wanted those 3 as a new coach.

 

[HugginThePost]

I don't think that the Flames have asked anyone, Ward is doing ok and it would be bad look on the organization if they did not at least let Ward play out the season.

Doing okay? I'll respectfully disagree. The team has under performed all year. They look half decent one game and like a steaming pile of shit the next.

I don't see how the organization would look bad, it's not their fault that Peters was removed.

Ward is the "intern" coach, meaning he's holding a place until arrangements are made.

If they announced that he was officially the coach after Peters was moved out, then you'd have an argument.

I just don't understand the logic of possibly losing out on a qualified coach because it wouldn't be "fair" to Ward.

I'm sick and f***ing tired of our coaches being "okay"!! How about a real proven coach for once??

 

[viper0220]

Doing okay? I'll respectfully disagree. The team has under performed all year. They look half decent one game and like a steaming pile of **** the next.

I don't see how the organization would look bad, it's not their fault that Peters was removed.

Ward is the "intern" coach, meaning he's holding a place until arrangements are made.

If they announced that he was officially the coach after Peters was moved out, then you'd have an argument.

I just don't understand the logic of possibly losing out on a qualified coach because it wouldn't be "fair" to Ward.

I'm sick and ****ing tired of our coaches being "okay"!! How about a real proven coach for once??

I agree with you but the Flames organization does not. I hope changes start at the GM position.

 

[viper0220]

Gallant is being a little overrated here. Laviolette has done more in his career, especially in the playoffs.

 

[viper0220]

Gallant is probably the best available coach. He has suffered two injustices in Vegas and Florida. He will be back.

Babcock is a difficult individual who likes himself too much, then got a ridiculously dumb proposal by the Leafs (contract was way too big) and unsurprisingly, his already huge ego grew even more with catastrophic consequences. The failure in Toronto, coupled with a break from coaching, is the best thing that could happen to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he was back next season or the one after and after a lot of introspection, he might be improved.

Laviolette will get another chance. I think he's a bit overrated but still a good coach.

Guy Boucher hasn't been mentioned by anybody and he is probably done in the league, but I think he is a solid coach who deserves another chance after the toxic mess he was in in Ottawa. Imagine coaching with Melnyk above your shoulder, saying crazy things and penny pinching, then having to deal with drama queens like the Karlssons as well as Matt Duchene, who is locker room poison.

How is Laviolette overrated?

Take a look at his coaching record, especially the playoffs.

https://www.statscrew.com/hockey/stats/c-laviope01c

 

[Bodybr3ak]

The butt hurt coming from Toronto fans is amusing. Toronto isn't some contender that got mismanaged. They are a mediocre to dark horse team that performs as such. Babcock is a good coach. Not Scotty 2.0 but I doubt he'll be sitting home for long.

No leaf fan is calling him a bad coach in here.

It’s funny that when he’s the leafs head coach HF calls him terrible and the most overrated coach in the NHL but now that’s he’s unemployed he’s actually really good.

 

[The Wizard of Oz]

Actually in a perfect world Craig Berube would be coaching a heavy physical team like the Blues... oh wait. Jokes aside, none of the teams he had were a heavy physical team. Detroit might have had some players that played that style like Kronwall, etc, but that was never really a team mentality.

Wings were very physical in the cup runs though. Just ask Dallas or Pittsburgh. Guys like Drake, Stuart, Helm, even Datsyuk laying guys out.

 

[Neil Racki]

By height.

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

Lavy is #1 by a pretty wide margin.

People are really underrating him in here. Stanley Cup finals with THREE different organizations.