Confirmed with Link: Julien & Muller Fired! Ducharme Interim Coach & Burrows Joins Habs Coaching Staff

[Maitz]

Bs fan, genuinely asking: did he deserve to be fired? If so, why?

Thanks.

He lost his locker room when he benched and healthy scratched Tatar IMO but he always seemed to coach not to loose instead of coaching to win.

 

[BushFireRecordsRedux]

He went back to being coached by a guy who refuses to play him more then 13 mins a game

In the playoffs (excluding the game he got ejected early):

9 GP 4 G 0 A 4 P 10 SOG 15ish minutes per game.

The biggest difference is him shooting 6% instead of 40%. He was good in the playoffs and he's been good to start the year. I think it's reasonable to question how high his ceiling is but he's been a contributor. Last year he was a disaster (pre playoffs).

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Grundman was before my era, and I hated Houle but we know he had to clear salary, Bergevin has had free reign for the better part of a decade, I think its closer than it should be when were talking worst gm all time.

It's definitely a -tight- battle between the 3 you named.

 

[Runner77]

Honestly, Julien didn't have much to work with last 4 years. Special teams though is inexcusable.

He did have much more to work with to start this season -- he had the benefit of players that he liked from the off season.

Julien showed an abysmal inability to take tough decisions -- he should have been benching some of the glaring bumblers like Chiarot and not sit the likes of Lehkonen -- he also should have been more proactive about PD -- he should have been earning his minutes and deployments. It appeared as if PD could do whatever he wanted, he was never demoted. Using PD in a 3 on 3 situation? Julien had just lost it.

 

[Walrus26]

Nah....Burrows will coach to his strength....synchronized diving.

Well, it works for some of our competitors sadly :-(

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Lebowski]

Pretty crazy given how this team overachieved in the playoffs last season and exceeded expectations to start this season.

Can Bergevin last more than 3 head coaches?

 

[Rapala]

1:12 pm and I only find out about this now. It speaks volumes about how little I care anymore. Is it just me or is Bergevin’s noose getting tighter?

 

[Runner77]

It's waiting for his extra 1 mil per

Pretty sad but for a guy who talked tough at last year's season ending pressers, he put himself in an impossible situation. He needed to deliver and didn't -- and what's going on now is no coincidence. I'm wondering if Ducharme will be giving him as much rope.

 

[Draft]

Here's a question that's gnawing at me.

It was generally accepted that several or all of the moves that MB did in the summer, were to provide Julien with a team to his liking.

Now that Ducharme is head coach (albeit interim), will he be handcuffed by those moves? For instance, he might have preferred to have a top 4 PMD instead of Edmundson. Or a more experienced C in his top 6.

I think there are enough pieces to make it work. Mete has been thrown under the bus for a long time, but with a different approach I think him and Weber are a good second pairing. Edmundson-Petry works well together. Chiarot-Romanov could be great to help provide some stability for Romanov and allow him to play more offensively. There are enough pieces that I think the team can look more or less however he wants it to look.

On offence, you might be right. I don't think there was any top-6 option that would have made sense in the off-season though.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Ehlers is definitely someone I would welcome if Habs acquire him.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Pretty sad but for a guy who talked tough at last year's season ending pressers, he put himself in an impossible situation. He needed to deliver and didn't -- and what's going on now is no coincidence. I'm wondering if Ducharme will be giving him as much rope.

If Ducharme wants success, he shouldnt be pandering to anyone and concentrate on developing the play of his key younger players.

 

[sandysan]

1:12 pm and I only find out about this now. It speaks volumes about how little I care anymore. Is it just me or is Bergevin’s noose getting tighter?

hard to tell if its a noose or one of his silk scarves

 

[Runner77]

Oh ffs please just let me enjoy this for 5 mins man

I like how it's only 5 minutes.

 

[EXPOS123]

hard to tell if its a noose or one of his silk scarves

lol..

 

[Schooner Guy]

Maybe that's what his issue was.

He had an issue with Julien dressing him when he was done like dinner?

 

[Gabe Kupari]

I hope laraque tweets Eichel to montreal next

That would end your season. He'd have to quarantine for 2 weeks and the package you'd have to give up... Could you even ice a team?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I think there are enough pieces to make it work. Mete has been thrown under the bus for a long time, but with a different approach I think him and Weber are a good second pairing. Edmundson-Petry works well together. Chiarot-Romanov could be great to help provide some stability for Romanov and allow him to play more offensively. There are enough pieces that I think the team can look more or less however he wants it to look.

On offence, you might be right. I don't think there was any top-6 option that would have made sense in the off-season though.

I agree with your post except for that. The last thing Chiarot is, is reliable defensively, on top of often taking way too many costly liberties in all three zones. I'd prefer Kulak-Rama ainec.

 

[Rapala]

Jaffy just experienced serious wind shear.

 

[jaffy27]

He did have much more to work with to start this season -- he had the benefit of players that he liked from the off season.

Julien showed an abysmal inability to take tough decisions -- he should have been benching some of the glaring bumblers like Chiarot and not sit the likes of Lehkonen -- he also should have been more proactive about PD -- he should have been earning his minutes and deployments. It appeared as if PD could do whatever he wanted, he was never demoted. Using PD in a 3 on 3 situation? Julien had just lost it.

Your Danault take is marksman accurate

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Ehlers is definitely someone I would welcome if Habs acquire him.

Lol. Not gonna happen ever. Seriously.

 

[General Fanager]

The best part about this is that it means they think Ducharme is ready to be a HC. They must value him a lot.

He wins by default.....

 

[Runner77]

1:12 pm and I only find out about this now. It speaks volumes about how little I care anymore. Is it just me or is Bergevin’s noose getting tighter?

Never too late for you to join the party.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Danault turned 28 today. You don't know your son's age?