Milhouse40
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Confirmed with Link: Kelly Buchberger named assistant for Laval
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The Great Weal
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My thoughts on this signings is that Buchberger can be thought as a buck for a burger hehe
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MarkovsKnee
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Wow, blast from the past. He was really successful during the dead puck, clutch & grab era of NHL.
Where'd we get him from?
Where'd we get him from?
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Adam Michaels
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Houle's connection with Buchberger in the Edmonton organization. Buchberger was assistant coach with the Oilers for 6 years between 2008 and 2014.
Has been head coach in Tri-City the last two years.
Has been head coach in Tri-City the last two years.
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Everybody from Montreal, and mostly Sud-Ouest will think of this when they see that name...
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Nah seriously, good hiring as far as some experience for a guy in his 1st year at head coach in the AHL. And it's probably not over.
Menu - Dilallo Burger | Original Since 1929
Nah seriously, good hiring as far as some experience for a guy in his 1st year at head coach in the AHL. And it's probably not over.
Phil Parent
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Why do I feel I should remember something about Buchberger, some story.
Of course I remember him playing, that's not that.
Of course I remember him playing, that's not that.
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In before he gets blamed for Yakupov, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Rob Schremp and Magnus Paajarvi busting in the NHL
Pompeius Magnus
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That was probably a direct ask from Houle, going with a guy he knows and is comfortable with. Buchberger will be the ''good cop former player'' on the staff , which he's well qualified for since he had quite a long playing career. He didn't leave the Oilers organisation with the best reputation ever but he's going to be in a very different context in Laval, so I'm willing to give him a chance.
Hopefully he won’t teach anyone how to fight. Lol. Similar pro record to Kostopoulos.
Pompeius Magnus
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Yeah, he was better at starting 'em than finishing 'em, that's for sure
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I used to hate this guys helmet when I was a kid.
Bloumeister
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Of course they all played with one another at some point in their career... except Houle...
Guess
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Oh God, another nepotism hire? Used to be VP of Oilers player development and ex-teammate of Berge, Richardson, Mellanby and Burke. His WHL team also had garbage stats.
Hope I'm wrong.
Hope I'm wrong.
Bloumeister
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I don't see it. I think it was a Houle hire. Mellanby is working with him on that file and he probably had good words also. The fact that the others also played with him is just a testament to a long NHL career and how all of them moved around quite a bit, being established, non-star, NHL players.
montreal
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I'm all for letting Houle pick his own guys, that's how it should be imo.
Houle most likely asked for him instead of the others suggesting him, they were assistants in the Oilers farm team at the same time for a few years.
Pompeius Magnus
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Oh for sure, once you name a coach it's his show. It's only fair, since he's the one that will be taking the blame in the end anyway.
Adam Michaels
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Bergevin played for so long and with so many teams, not many in the hockey ops department around the league haven't played with him
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