Confirmed with Link: Lightning hire Derek Lalonde as Assistant Coach

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[xteesy]

I know nothing about this guy. Can anyone provide any insight?

Defense coach? Special teams? Offense? What's this guys specialty and what's his 'best' feature?

 

[Felonious Python]

great coach when he was in the ECHL.

 

[Rschmitz]

Nothing stands out for me from the big stats for his team last year. Gave up a lot of goals, almost scored as many goals. Looks like middle of the pack special teams. Would like to hear some feedback from the upper brass about this hire or I'll have to do a lot more digging.

 

[Felonious Python]

Nothing stands out for me from the big stats for his team last year. Gave up a lot of goals, almost scored as many goals. Looks like middle of the pack special teams. Would like to hear some feedback from the upper brass about this hire.

Iowa has never made the playoffs, which says to me that it's not the priority.

 

[Stormbreaker]

I'd like to know all the assistant coaches duties are now that the hiring is done.

 

[SupremeNachos]

Nothing stands out for me from the big stats for his team last year. Gave up a lot of goals, almost scored as many goals. Looks like middle of the pack special teams. Would like to hear some feedback from the upper brass about this hire or I'll have to do a lot more digging.

He took a bottom tier AHL team and turned them into a tweener for making the playoffs. He got shafted quite a bit with how the Wild managed the callups, but he was an upgrade it seemed from the previous one.

 

[Stammertime91]

Cooper's newest fall guy

 

[Stormbreaker]

Tampa Bay Lightning add Derek Lalonde to coaching staff

Bowness was in charge of the defensemen and the penalty kill. Lauer served as a spotter in the press box during games. Jeff Halpern was promoted from the Syracuse Crunch to take over coaching the forwards while Todd Richards shifted over to coach the defensemen. It seems that Lalonde will take over Lauer’s spot in the press box during games.

Lalonde is a different player-turned-coach situation than normal because he was a goaltender. Goaltenders tend towards specifically coaching goaltenders. Most coaches that were players tend to be forwards and defensemen.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Lots more detail here.

Lightning name Derek Lalonde as assistant coach

 

[Felonious Python]

Cooper's newest fall guy

Lalonde and Coop seem to be bros. They were also both Green Bay Gamblers head coaches. (one year between Coop leaving and Lalonde taking over)

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Ah so it is that same Lalonde that was a goalie. I don't have enough information about the guy to form an opinion yet. Where is AndreRoy or MattWattson or Hose? They tend to know the obscure stuff and have some good insight on stuff like this.

PS: This is genuine not a jab.

 

[Stammertime91]

Ah so it is that same Lalonde that was a goalie. I don't have enough information about the guy to form an opinion yet. Where is AndreRoy or MattWattson or Hose? They tend to know the obscure stuff and have some good insight on stuff like this.

PS: This is genuine not a jab.

One of these are not the same.

 

[Felonious Python]

Toledo is like the year-in-year-out winner of the league's award of excellence. Very good organization.

However, despite their immense regular season success, it eluded them in the playoffs, probably in part, because they weren't heavy enough.

Walleye’s skill, speed hardly coveted by ECHL

 

[Iceman]

I'd try a new guy every year just so we can find a replacement for Cooper. Cooper should be the funny equipment manager, not our head coach.

 

[Todd1a]

I'd try a new guy every year just so we can find a replacement for Cooper. Cooper should be the funny equipment manager, not our head coach.

All the sudden if our defense looks great this year under todd Richards then I would ask what is cooper doing here ?

 

[LightningStrikes]

"Play fast and aggressive" - I like this guy!

 

[BoltSTH]

I'd try a new guy every year just so we can find a replacement for Cooper. Cooper should be the funny equipment manager, not our head coach.

Time to try Nigel Kirwan. After 26 years he should be ready.

 

[Felonious Python]

All the sudden if our defense looks great this year under todd Richards then I would ask what is cooper doing here ?

I'm not saying this is the case, but just because someone has a grip on all of the technical aspects at the NHL level does it mean that they can also communicate it or bring the players together under it.

 

[Todd1a]

seems there hiring cheap coaches so if things go bad they can fire cooper and the whole staff

 

[These Are The Days]

Major LOL's to think that all Lauer had to do was sit his ass in the press box and communicate with Bowness and was absolutely awful at it. That's a guy who will be lucky to ever have an NHL job again.

 

[These Are The Days]

One of these are not the same.

When you have that much "high level experience" you transcend not just HF Boards but humankind. Our departed friend is more deity than man and if you want to believe the Eklund rumors, he'll come back and save us all.

 

[Rschmitz]

All the sudden if our defense looks great this year under todd Richards then I would ask what is cooper doing here ?

I honestly don't know specifically what Cooper is in charge of, but the team scored more goals than any other team in the past decade. On paper that doesn't surprise. On paper the defense should be great too though.

 

[Rschmitz]

"Play fast and aggressive" - I like this guy!

Good find