Speculation: Rangers Head Coach Search (Laviolette being finalized? According to Vince and Friedman)

[Oscar Lindberg]

I’m sure Laviolette is going to be the coach but we’re realllyyyyy stretching the whole “confirmed with link” tag with the Spittin Chiclets guys as the source lmao

 

[RangerBoy]

He hated the young guys on Caps too. McMichael had terrific advanced stats 2 seasons ago and he still wouldn’t give him more than a couple min a game.

For a team that’s supposed to start leaning on the young talent to start leading it doesn’t seem ideal

Matt Irwin will be a Ranger. Irwin played for Laviolette in Nashville and Washington. Laviolette played Irwin over Alexeyev.

 

[Leonardo87]

I’m sure Laviolette is going to be the coach but we’re realllyyyyy stretching the whole “confirmed with link” tag with the Spittin Chiclets guys as the source lmao

Changed it to speculation for now, sorry @EdJovanovski , if this falls through will move back to the other discussion thread. But don’t think they would put their reputation on the line for this to be fake news. Once official by the Rangers or another source , will change tag.

 

[bobbop]

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Would love for someone to paint the upside case for this franchise right now.

This screams 2-3 lost years to me, factored into everything else roster and development wise seems more like 10+ lost years.

Really not seeing the upside case where Laviolette is the answer. The only one I can make is for Drury’s personal reputation and job security because it’s the easiest lowest risk decision he could have possibly made.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Would love for someone to paint the upside case for this franchise right now.

This screams 2-3 lost years to me, factored into everything else roster and development wise seems more like 10+ lost years.

Really not seeing the upside case where Laviolette is the answer. The only one I can make is for Drury’s personal reputation and job security because it’s the easiest lowest risk decision he could have possibly made.

No real upside honestly. Maybe Panarin and Mika buy into what he wants and Igor gets hot and that drives us to a cup but idk

Much more likely scenario is they’re a good regular season team, have some success in the playoffs but don’t win and Drury and Lavy are gone in 2 years

That’s where it gets dark. Dolan wanting to win and Sather is the only guy standing to help make decisions lmao

 

[The Crypto Guy]

So I guess this means the kids arent playing much next season again and Panarin will continue to get almost the full 2 minutes on the PP. Hooray.

 

[UnSandvich]

Besides the untouchables like Quenneville and Babcock (both of which probably would've led to me no longer being a fan of the team), Laviolette might genuinely be my last choice, among everyone who was a remotely serious candidate. It is crystal clear now that Drury is scrambling to save his job, and has no actual long-term plan.

Might as well trade the kids, they're gonna get screwed with even more than Gallant already had

 

[17futurecap]

This feels very AV in Philly. Make the playoffs first year, win a round, get fired 20 games into year 3.

 

[duhmetreE]

Life is good as a Panthers fan.

 

[eco's bones]

Not saying it's not going to happen but I don't know if that site is as credible as some might think. My take on this thing is Drury keeps things pretty much to himself until they happen to happen. There is probably a handful or less people who have an idea where he's going but they're not talking either. I've heard it that the reason Jim Ramsay was let go is he was privy to something and leaked it. That makes sense out of something that surprised everyone and sounds a bit to me like the Drury we've all come to know and love or not love (or somewhere in between) since he became GM.

By the way I'd rather we go in another direction than Laviolette.

 

[mas0764]

Very meh. Not known for developing kids which we desperately needed. Hopefully he has more of a system than Gallant.

 

[duhmetreE]

I'm hoping this is some 300iq Littlefinger type of disinformation. You tell 10 people 10 different head coaches are coming and you find the leaker....

all excitement for the season is gone if it's true...

 

[Megustaelhockey]

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This describes me on a molecular level. Thank you.

 

[mas0764]

Would love for someone to paint the upside case for this franchise right now.

This screams 2-3 lost years to me, factored into everything else roster and development wise seems more like 10+ lost years.

Really not seeing the upside case where Laviolette is the answer. The only one I can make is for Drury’s personal reputation and job security because it’s the easiest lowest risk decision he could have possibly made.

The rosy glass half full view is that Laviolette has taken multiple teams to the Finals; he will instill more of a system and kids and vets will both flourish more than they have under Quinn or Gallant and we will look like a powerhouse finally like Colorado or Boston.

The half empty view is that this is a retread of all retreads with no new ideas who has failed badly his last few stops.

 

[duhmetreE]

Playing old hockey in a new league. I wanted some fresh views. Maybe by some miracle our assistants would be good.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Matt Irwin will be a Ranger. Irwin played for Laviolette in Nashville and Washington. Laviolette played Irwin over Alexeyev.

He sucks. We already have Ben Harpur. Why do coaches like NHL scrubs. AV did it with Tanner Glass.

 

[mas0764]

Besides the untouchables like Quenneville and Babcock (both of which probably would've led to me no longer being a fan of the team), Laviolette might genuinely be my last choice, among everyone who was a remotely serious candidate. It is crystal clear now that Drury is scrambling to save his job, and has no actual long-term plan.

Might as well trade the kids, they're gonna get screwed with even more than Gallant already had

Drury has never had a long term plan obviously. At least Gorton understood the need to build for the future. F Drury.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Besides the untouchables like Quenneville and Babcock (both of which probably would've led to me no longer being a fan of the team), Laviolette might genuinely be my last choice, among everyone who was a remotely serious candidate. It is crystal clear now that Drury is scrambling to save his job, and has no actual long-term plan.

Might as well trade the kids, they're gonna get screwed with even more than Gallant already had

Trade then while they have little value smells of Petr Prucha yea that's the Rangers way. Lafy and Kakko to Arizona for 2ed and 3rd in 23 24 25 26

Drury has never had a long term plan obviously. At least Gorton understood the need to build for the future. F Drury.

Drury is just a puppet from Dolan. These moves basically confirm that

 

[Daves a mess]

This is an abomination

Oh boy. Here we go. 19 pages of bitching by 3 posters in the next week.

Bro, you understand your T bagging of Vitali Kravtsov did you ZERO favors regarding credibility right?

If Pete becomes the coach, I'm rooting for the guy, his staff, and his system. And my critiques start with the players and this shit core first, personally.

 

[Guyute]

Can't say I am excited about this decision, but hoping for the best. At least my expectations are low.

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

you guys should know by now that these guys get hired based on their ability to recite platitudes like "compete level"

 

[RangersFan1994]

Can't say I am excited about this decision, but hoping for the best. At least my expectations are low.

He is better than Gallant. I just feel this roster does not match with Laviolette’s style of hockey.

 

[NYR94]

Not surprised. I'm more interested in the roster construction than who the coach is TBH. Seems like a very safe hire by Drury.