He could be another Elizabeth Holmes.Am I the only one that wants nothing to do with Gronborg?
Why isn't the guy coaching a team, besides the Swedish national teams? He talks about wanting to coach in North America so bad, but why doesn't he start with coaching a team in maybe the Swedish hockey league?
The only HC experience I see on an actual team is back in 2003 in the AWHL.
I'm actually wondering why he would even be in conversation for an NHL HC job. Makes zero sense.
If it comes down to Nelson and Grönberg, I still want Grönberg, badly. Would be the best thing for our Swede youngsters, of which there are a good handful. Grönberg already knows how to maximize Dahlin's skill set, and he's the perfect blend of analytical and situational.
The seven defencemen getting ice time and a start over Dahlin were Staffan Kronwall, Mikael Wikstrand, Patrik Hersley, Johan Fransson, Simon Bertilsson, Erik Gustafsson, and Jonas Ahnelov, who have a total of 157 career NHL games between them.
“I’m shocked. I have no idea what the coach is thinking,” Hall of Famer Peter Forsberg told Eurosport. “If he’s going to be here and learn, maybe he should be on the ice?”
There was 1 top guy, Q, and he went to Florida with with friend Tallon. AV and McLellan were not top guys. I would prefer Tippet over either of them.At least I can find Nelson or Tippett in a pile of “yeah I get it and it makes some sense but here we are again with the top guys gone begging for scraps but it could all work out just fine”
Martin would be a find a new hobby for a while pick.
Agree.There was 1 top guy, Q, and he went to Florida with with friend Tallon. AV and McLellan were not top guys. I would prefer Tippet over either of them.
I don’t think Grönborg has coached Dahlin outside of once at the olympics, has he? (I don’t think he has)
and he made terrible use of him there...
https://deadspin.com/what-the-hell-is-sweden-doing-with-its-phenom-1823069212
Rasmus Dahlin scratched, benched in Sweden's first two Pyeongchang games - Sportsnet.ca
He only got in 2 games. He played about 4 minutes in 1 game (he sat the whole 3rd period), and about the same in the other iirc.
He got 4 total shifts in each of the 2 games.
He wasn’t named to team Sweden for the worlds, otherwise we would’ve had a chance to see Grönborg coach him again.
As I understand it Ken Holland is close to Edmonton and therefore there were some rumors that he will try to attract Tippett.
Can one of our Swedish posters give us any context on this because on the surface the idea of bringing in a coach who has a history of treating our franchise player really bad sounds completely stupid and ridiculous?
Fair, but there was a list of guys quoted above who there is absolutely no way in hell were better than Dahlin (even when he was 17). It just seems like terrible decision making.I didn't really follow the Olympics so I can't say anything about that except that there probably were a bunch of defensemen considered better and more experienced than the then 17 year old Dahlin. I seriously doubt there was any "really bad" treatment of any particular player. What I can say though is that referred too @Nystromhockey is kind of a moron.
There was 1 top guy, Q, and he went to Florida with with friend Tallon. AV and McLellan were not top guys. I would prefer Tippet over either of them.
Q and AV were the two top guys.
It will be so fitting for a lost dinosaur like Holland to hire Tippet.
Why Lindy as VP? Nostalgia? Does he have any experience in such a role, let alone reason to think he would thrive?I would love Lindy Ruff as VP of hockey operations, Mark Hunter as GM and Dale Hunter as coach.You know based on their careers and their coaching experience the team would be ultra competitive, Mark Hunter would go get toughness to sprinkle in with our young elite talent.This team would be a pain to play against and ultra competitive.Thats my dream scenario
Disagree, I never wanted AV here. Would take Tippett over him by a country mile.
I’ll be right here in 12 months pointing the Flyers success and saying “I told you so”.
Not exactly taking a tough bet, Flyers are already built for success. They just under performed terribly under Hakstol. Just look at their performance after he was fired.
Still, Vigneault would not even be interested in working in Buffalo, not the best coach for a young team.
They have experienced leaders in the face of Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Gostisbehere, JVR, and we have mostly young people in leadership positions. I'm not saying Vigneault is a bad coach, on the contrary, but I'm not sure he would be good for Buffalo, maybe Keefe or Gronborg makes more sense.Nolan, Konecny, Hart, Provorov, Sanheim are really screwed I guess...