Confirmed with Link: Sens hire new assistant coach André Tourigny

[Sun God Nika]

http://www.lapresse.ca/sports/hocke...5-andre-tourigny-se-joindra-aux-senateurs.php

Marc Antoine Godin ‏@MAGodin 25m25 minutes ago
Andre Tourigny to join Dave Cameron staff in Ottawa.

Bruce Garrioch ‏@SunGarrioch 19m19 minutes ago
The #Sens will likely make the hiring of former #Avalanche assistant Andre Tourigny official next week in Ottawa.

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[The Jangle Meister*]

awesome, have only heard good things

 

[HispanicAtTheDisco]

Glad that it's official, should be able to do some great work with our young defenseman.

 

[Ouroboros]

Everything is happening.

 

[operasen]

Murray certainly getting his To Do list up to date.

Nice call. From what I've read he is a good hire. Our D will get some help as well.

 

[SensBrawler]

Nice.

Don't know too much about him, but I'm sure he's good.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Murray is Beast Mode Cowboying the day, a great day for Sens fans.

 

[Micklebot]

can he run a good PP?

 

[Ouroboros]

can he run a good PP?

He was mainly working with the defense in Colorado.

 

[PatrickEaves]

I think he's basically going to take over what were Mark Reed's responsibilities.

 

[Micklebot]

He was mainly working with the defense in Colorado.

I know, was just joking. Maybe now Cameron can divert his full attention to the PP.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

He's a defense coach. I wonder who's running the pp

Someone beat me to it. Maybe sterling is staying

 

[BonkTastic]

Nice, Tourigny's a good coach. Compliments Cameron's style a lot, IMO.

 

[tony d]

Sounds like a good hire for the team, good job.

 

[Cosmix]

Anybody know why this guy is "a good hire"?

If he was coaching the defencemen on another team, and given the Senators already have Steve Smith as an assistant coach who was a defensive NHL defenceman for many years, why is this guy needed? What does he bring that the team needs?

 

[PatrickEaves]

Anybody know why this guy is "a good hire"?

If he was coaching the defencemen on another team, and given the Senators already have Steve Smith as an assistant coach who was a defensive NHL defenceman for many years, why is this guy needed? What does he bring that the team needs?

Well, it was well documented that Mark Reeds was in charge of the defense. We needed someone to replace him...

 

[aragorn]

I know that Richardson has at least another yr in Bingo but it will be interesting to see what happens once his daughter is finished school in NY State. I assume he comes back to Ottawa as an assistant coach & maybe Jason Smith goes down to coach Bingo. I also wonder if Chris Phillips will be a future defenceman coach in Ottawa's organization along with Alfredsson.

 

[Samsquanch]

Anybody know why this guy is "a good hire"?

If he was coaching the defencemen on another team, and given the Senators already have Steve Smith as an assistant coach who was a defensive NHL defenceman for many years, why is this guy needed? What does he bring that the team needs?

There were some quotes from some of the older defencemen on Colorado and they were singing his praise, basically saying that he would have made them better defencemen had they been coached by him earlier in their careers.

The thought of him being able to help Cowen (and to a lesser extent Weircoich and Ceci) grow into the players that we need them to be is very enticing.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Anybody know why this guy is "a good hire"?

If he was coaching the defencemen on another team, and given the Senators already have Steve Smith as an assistant coach who was a defensive NHL defenceman for many years, why is this guy needed? What does he bring that the team needs?

I know that Richardson has at least another yr in Bingo but it will be interesting to see what happens once his daughter is finished school in NY State. I assume he comes back to Ottawa as an assistant coach & maybe Steve Smith goes down to coach Bingo. I also wonder if Chris Phillips will be a future defenceman coach in Ottawa's organization along with Alfredsson.

Are you guys talking about Jason Smith?

 

[aragorn]

Are you guys talking about Jason Smith?

Yes.

 

[KnuckChuckinTkachuk]

Well his #1 focus coming here should be Jared Cowen. We need him to play like a top 4 D or at worst a reliable 5-6 guy who can hit.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Apparently him and Roy didnt get along at all. Wonder what it was about? Maybe just Roy being arrogant

 

[BonkTastic]

Apparently him and Roy didnt get along at all. Wonder what it was about? Maybe just Roy being arrogant

I have a hard time believing that getting along with Patrick Roy in general is an easy task.


The man seems borderline psychotic on his good days.

 

[Flamingo]

Well his #1 focus coming here should be Jared Cowen. We need him to play like a top 4 D or at worst a reliable 5-6 guy who can hit.

I remember how good Cowen was evading forecheckers and contributing offensively. He tried the back-door sneak at least once a game in his first year.

I'd love to see that guy again.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Great, great hire and replacement for Reeds. Murray outdid himself once again this week.