I saw a game where Graham scored a hat trick. Guy gave hope to all of us that didn't bend our knees when we skated.
I also saw Jessiman play.
Confirmed with Link: Ulf Samuelsson to coach Charlotte Checkers
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I saw a game where Graham scored a hat trick. Guy gave hope to all of us that didn't bend our knees when we skated.
I also saw Jessiman play.
Maineice11
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ahhh, I'm glad we are on the same ship! At least to start the season AV will be there, but if they get late into December and are playing the same way they did most of this past season, I think he will be let go mid season.
eco's bones
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Would not be surprised if the Rangers went outside the organization to replace Ulf.
If they do promote Beukeboom it would seem to be a very good sign for McIlrath especially. He needs someone in his corner.
If they do promote Beukeboom it would seem to be a very good sign for McIlrath especially. He needs someone in his corner.
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Please tell me Grant Jennings will be coaching the Florida Everblades
Unrelated, but those games are a BLAST if you ever find yourself in Southwest Florida.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Except at the end of the season interviews he didn't commit to that.
The writing was on the wall with how poorly the PK performed. Special teams are a major coaching function.
The Rangers had one of the worst PP/PK matrix in the league. That's bad coaching.
n8
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If Gorton won't clean the bench for us, hopefully other teams can hire our bum coaches away. please clean the bench.Or Ulf wanted the defense overhauled and AV and the organization would have none of it....Next year, if Girardi is playing 20+ minutes, Staal-Klein are a pairing, and McIlrath is scratched this might be the case.
Probably not likely though.
rangers1314
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I was really surprised there wasn't any Staal/McIlrath info in Brooks article last week.
I still have a feeling McI gets moved at the draft. I don't want him to be moved, but I absolutely think its possible.
After the season the defense just had, Im sure the Rangers provided little resistance to this move.
Tawnos
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Makes me wonder. Are assistants on contract? Or are they just regular employees. If they are on contract, is it year-to-year? Do assistants get multiyear deals?
No idea.
mrhockey193195
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Hard to know for sure where the responsibility lays with the Rangers defensive struggles last year. That being said - Ulfie's tenure with the Rangers organization has been by-and-large extremely positive. By the accounts of many people, including the players themselves, he was very influential in the development of guys like Girardi & Staal (in his first go around with Hartford). And the defense was a strong-point in his first two years as AC for the Rangers.
Hope he does well in Charlotte.
Hope he does well in Charlotte.
Maineice11
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Just like head coaches they are on contracts. They cannot talk with other organizations unless their current organization gives them permission. That is what happened here more than likely, the Rangers granted permission for Carolina and Ulf to talk.
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they have contracts, but there is a usual courtesy is to allow an assistant to jump to a HC job
Inferno
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why would you want to go from the Bolts to here...2 teams on very different paths.
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I don't see how you could blame Ulf for the defense. Look at the players he had.
lul
Leslie Treff
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Some history:
Ulfie used to be the defensive coach in Hartford when Charlotte was the Rangers' ECHL affiliate. The head coach of Charlotte at the time was none other than Derek Wilkinson (who I remember to be one of the nicest guys in hockey). Wilkinson went on to the front office of the ECHL team when it become a Carolina affiliate. Now an AHL team, Charlotte's Sr. VP of Hockey Operations is Derek Wilkinson.
It seems like a good fit for Samuelsson, who likely covets an NHL coaching job. But if that is going to happen, it has to be soon (he is 52 years old). He has been a head coach in Sweden and an assistant twice in the NHL. His head coaching at the AHL level will put him in the running for the next head coach opening in the "show". If that truly is his goal, it was now or never to move to the next step.
Ulfie used to be the defensive coach in Hartford when Charlotte was the Rangers' ECHL affiliate. The head coach of Charlotte at the time was none other than Derek Wilkinson (who I remember to be one of the nicest guys in hockey). Wilkinson went on to the front office of the ECHL team when it become a Carolina affiliate. Now an AHL team, Charlotte's Sr. VP of Hockey Operations is Derek Wilkinson.
It seems like a good fit for Samuelsson, who likely covets an NHL coaching job. But if that is going to happen, it has to be soon (he is 52 years old). He has been a head coach in Sweden and an assistant twice in the NHL. His head coaching at the AHL level will put him in the running for the next head coach opening in the "show". If that truly is his goal, it was now or never to move to the next step.
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They have a really good PK actually, but...
I agree here. I'd rather the Defensive coach be Beuk.
Arniel on the other hand, I'd like to see him replaced by an outside candidate. Adam Oates had some fantastic power play schemes, I think he'd play along well with Vigneault.
Mac n Gs
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Beuk would be fine by me, but I'd rather keep Oates off the bench. He's caused riffs in the past, and I'd rather avoid it.
I would like to see Hartford get a new coach though. Maybe bring in one of the good college coaches, and if AV gets the boot, they'll have an immediate in-house replacement.
