As a fan, I'm excited by this move. Shows that the owners are willing to at least try and be competitive again. Is Roy the best choice or even ready for the job? Who knows...only time will tell.
Perhaps Vigneault, Tippett or Ruff would have been better or safer options to go with, but watching this years playoffs, I've been asking myself if any of those coaches could out-coach Julien, Babcock, Sutter, or Bylsma (and the other PO coaches)...and results say no.
Roy is an unknown, he might stink it up worse than Sacco, he might be mediocre, he might be great.
The fan in me is finally excited again. It's similar to Calgary fans being excited for the Flames change of direction...at least we know it won't be more of the same, better or worse.
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