08-25-2016, 10:57 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Avs name Jared Bednar as new Head Coach
Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger
Hearing Jared Bednar as Avalance new coach. May not be finalized at this moment.
Just won the AHL championship for BJs affiliate
edit: now official
Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche
BREAKING: The #Avs have hired Jared Bednar as the new head coach.
Last edited by sureLoss; 08-25-2016 at 11:06 AM.
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08-25-2016, 11:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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The assistant coach of the Abbotsford Heat of the AHL for the 2009-10 season.
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08-25-2016, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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He is only like 4 years older than Iginla.
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08-25-2016, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chicago Native relocated to the stinking desert of Utah
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I was concerned that they'd poach Dineen from Chicago...
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08-25-2016, 11:32 AM
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too bad.... was hoping Hartley would land there.
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08-25-2016, 11:37 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger
Hearing Jared Bednar as Avalance new coach. May not be finalized at this moment.
Just won the AHL championship for BJs affiliate
edit: now official
Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche
BREAKING: The #Avs have hired Jared Bednar as the new head coach.
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Yes, but looking at his resume he doesn't have much to go on besides that. 4 years as a head coach in the minors, some of that in a league below the AHL. Most of his time has been spent as an assistant in the AHL.
They must really believe in him, because that's not a lot to go on.
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08-25-2016, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Yes, but looking at his resume he doesn't have much to go on besides that. 4 years as a head coach in the minors, some of that in a league below the AHL. Most of his time has been spent as an assistant in the AHL.
They must really believe in him, because that's not a lot to go on.
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That's more than when they hired Joe Sacco as he only had two years experience as head coach. I suppose seeing their options were petty limited at this time of the year they can give this guy a season and if it doesn't work out they can do a proper coaching search next offseason.
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 08-25-2016 at 12:16 PM.
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08-25-2016, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
That's more than when they hired Joe Sacco as he only had two years experience as head coach.
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Uh, right...how did that work out for them again?
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08-25-2016, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Uh, right...how did that work out for them again?
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It didn't work out great but their options are limited right now and maybe they had their eye on this guy for a while.
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08-25-2016, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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He's sure a solid minor league coach. But zero NHL experience. I always figure that some NHL experience (as either HC or AC) is a requirement, in addition to some head coaching experience at any level.
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08-25-2016, 01:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It didn't work out great but their options are limited right now and maybe they had their eye on this guy for a while.
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They had all the same options the Flames did, except for one. I think there are a lot of coaches out there.
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08-25-2016, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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^Agreed. Either show that you're an excellent head coach at your current level for a long enough period of time to prove it's not a fluke, OR work your way up to the NHL and get some experience there as an assistant.
I'm still not sure about Gulutzan, and he HAS previous experience as both a head coach and assistant coach at the NHL level, plus significant time spent in the minors. This hire by the Avs is curious to me.
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08-25-2016, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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I think for a young team like the Avs, X's and O's were more important than people management. He can grow into the latter role, but the former role was holding them back big time as they were basically worse than the Flames defensively.
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08-25-2016, 02:30 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
^Agreed. Either show that you're an excellent head coach at your current level for a long enough period of time to prove it's not a fluke, OR work your way up to the NHL and get some experience there as an assistant.
I'm still not sure about Gulutzan, and he HAS previous experience as both a head coach and assistant coach at the NHL level, plus significant time spent in the minors. This hire by the Avs is curious to me.
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I think you're underselling him a bit. He has 14 years of coaching experience and whenever he's been a head coach, he's succeeded and continued to work his way up the ranks. Seems like a natural progression from coaching one of the top AHL teams to getting a chance in the NHL. Probably not the most heralded candidate out there but it's not like they just hired a recent Avs alumni with no coaching experience.
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08-25-2016, 03:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by burnitdown
I think you're underselling him a bit. He has 14 years of coaching experience and whenever he's been a head coach, he's succeeded and continued to work his way up the ranks. Seems like a natural progression from coaching one of the top AHL teams to getting a chance in the NHL. Probably not the most heralded candidate out there but it's not like they just hired a recent Avs alumni with no coaching experience.
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You might be right. It just seems like not a lot of top end experience to me, but I'm probably wrong.
It also seemed like there were some very qualified candidates available instead of Bednar.
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