02-09-2022, 02:41 PM
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#41
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
According to Elite Prospects, St. Louis' only coaching experience is with his sons' minor teams.
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What could go wrong? Really they can't get any worse but this is a major leap of faith. What the hell is going on in that organization?
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02-09-2022, 02:43 PM
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#42
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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02-09-2022, 02:43 PM
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#43
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
What could go wrong? Really they can't get any worse but this is a major leap of faith.
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Well...he could potentially sewer his future coaching prospects.
They should have scoured the streets of Montreal for a hobo to do this job seeing as how the only qualification appears to be "Must Speak French."
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02-09-2022, 02:46 PM
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#44
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Franchise Player
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If Toffoli still wanted to be in Montreal, hopefully this changes his mind
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02-09-2022, 02:50 PM
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#45
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Ducharme seemed to be a decent coach. Not sure what St. Louis can do that he can’t. Pretty surprised all in all. Sometimes management wants their own guy. Du harem got the short stick big time.
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02-09-2022, 02:58 PM
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#46
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Franchise Player
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Interim head coach makes sense I guess. Give him the opportunity to show what he can do. The season is a lost cause as it is. Some pretty decent Francophones were available though, if they were interested.
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02-09-2022, 03:02 PM
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#47
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1491528683680641024
It's not often a U13 AAA team loses its Assistant Coach mid-season because he got hired to be an NHL head coach.
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02-09-2022, 03:06 PM
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#48
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Originally Posted by getbak
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Assistant coach. Not even head coach. That is a career trajectory to follow I guess.
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02-09-2022, 03:14 PM
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#49
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Having been an elite player is obviously enough experience. It worked out well with Gretzky in Phoenix, right?
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02-09-2022, 03:15 PM
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#50
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Definitely seems bizarre given his lack of coaching experience, but I will say that if I had to pick a recent former player that has coaching written all over him, it would be St. Louis. He seems like the type, so maybe he will do well.
Also, he has the interim label so there is no commitment. It's probably more like an audition.
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02-09-2022, 03:20 PM
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#51
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Maybe Kent Hughes is a big Ted Lasso fan?
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02-09-2022, 03:42 PM
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#52
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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Couldn’t imagine being the AHL coach of the Habs, or any other coach at really any level within the AHL, CHL, or NCAA and see someone coaching U13 hockey go straight into an NHL coaching gig. Old Boys Club is alive and well in the NHL!
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02-09-2022, 03:44 PM
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#53
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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More experience than Mario Tremblay had. What could go wrong? 
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02-09-2022, 03:52 PM
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#54
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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So, his interview is essentially 3 months long then? It seems odd to make someone the interim head coach when you hire them from outside the organization.
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Last edited by Reaper; 02-09-2022 at 03:55 PM.
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02-09-2022, 03:52 PM
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#55
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Press Level
Having been an elite player is obviously enough experience. It worked out well with Gretzky in Phoenix, right?
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MSL is interesting though because
1) He was a grinder before he was a star
2) He was a long term AAAA guy before he was a first liner
3) He spent a lot of time under John Tortorella
Not sure if he is up for the job but this is pretty cool
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02-09-2022, 03:57 PM
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#56
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GranteedEV
MSL is interesting though because
1) He was a grinder before he was a star
2) He was a long term AAAA guy before he was a first liner
3) He spent a lot of time under John Tortorella
Not sure if he is up for the job but this is pretty cool
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Yeah, the guy knows how to be effective in many different roles, was successful, and was a very hard worker. It's not like Phoenix when they made Gretzky the coach. St. Louis can relate to every player.
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02-09-2022, 04:03 PM
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#57
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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I’ve had a bit of bias against MSL ever since he was pretty open about disliking Yzerman because of the Olympics, to the point it was part of why he left TB.
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02-09-2022, 04:10 PM
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#58
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Calgary
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St. Louis will evaluate the players as coach and then move to management after the season when a new coach will be hired.
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02-09-2022, 04:12 PM
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#59
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peaceful Warrior
St. Louis will evaluate the players as coach and then move to management after the season when a new coach will be hired.
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I dont know. I dont think you're far off, but that seems really stupid. That would make the coaching move a move for its own sake.
He's not going to appreciably improve that group and I'm pretty sure anybody could 'evaluate the players.'
They probably should have just kept Ducharme, called 'er a season, drafted high and move along.
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02-09-2022, 04:25 PM
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#60
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Guys on 960 suggesting AV for the next coach (just a guess on their part) and that does make sense.
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Recycled Habs coaching is the way they do like to go.
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