2013 New Jersey Devils (Team/Player Discussion)-Offseason FA and trade talk Part XIV

[Comparison Ford]

i think its gonna be Brylin, gut feeling.

 

[MJB Devils23*]

So we're getting everybody? Is that what I'm getting at?

Jagr
Grabovski
Brunner
Stastny
Gomez

 

[NJDevs26]

i think its gonna be Brylin, gut feeling.

Not when DeBoer admitted he wanted someone with NHL coaching experience.

 

[Bleedred]

I think Chere had a quote from Deboer that said Brylin will not be the assistant. They wanted someone with experience. I'm happy with that cause I don't want Sarge full time. Give him a spot on the staff as a special assignment coach first, like Stevens was for years before he got the full time assistant job.

 

[MJB Devils23*]

Man if Sarge's mindset rubbed off on Kovy......

 

[manilaNJ]

I think Chere had a quote from Deboer that said Brylin will not be the assistant. They wanted someone with experience. I'm happy with that cause I don't want Sarge full time. Give him a spot on the staff as a special assignment coach first, like Stevens was for years before he got the full time assistant job.

DeBoer said they would like someone who's in the NHL and with coaching experience.
So Chere took it upon himself to say it can't be Brylin.

There are most likely better options out there than Brylin, but I think he's still on the radar as a Plan B.

 

[NJDevs26]

Considering how little experience Stevens has behind the bench it wouldn't shock me that they don't want two greenhorns out of three. Especially since there was a noticeable downgrade when we went from Oates-Robinson-Barr to Shaw-Stevens-Barr.

 

[Bleedred]

DeBoer said they would like someone who's in the NHL and with coaching experience.
So Chere took it upon himself to say it can't be Brylin.

There are most likely better options out there than Brylin, but I think he's still on the radar as a Plan B.

Sounds like Deboer said it won't be, unless Rich is spinning this (Could be with the way he writes things sometimes)

Rich Chere ‏@Ledger_NJDevils 16 Jul

''DeBoer said Sergei Brylin is not the Devils' new assistant coach. The search is ongoing.''

I hope it's not. I want someone with a little experience. Sarge can go be a special assignment coach like Stevens was, and maybe in a couple years he can become a full time assistant.

 

[manilaNJ]

Sounds like Deboer said it won't be, unless Rich is spinning this (Could be with the way he writes things sometimes)

Rich Chere ‏@Ledger_NJDevils 16 Jul

''DeBoer said Sergei Brylin is not the Devils' new assistant coach. The search is ongoing.''

I hope it's not. I want someone with a little experience. Sarge can go be a special assignment coach like Stevens was, and maybe in a couple years he can become a full time assistant.

Sarge was on the ice at the time, so a few had jumped to conclusions that he'd be the new assistant coach (even though he's often on the ice at this time of year). That was just clearing the air.

Again, I don't think it is or will be, but the option is still open.
It's doubtful.

 

[kiwidevil]

We really need Loktionov to make it at centre on one of the top 3 lines. Otherwise, even with the addition of Brunner we are looking extremely thin all over.

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

Honestly, I'm getting tired of the whole Brunner thing. Either sign him or just move on. It's been almost a week. This is getting irritating.

 

[Bleedred]

Honestly, I'm getting tired of the whole Brunner thing. Either sign him or just move on. It's been almost a week. This is getting irritating.

Yeah I feel the same way.

 

[Bcap88]

Yeah I feel the same way.

It is the prospect camp. Maybe everything is on hold. News wise

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

Yeah I feel the same way.

It is the prospect camp. Maybe everything is on hold. News wise

If its not announced after the prospect camp is over then it probably all fell through. Friday would be the most logical choice to announce everything. If it goes past that then I've pretty much had it.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Honestly, I'm getting tired of the whole Brunner thing. Either sign him or just move on. It's been almost a week. This is getting irritating.

Frenzy is over, no one is in a rush to sign anything. You see Teemu or Jagr with contracts yet? If it is going to get done it will get done, there isn't any deadline to it.

 

[JerryGigantic]

i think its gonna be Brylin, gut feeling.

Agree. My gut felt the same Sarge twinge. But evidently not him.

 

[Saugus]

Honestly, I'm getting tired of the whole Brunner thing. Either sign him or just move on. It's been almost a week. This is getting irritating.

Lou is being patient about this for a reason. I trust him to make the right move here.

 

[Devilswede]

Don't be surprised if either Rick Kowalsky or Tommy Albelin get the nod. Lou thinks very highly of them. But we'll see...

 

[rrekaj13]

I don't really care who ends up behind the bench, I just want more movement on the power play. We always end up standing still and making super obvious, dumb plays.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

Albelin sounds like a good possibility.

And who cares about brunner right now. Camp is like two months out

 

[njdevil26]

Albelin sounds like a good possibility.

And who cares about brunner right now. Camp is like two months out

Because Brunner is not going to wait til September to sign somewhere.

 

[DiscoBall]

Phil Housley would be a good choice.

 

[NJDevs26]

Now TG says the opener he alluded to yesterday was from an earlier version of the schedule and looks like its been changed, oh well.

 

[Traitor Zach]

Agree. My gut felt the same Sarge twinge. But evidently not him.

Yeah, but Lou may have other plans for Brylin.

Love the avatar btw.

 

[Traitor Zach]

Don't be surprised if either Rick Kowalsky or Tommy Albelin get the nod. Lou thinks very highly of them. But we'll see...

I don't see Albelin getting it as we already have Stevens up here and I'm not sure Albelin brings other expertise to the table that we may need (but the Devils would know more about that than me). To me, Kowalsky would be a logical candidate.

Housley would be interesting aside from the same issues as Albelin above from the perspective he has a pretty good offensive mind aside from his background as a defenseman, and he knows how to run a PP and he might be a good mentor for a guy like Larsson.