They already doubled down by signing a disinterested-looking JT Miller to an untradeable long-term contract, so, yeah, why not lock up the declining years of Horvat with an 8-year extension based on inflated goal totals in a contract year?
Imo this was the only game this season that he has looked impactful in any significant way although I did miss the Vancouver game. I’m happy he had a good game but he needs to build on this game in a big way and play with the forechecking aggressiveness he displayed last night.
At Center for sure. But he has had a few solid games when he was playing LW.
This is called "coaching." I believe it's in Bednar's job description. Fire him!
I’ve no doubt he will be when that eventually happens. Far, far worse coaches have been recycled many times over already.
Yes he has been. I hope he is here for a long time. The team's record considering the quality of players that are injured shows how good of a coach he is. Is he perfect? Of course not, but he really gets the most out of the players. His next team (because it is inevitable) will need to be patient with Bednar until he gets the type of players he requires to succeed. If the GM is stubborn and doesn't give him the players he needs or those players do not buy in to his system Bednar could fail pretty hard unfortunately. Bednar's success has also a lot to do with Sakic/CMac being on the same page as Bednar. That relationship is as strong as any we have seen in NHL history IMO.
7 points, in his last 11 games (plus 3). I'm loving the trajectory here. Absolutely fulfilling his destiny. Keep that momentum going Newy - love you mate.
We had other great coaches too. Stanley cup winners. He is not head and shoulders above them. Not yet at least.
Well he did say "in Avs history" so to me he means while coaching the Avs. I believe he is right.
Every coach is one bad season away from the axe.
I believe there is a decent amount of rope in this case, especially after the cup. Don't see the Avs having a bad season for some time either, unless they get completely shredded by injuries.
Well that’s the thing, I’m reasonably confident/hopeful that the Avs will be at least good for a good long while. But Q had built about as good a cache as any coach ever has in the modern era and he too was gone after one bad season.
Different management team. Sakic and company feel like a really loyal group with a great relationship with Bednar. I just don't see them axing their cup winning coach after one weak season.
