Laval Rocket: 2024-25 Laval Rocket Thread

[HabsAddict]

Who are those real good players, because lots of posters here have been blasting the vets all year?

I said he's better than Houle, not that he's a great coach. You can go back from the day he was hired to now and I don't think I've ever been in awe of him and been mostly critical/skeptical. However, he's getting the job done, something very few coaches have been doing for the farm team since Guy Boucher.

The way you talk about him, you'd think he was worse than Sylvain Lefebvre.

No, let's not drag Lefebvre from the dumpster.

I've said repeatedly and criticize him on using 50s style coaching on Mailloux. I can only comment on M because I focused on him. I don't care about the game, I care about the player making it with the Habs. Now include Reinbacher on that list.

It started way back when I didn't see M on the PP even though he is the best offensive defenseman we have in the AHL. Then the next game he was on but if he made a mistake, off he went. By game 3-4 it was apparent M was getting carrot and stick treatment. I abhorre that management style and my opinion is based as a pro manager/owner, which was my profession for about 50 years...with massively more people then a hockey team.

Now all of a sudden M is on the 1st PP and PK. M still makes his ill timed pinches and lazy plays, but Vincent is treating him differently. Why? Only Vincent and maybe Hughes know for sure.

That's why I criticize Vincent...and throw in an extra jab here and there.

EDIT...Boulle, Pinard and a few others are good to very good players but because of size and/or age, they won't make it in the.NHL. Boulle has a Beck level motor and skill, but at 27 and his size, he's an AHL lifer.

 

[Treb]

No, let's not drag Lefebvre from the dumpster.

I've said repeatedly and criticize him on using 50s style coaching on Mailloux. I can only comment on M because I focused on him. I don't care about the game, I care about the player making it with the Habs. Now include Reinbacher on that list.

It started way back when I didn't see M on the PP even though he is the best offensive defenseman we have in the AHL. Then the next game he was on but if he made a mistake, off he went. By game 3-4 it was apparent M was getting carrot and stick treatment. I abhorre that management style and my opinion is based as a pro manager/owner, which was my profession for about 50 years...with massively more people then a hockey team.

Now all of a sudden M is on the 1st PP and PK. M still makes his ill timed pinches and lazy plays, but Vincent is treating him differently. Why? Only Vincent and maybe Hughes know for sure.

That's why I criticize Vincent...and throw in an extra jab here and there.

And with you, jabs are done with 20 pounds sledgehammers which is why I feel the need to bring it back a bit.

 

[HabsAddict]

And with you, jabs are done with 20 pounds sledgehammers which is why I feel the need to bring it back a bit.

That's because the movers stole my 5 pounder.

Quick sidebar...i was shutting down the factory and moving out the equipment. Trying to find my 5 pounder, it's gone from it's usual place. So i check the cameras and one of the movers took it. I asked for it back, nope, he didn't do it. Show him on the video, nope he said it wasn't him.

Welcome to thieving idiocracy world...

 

[EveryDay]

It's a loaded team. Youppi could win the cup with 75 habs.

That's bullshit, it's most definitely not a loaded team. Vincent has a big say on the ranking of this team.

 

[BaseballCoach]

once he plays 7 more games in the NHL he's no longer waiver exempt.

Moot point anyway, they would surely not send him down.

 

[Treb]

Arseneau might come back this weekend and Lindgren soon after.

Hoefenmayer training alone.

Gignac, Tuch and Mesar still out long term.

Gignac probably out until the playoffs at least.



Vincent talked to Sedgwick about moves to bolster the team. AHL deadline is March 14th.

 

[EveryDay]

Arseneau might come back this weekend and Lindgren soon after.

Hoefenmayer training alone.

Gignac, Tuch and Mesar still out long term.

Gignac probably out until the playoffs at least.



Vincent talked to Sedgwick about moves to bolster the team. AHL deadline is March 14th.

We knew Mesar and Tuch were out for another 3-4 weeks but Gignac as well??? He played like 12 games this year and was terrible.... I hope management don't bring him back next year.

 

[Treb]

We knew Mesar and Tuch were out for another 3-4 weeks but Gignac as well??? He played like 12 games this year and was terrible.... I hope management don't bring him back next year.

We also knew Gignac was out long term. His last game was December 27, which was his (obviously too early in hindsight) return from injury from November 22.

We hadn't had real news since late January.

I wouldn't mind bringing him back on an AHL deal if he gets healthy, but thw injuries probably cost him his NHL deal.