Anyone else think Fleury would be a good, vet option if Vegas retains some on his contract?
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Anyone else think Fleury would be a good, vet option if Vegas retains some on his contract?
Ovechkins Wodka
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They would have to retain quite a bit for us to take on his contract.
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Yeah I dont even know what their thoughts on the Boudreau era are today. But either way, you are right and its Lavi's decision to make. And Lavi only seemed sure about Kevin McCarthy coming over
Sprong re-signed. Interestingly, it's a one way deal for two years so I would think that means he's figuring to be in their plans.
Hell yeah!!!! Let Lavi run the defense and worry about team structure. Let Bruce run the offense. Somebody tell Ted that i approve this move.
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He looked great in the practice games before they went to the bubble.
I would think we have a Hags Eller Sprong 3rd line at some point
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Bruce will get hired for one of the first head coaching vacancies next season. No real reason for him to scramble for an assistant job.
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^^^^ This haha ^^^^
RMNB probably just doesn't want to hurt Forsythe's feelings. Their participation trophy mentality has ruined that blog
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Heads are going to explode if that happens. They will be done with Lavy already
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A 1 year deal perhaps? He did just try to get the Toronto assisting coaching job, so we know he's amenable to a non-head coaching job. And the article did state this:
Boudreau and his lovely wife Crystal recently moved back to Hershey, Pennsylvania, so he’s basically local. And we know he’s hungry for a job.
“I don’t like sitting on my ass,” Boudreau told The Athletic back in February. “I need to work.”
Maybe working under Lavi for a year could be beneficial to him? He might pick something up for when he does become a head coach again?
I don't know, I'm just trying to spitball here haha..
Now I see why I forgot about this part
This is what they actually wrote lol. I am so lost... Is he really a hot sexy fiery tornado?
Maybe they should keep Blaine Forsythe around to remain a fire tornado of sexual charisma behind the bench
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Interesting, they gave Sprong a one-way contract. I guess that's #17 roster spot locked up on the Caps for next year.
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Well, if we're being reality for a moment, the PP under Forsythe was lethal for years. The Reirden takes over and it suddenly doesn't work. Is it so out of bounds to think TR was overly hands on and trying to fix things that weren't broke? I would be not at all surprised to find that his biggest lesson from this first HCing stint is to let his guys do the jobs they were hired for and not micromanage everything.
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So maybe Reirden Oatsed the PP? Stranger things have happened.
But watching it run, I think the players were a much bigger problem than the structure. They have been running the same structure that once ruled the league the last couple of seasons, they need innovation.
WTF is going on with RMNB lately? One of their writers suggested Boudreau coming in as a defensive coach? Like, what the f***? Offensive assistant coach makes sense, but, in what world would Boudreau come in and run the D??
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I'm not sure I really buy that it was TR messing everything up. It had some prolonged slumps in the seasons prior, and has remained mostly intact since the Oates years. Other teams are just catching onto their zone entries over time, and they're finally running out of new answers to it. Too much of the evolution of the PP has focused on what happens in the zone (although most of those "wrinkles" and new set plays are nice to have in your back pocket).
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During Boudreau's complete seasons coaching his last two teams, the Ducks allowed the 6th fewest goals against per game and the Wild allowed the 8th fewest goals against per game.
I also don't see anything advocating for any specific assistant coaching position in their article:
Okay, hear me out: Bruce Boudreau for assistant coach
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What I'm thinking.
That's all fair. I'm not entirely wedded to the notion. I just noted that the PP did rather fall off a cliff right after being so dominant in the Cup run.
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It's well-known that Reirden worked on the PP as an assistant. This speculation seems exactly backward.
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Bit surprised Sprong signed for two years - thought he might sign for one, see how he does with what seems to be a shot at the top 9.
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