Confirmed with Link: Coach Pete DeBoer Is Fired

[RSeen]

I'd say he's average defensively on most nights, but sometimes he can be bad. I think aside from Zidlicky our defensemen are almost all on par or better than he is defensively. Difference is he is light-years better than any of ours offensively.

I'll assume you forgot Gelinas as being worse.

 

[schoenfeld]

sutters shook playoff coaching led to two of the most embarssing series losses in team history, give PDB the 2009 team he had and they make at least the ECF.

 

[Devils Dominion]

There is no chance that Brent Sutter is even being considered for the job, none.

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

sutters shook playoff coaching led to two of the most embarssing series losses in team history, give PDB the 2009 team he had and they make at least the ECF.

Yea, I agree. That team should have went much deeper than it did. The way Sutter linematched Pandolfo-Madden-Shanahan against the Staal's and used White-Matteau as the "shutdown pairing" just drove me up the ****ing wall.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

sutters shook playoff coaching led to two of the most embarssing series losses in team history, give PDB the 2009 team he had and they make at least the ECF.

I agree.

I LOVED Sutter in the regular season, playoffs he could **** off.

 

[NJDevils17]

@TGfireandice
Also heard talk from players about Paul MacLean, but @SunGarrioch reports Devils haven't sought permission from Sens to speak with him, yet.

 

[SKNJD9]

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Also heard talk from players about Paul MacLean, but @SunGarrioch reports Devils haven't sought permission from Sens to speak with him, yet.

 

[JimEIV]

I agree.

I LOVED Sutter in the regular season, playoffs he could **** off.

Sutter was a backwoods version of DeBoer

 

[MadDevil]

MacLean is available and could step in pretty quickly. Not surprising his name is popping up. Who else is really out there? Torts? Bylsma? I don't see either of them really being options.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Just checking back in to make sure this is real and I wasnt dreaming earlier.

SO HAPPY!!!!

 

[AfroThunder396]

We should have an interim finish out the year and hire a long-term coach in the offseason.

Finding a new permanent coach to guide your team for the forseeable future, on a few days notice, is not a good idea.

 

[Super Cake]

@TGfireandice
Also heard talk from players about Paul MacLean, but @SunGarrioch reports Devils haven't sought permission from Sens to speak with him, yet.

Why would the Sens need to give permission for the Devils to talk to Maclean? The Sens just fired him.

 

[Devils Trap]

Why would we need Sens permission to talk to them ?? He was fired ?

 

[kiwidevil]

I think he stills gets paid out the rest of his contract over the remaining years. So he is probably technically still on their books.

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

Lol this just reeks of Lou. Confusion everywhere.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Why would the Sens need to give permission for the Devils to talk to Maclean? The Sens just fired him.

Why would we need Sens permission to talk to them ?? He was fired ?

He's still technically under contract with the Sens, even though he's not the coach they still ahve to pay the remainder of his contract. They own his "rights", if you will.

 

[JimEIV]

Why would we need Sens permission to talk to them ?? He was fired ?

He's probably still under contract?

 

[Super Cake]

He's still technically under contract with the Sens, even though he's not the coach they still ahve to pay the remainder of his contract. They own his "rights", if you will.

Oh, thanks.

I am pretty sure the Sens would give permission.

Greedy Melnyk does not like having to pay a coach that was just fired.

 

[kiwidevil]

I wonder if some of the players have seen Maclean around the facility lately? Otherwise I don't see how they would know any more than anyone. And to do with the Ottawa papers not knowing of Lou asking for permission, Lou would've told the Sens not to leak this and I am sure they will oblige to get Maclean off the books.

 

[Eggtimer]

We should have an interim finish out the year and hire a long-term coach in the offseason.

Finding a new permanent coach to guide your team for the forseeable future, on a few days notice, is not a good idea.

This x100
We aren't hiring a new concession worker , we are hiring a head coach that is going to be moulding our team for the foreseeable future . I really hope we don't hire someone within two days of firing Deboer and just going with whoever is currently unemployed and happens to be available ......

 

[BenedictGomez]

The greatest hockey mystery I have is why is Bob McKenize always right?

How the hades do you amass the sum of contacts necessary to break every dang hockey story, from Manitoba, to Massachusetts, to Moscow?

 

[AfroThunder396]

The greatest hockey mystery I have is why is Bob McKenize always right?

How the hades do you amass the sum of contacts necessary to break every dang hockey story, from Manitoba, to Massachusetts, to Moscow?

People trust him, he's a legitimately nice guy and intelligent guy who is super professional and never has an agenda. That's very rare in sports journalism.

 

[MadDevil]

You know the term "hockey gods"? I think Bob's one of them.

 

[NJDevs26]

Don't be surprised if it's Brent Sutter. Not any insider info, just seems like Lou would want him back. No one else would give him an NHL head coaching job again. Lou probably forgave him too.

It was Vanderbeek that really sounded off after he left. I remember him ripping him.

Not if you believe Chere that Sutter left cause he didn't like being under Lou's thumb lol

 

[Bleedred]

We should have an interim finish out the year and hire a long-term coach in the offseason.

Finding a new permanent coach to guide your team for the forseeable future, on a few days notice, is not a good idea.

I agree. I wouldn't mind handing over the keys to the interim at the end of the year, if he does a pretty good job. But I don't see the need of having a long term replacement just yet.

Not if you believe Chere that Sutter left cause he didn't like being under Lou's thumb lol

Oh yeah, that's right. Another stupid pot stirring and inaccuracy in that article.

I thought that was dumb too.