Could there be zero coaching changes?

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Only a matter of time until Nashville dumps Brunette for Q. A true Uno reverse card considering the reverse happened in Florida.

 

[Misery74]

Sullivan must be “a game” away? It won’t help Pittsburgh at this point, but they need to try something.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

The teams in the bottom don't have a real reason to fire their coach in terms of righting the ship. You can always do that in the summer and just play out the season. Sometimes they go with an interim coach, but yeah I never bank on those teams.

Sullivan, MSL, Cronin etc. are basically those guys. Maybe, maybe not.

The teams that are not in a good spot and still think they can be a playoff team already have coaches that were hired in the summer or last year, like Brunette or Bylsma.

I guess right now Montgomery is the only guy who fits the bill on an early-season firing, but the B's have won 3 out of 4 games so they seem to be getting better. And you can't have much more regular season success than what he had in his first 2 years, personally I think he deserves the chance to see through a different type of season.

I think the eyes will be on teams that potentially struggle later on and keep falling in the standings. Like LA last year, as well as a potential interim for the likes of Sullivan. But yeah I'm personally not expecting a firing right now.

 

[Rebels57]

As a Bruins fan....God I hope you're wrong.

As a Flyers fan, will gladly trade you Torts for Montgomery.

 

[Theodore450]

MSL gets the boot after we lose our 21st game straight.

 

[NYRfan85]

Not a chance, someone's getting the axe next month. My bet's on Pittsburgh or Nashville.

 

[StreetHawk]

The teams in the bottom don't have a real reason to fire their coach in terms of righting the ship. You can always do that in the summer and just play out the season. Sometimes they go with an interim coach, but yeah I never bank on those teams.

Sullivan, MSL, Cronin etc. are basically those guys. Maybe, maybe not.

The teams that are not in a good spot and still think they can be a playoff team already have coaches that were hired in the summer or last year, like Brunette or Bylsma.

I guess right now Montgomery is the only guy who fits the bill on an early-season firing, but the B's have won 3 out of 4 games so they seem to be getting better. And you can't have much more regular season success than what he had in his first 2 years, personally I think he deserves the chance to see through a different type of season.

I think the eyes will be on teams that potentially struggle later on and keep falling in the standings. Like LA last year, as well as a potential interim for the likes of Sullivan. But yeah I'm personally not expecting a firing right now.

For the bottom clubs, if it's a development year, HC survival is how those kids are performing. If not getting something out of them, then the GM can't waste another half the season of no to limited development.

Verbeek would have to answer to ownership why his choice for HC is going to last 120 games if he does fire Cronin by Xmas for example. I'm sure Grier wasn't too comfortable telling ownership he needed to fire Quinn after 2 seasons since it's a long turnaround time for the Sharks.

 

[HockeyVirus]

A big issue right now is who is out there? There are no great coaches that are not PR nightmares like coach Q. Are teams firing their guy for Woodcroft?

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

If Oilers continue to play .500 hockey, it may put pressure on Bowman and he may want to put "his" coach in... Knoblauch was hired under Holland... But then again firing coaches every year doesn't look good on the organization.

 

[Crow]

If Oilers continue to play .500 hockey, it may put pressure on Bowman and he may want to put "his" coach in... Knoblauch was hired under Holland... But then again firing coaches every year doesn't look good on the organization.

Jeremy Colliton come on down!

 

[dirtydanglez]

i'll take the field on this one. someones definitely getting their walking papers.

 

[HanSolo]

Ah I think it may be possible

Penguins will ride and die with Sullivan
Detroit appears to have righted the ship
Despite recent criticism in Montreal MSL appears safe

Blackhawks, Ducks, and Flyers are all still rebuilding

Friedman advised on 32 thoughts that there is no current panic or sort in Boston

In a League where coaches last 2 years on average this would be interesting

Cronin will f*** a rebuild into the ground if he's allowed to keep coaching the Ducks. Their best draft picks aside from Sennecke, Solberg, and Luneau are in the NHL right now and the team is not improving and has arguably regressed from last year. If Verbeek has any sense, he'll give him to the end of the month and have new candidates ready to go.

Cronin already constantly admits he doesn't know how to make his players play better. He admitted that, as a development coach, last year he took his hands off the wheel for 20 games to just observe his players and see what they'd do if they were left to figure it out for themselves. He got one former Duck to tell the public the guy made him question whether he wanted to continue playing hockey. Terry and Killorn recently admitted to the public that they never know where their teammates are going to be which supports the eye test which shows ineffective systems and game prep.

He's a f***ing disaster and the Ducks organization fails its players and their fans every day he continues to be employed.