Dominique Ducharme. Interim head coach of the Habs thread

[Miller Time]

can you imagine the season without the two new guys Anderson and Toffoli.

How did this team compete last year?

it didn't... we were well on our way towards a bottom-5 finish when the season wrapped up. The last few weeks of the season, with us clearly out, and top teams gearing up for the playoffs, we would have likely continued to plummet.

the cap spending additions took a surefire lottery team and turned it into a borderline playoff team... exactly what we are seeing

 

[Lshap]

can you imagine the season without the two new guys Anderson and Toffoli.

How did this team compete last year?

Add Jake Allen. Without the new guys we're barely ahead of Ottawa.

That said, imagine this team with the new guys AND most everyone else playing well. If Drouin wasn't a total bust; if Suzuki regained some of his control; if Weber was sharper; if Price was focused; if Gallagher was back. We're missing contributions from some key players.

 

[Ezpz]

Add Jake Allen. Without the new guys we're barely ahead of Ottawa.

That said, imagine this team with the new guys AND most everyone else playing well. If Drouin wasn't a total bust; if Suzuki regained some of his control; if Weber was sharper; if Price was focused; if Gallagher was back. We're missing contributions from some key players.

I touched on this in my megapost, but this is entirely because Bergevin didn't pick a lane. He approaches every off-season assuming nobody is going to regress or age. He's got to be the most optimistic fool I've ever seen in management. This is how he can say with a straight face the team is better than last year every training camp. It's got to be.

We're failing in the weakest division the Habs have played in since ever. We've never been in a division without a contender in our entire existence. I think my wife would be a better GM at this point and she's never watched hockey.

 

[azcanuck]

it didn't... we were well on our way towards a bottom-5 finish when the season wrapped up. The last few weeks of the season, with us clearly out, and top teams gearing up for the playoffs, we would have likely continued to plummet.

the cap spending additions took a surefire lottery team and turned it into a borderline playoff team... exactly what we are seeing

Well the company line was "We had a great start and then Drouin and Byron got hurt". Two injuries sunk them for the entire year, as if that never happens in hockey.

But then a once a century pandemic hit and the rules changed. We got into the playoffs and won one series. It created such incredible optimism in MB that he loaded up in the off season thinking he had a Stanley Cup contender.

 

[TannedBum]

This guy chooses to ice 11 forwards and 7 d's...

 

[Garry Valk]

We are getting into Cunneyworth territory here.

 

[Koivu11]

They sold us this guy as some kind of hockey genius but he doesn’t seem like one so far.

 

[azcanuck]

 

[SpeedyPotato]

I'm ready to quit on this guy already, the constant line juggling, the dressing 7 dmen when our biggest problem has been scoring goals instead of finding a way to get our best scoring prospect in years in the lineup... Extremely disappointed, I was expecting someone with new exciting ideas, this is just a shit show, he's out of his league.

 

[The Price is Right]

This is on Bergevin!!! Not Ducharme! He was put into this position by Bergevin m!

 

[The Great Weal]

This is on Bergevin!!! Not Ducharme! He was put into this position by Bergevin m!

Ya Bergevin forced him to play Staal and Edmundson in the dying minutes. Totally not Ducharme. Bergevin also forced him to have a catastrophic OT record, not Ducharme.

 

[Habs]

He can go f*** himself and take the rest of the bozos back there with him.

 

[sandviper]

If we’re gonna bash DD, let’s add Burrows to this. FML, when I saw his whiteboard for the extra attacker...

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Fire DD. Bring in Bouchard. Add Poehling and Caufield.

2021-2022 should be a youth movement.

 

[cactusjack]

4-2 in the third. 4 on 4 hockey. Lets start with Danault. And end with Evans. Great way to protect the 2 goals deficit. « I was trying to protect the 2 goals lead, i mean deficit. You know it’s hard... »Ducharme.

 

[Scaryprice]

Duc is useless

 

[sandviper]

Fire DD. Bring in Bouchard. Add Poehling and Caufield.

2021-2022 should be a youth movement.

As opposed to 2020-2021 being a big bowel movement.

 

[Whitesnake]

Again, Ducharme is a terribly dissapointing, no doubt. But he works with the dead wood that Bergevin brings. Having said that....how the hell do you seriously come in at the end of a season and give a 4-year contract to Ducharme if the same rhythm continues? f***ing Mickey Mouse organization.

 

[CoopersFalls]

Whether it’s his fault or not, I don’t see how he can be back next year

 

[cave troll]

This guy's NHL coaching career is over after this season and he'll probably end up back in junior hockey.
He had his chances in a weak division and he failed miserably.

 

[River Meadow]

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Throw a bucket of money at BrindAmour in the offseason, his name at least sounds French

 

[gillyguzzler]

When Julien and Muller were fired, I, like most of us, was excited thinking Ducharme would give them some innovative coaching and better communication. I was wrong and now see it as a knee jerk reaction by Bergevin trying to keep his job.

This is the worst I've seen the team compete in many years. Most of the blame has to be placed on the players but Ducharme has not been up to the job unfortunately. It's too bad for him. Seems like a good guy but I don't see him being a head coach again after this debacle.

 

[dcyhabs]

I touched on this in my megapost, but this is entirely because Bergevin didn't pick a lane. He approaches every off-season assuming nobody is going to regress or age. He's got to be the most optimistic fool I've ever seen in management. This is how he can say with a straight face the team is better than last year every training camp. It's got to be.

We're failing in the weakest division the Habs have played in since ever. We've never been in a division without a contender in our entire existence. I think my wife would be a better GM at this point and she's never watched hockey.

MB doesn't seem to have much concept of time/age. He trades young players for old players in spite of peak years and cap considerations. He brings in old guys and expects them to play like they did 5-10 years ago. Shouldn't they have abandoned the Staal attempt by now or is he looking better than his stats (I haven't seen much of the recent games)?

 

[OldCraig71]

An entire restructuring has to take place, top to bottom but the owner probably lacks the guts or drive to even do anything. If he just wants to continue making money, well, there's expansion dollars, team merchandise, a new TV deal in the US which every team will get a share of, and a sold-out building post-pandemic means that the money is still coming in by the truckload and no real possible damage to the bottom line in sight. I can see Molson leaving things just as they are while claiming that he is a hockey fan just like the rest of us. Fun times.