Gord Murphy Named Associate Head Coach of the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack

[Mac n Gs]

How about Lindy Ruff? Can we find a replacement for him too?

I have to think, if Ruff's going anywhere, that Greg Brown is set to be his heir apparent. He has too high of a coaching pedigree to be limited to our eyes-in-the-sky coach that co-manages the powerplay with David Oliver.

 

[egelband]

The most Canadian name ever.

I raise you one "Gord Stellick".

 

[Hockeyplayer99]

I'm assuming they need another assistant/associate coach to fill out the staff. Needs a guy whose name ends with "chuk".

How about Keith Tkachuk, maybe t hen we can entice his 2 sons to come here

 

[Good Intentions]

I really valued his 1994 Fleer card. He had some good years in Florida, but 8 year old me just liked the Panther logo.

Interesting to note he was a 9th round pick. He should have a natural inclination to favor some of the less heralded guys (looking at you, Lindgren).

 

[Ola]

yeah and you can also have complimentary personalities on the coaching staff where one guy uses the wipe but another is the one who puts his arm around the guy

Yeah, in Sweden we have this saying that it’s good to have a ‘good police, bad police’ tandem when interrogating a suspect. One that beats him up and a female one that gets intimate with him to get pillow talk. Not sure if you have it in the US?

 

[Ola]

Gord Murphy is about as old-school, dyed-in-the-wool Canadian hockeymen as they come.

Yeah for sure, but he is also very experienced and has been a round a long time. I definitely think these guys are able to put the bar at a level that suits the environment.

I like this hiring for sure, I have a feeling it’s an expensive one lol. But that’s great, Dolan can afford it.

 

[nyr2k2]

Yeah, in Sweden we have this saying that it’s good to have a ‘good police, bad police’ tandem when interrogating a suspect. One that beats him up and a female one that gets intimate with him to get pillow talk. Not sure if you have it in the US?

LOL. We do have "Good Cop, Bad Cop" but it generally doesn't involve a female cop f***ing the suspect. The bad cop is overly-aggressive, very confrontational, threatening, etc., to try to break down the suspect. Then the good cop is empathetic, tries to almost befriend the suspect, maybe throws out some scenarios about how "yeah you did it, but maybe it was an accident" and stuff like that.

 

[Miamipuck]

I raise you one "Gord Stellick".

Garth Butcher ftw

 

[egelband]

Garth Butcher ftw

 

[will1066]

I raise you one "Gord Stellick".

I looked up Gord Stellick, and Rob Ramage came up too.

 

[egelband]

I looked up Gord Stellick, and Rob Ramage came up too.

If you google Rob Ramage, you get Ric Nattress.

 

[mrhockey193195]

Christ almighty, it still feels like Gord Murphy should be playing hockey. I can still picture him on the Panthers.

Time flies way too fast...

 

[will1066]

If you google Rob Ramage, you get Ric Nattress.

I don't need to google for Rick Tabaracci

 

[egelband]

I don't need to google for Rick Tabaracci

Probably inappropriate, but I'd enjoy a Best Hockey Names thread.
Quietly, I put (too much) stock in names predicting success.

 

[n8]

I raise you one "Gord Stellick".

C'mon guys. Tim Horton.

 

[will1066]

Probably inappropriate, but I'd enjoy a Best Hockey Names thread.
Quietly, I put (too much) stock in names predicting success.

Sign me up. I don't see how a guy named Dave Scatchard isn't going to be successful.

 

[Alluckks]

I like the hire.

Gord is a rule follower. You give him the policy and the agenda/direction for the organization and he sticks to it. He'll be good for having guys prepared and ready to go to fit into Quinn's system.