Speculation: Head Coach Hunt 2021

[Jakey53]

I wouldn't have picked RT..... he's a Meat Head!

I had RT as my first choice. I guess even I can make mistakes.

 

[Grimes]

Newell Brown is now available. Canucks aren't keeping him.

SIGN HIM NOW. Then let him walk after two years when the PP is figured out.

 

[rt]

Newell Brown is now available. Canucks aren't keeping him.

Daaaaaaaaaaaang would love to bring him back!

 

[Mosby]

I’d be comfortable with Tourigny, just don’t know how available he is given his Hockey Canada obligations.

 

[rt]

I’d be comfortable with Tourigny, just don’t know how available he is given his Hockey Canada obligations.

I’d be okay with Tourigny.

 

[Mosby]

The thing with Tourigny is he wasn't willing to leave the OHL til both his sons had graduated from the league. They now have so I imagine he is more willing.

However, he also just got an extension with the 67's and a bunch of appointments with Hockey Canada.

 

[rt]

The thing with Tourigny is he wasn't willing to leave the OHL til both his sons had graduated from the league. They now have so I imagine he is more willing.

However, he also just got an extension with the 67's and a bunch of appointments with Hockey Canada.

If he was offered an Assistant job in the NHL, I could see him declining because of all the great things he’s got going on in amateur hockey. But there’s no chance he’d decline any NHL Head Coaching position. Even Buffalo or Arizona. These guys are competitors. The NHL is the pinnacle. If he’d even think about turning that down to remain at a lower level, that’s a guy I’d avoid like the plague.

 

[rt]

It sounds like the six names mentioned most often are:

-Nelson (confirmed to have flown in and met with team)

-Lambert (Craig seems so sure of this)

-Leaman (Providence connection and BA mentioned a college coach specifically)

-Tourigny (BA mentioned a junior coach, and the Doan connection, and Craig keeps mentioning him)

-Thompson (what seemed like insider rumor now seems to have cooled into insider speculation, feels more flimsy)

-Van Ryn (makes too much sense, everyone has speculated it but no real rumors).

 

[Mosby]

How would you rank those six?

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

How would you rank those six?

Not a ranking, but I'd only want Nelson, Thompson or Van Ryn

 

[rt]

How would you rank those six?

Nelson and Thompson are tied for my #1 spot. Leaman at the #6 spot, easily. Tourigny/Lambert/Van Ryn is hard for me to rank.

I’m tempted to put Tourigny at #3, Van Ryn at #4 and Lambert at #5. But that could change for me.

How about you?

 

[Mosby]

Agreed that Nelson and Thompson are 1 and 2. Flip a coin. Van Ryn seems like a safe No. 3.

I'd put Tourigny 4. He basically has the same background as Leaman, just with a little pro experience mixed in, so this wouldn't be completely foreign to him. I'd have Lambert at 6. Just don't see any appeal there. I'd rather take a shot at Tourigny or Leaman.

 

[Mosby]

Are we assuming that Capuano, Larsen, Lauer, and Gordon aren't really in the mix?

 

[rt]

Are we assuming that Capuano, Larsen, Lauer, and Gordon aren't really in the mix?

I’m hoping they aren’t. Lol.

 

[RABBIT]

so far we’ve either interviewed or committed to interview:

1. Todd Nelson
2. Mike Van Ryn


I like this short list so far

 

[rt]

Agreed that Nelson and Thompson are 1 and 2. Flip a coin. Van Ryn seems like a safe No. 3.

I'd put Tourigny 4. He basically has the same background as Leaman, just with a little pro experience mixed in, so this wouldn't be completely foreign to him. I'd have Lambert at 6. Just don't see any appeal there. I'd rather take a shot at Tourigny or Leaman.

Tourigny has pro experience and nhl experience. But he has it under a crazy lunatic legend in Roy and Tourigny has a big time presence. Big and brash and loud and commanding. Leaman does not. Lol. Not even close. Tourigny could eat him for lunch and then go play 18 holes.

 

[Mosby]

Tourigny also has a year as an assistant with the Sens under Dave Cameron. I assume Tourigny ran the forwards because the other assistant was Jason Smith.

 

[Mosby]

Good news. The Athletic says Larsen is the frontrunner to take over in Columbus.

Both Gallant and Tocchet interviewed twice for that job.

 

[rt]

Good news. The Athletic says Larsen is the frontrunner to take over in Columbus.

Both Gallant and Tocchet interviewed twice for that job.

I wouldn’t want Larsen at all. Would have interest in Shaw though.

 

[Kaizen]

I wouldn’t want Larsen at all. Would have interest in Shaw though.

Shaw signed in Van as an assistant/associate coach.

 

[Mosby]

One other connection is what Tourigny was able to get out of Hayton at the WJC.

 

[rt]

Shaw signed in Van as an assistant/associate coach.

I've been on a little Island in the Florida gulf since Saturday - lol. I'm a little disconnected.

 

[rt]

My list right now:

Very Excited About:
1. Thomspon
2. Nelson
3. Tourigny
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Very Nervous About:
4. Van Ryn
5. Lambert
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Do NOT want at ALL:
6. Leaman

 

[TheLegend]

CBJ promoted Brad Larsen to head coach.

 

[rt]

CBJ promoted Brad Larsen to head coach.

Their fans are pissed. They all think they picked the wrong assistant, if they were going to go the assistant route.