Lane Lambert hired as assistant coach (Dean Chenowyth has left)

[DarkKnight]

I'd turf Boucher, he seemed to over coach the PP, zero fluidity and flow.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Lane Lambert,

Are you elite?

 

[Maple Leaf]

i dont know these guys
Coaching is overrated
what about some real players who can play

 

[ACC1224]

Title needs changing. He’s Associate not Assistant

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Title needs changing. He’s Associate not Assistant

agreed.

Apparently Associate is one higher than Assistant.

 

[Leafs87]

Hard from where we’re looking to know what impact each assistant had on their teams overall success but I can definitely say I welcome all changes to our staff from last year.

 

[MCR74]

The guy has the look of a borderline psycho. Maybe that and Berube's hard-ass persona is exactly what this team needs, actually.

Get him to escort Marner out of the building when he hits UFA.

 

[Ciao]

One associate and three assistant coaches.

A director of goaltending and a goaltending coach.

Five assistant general managers. What the hell do they do -- hold assistant general managers meetings?

Then there's the senior vice president, the director of scouting & hockey operations, the director of team operations, the director of player personnel, the director of player development, the director of amateur scouting, and my favorite -- the special assistant to the general manager. I hope the don't drop their business cards in a pile: they would never sort them out.

I think they're down a few positions. Time to hire a few more assistant general managers.

 

[ITM]

Yeah isn't that what makes it offensive to some?

No doubt. And I know "they" will try. Whether it has legs is another entertaining question, because Berube unapologetically, absolutely owns that name, with a glare and a scowl.

Defining its offense is akin to bathing rattlesnakes and I'll leave both to "them" as well.

 

[Mentat]

i dont know these guys
Coaching is overrated
what about some real players who can play

I´d go a step further.
Star players that have the talent AND the grit to succeed.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I'd turf Boucher, he seemed to over coach the PP, zero fluidity and flow.

He's known as a defensive coach, so having him coach the PP was always an odd choice I never understood it.

He should be coaching the PK.

Having a staff thre guys that have head coaching experience means you have a strong staff.

Especially when 2 of those 3 have cup rings and the other guy has gone to the conference final.

If they do let Boucher go I'd like to see Jay Woodcroft replace him.

But as it stands the coaching staff, at least the ones on the bench look pretty strong.

 

[Wrong Wilson]

I think Boucher stays but gets moved to a different position, i.e. not powerplay.

 

[Da Mash]

I think Boucher stays but gets moved to a different position, i.e. not powerplay.

I hope your right

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

I think Boucher stays but gets moved to a different position, i.e. not powerplay.

He must have some term on his contract left. Leafs can't afford to pay him not to coach now that they no longer sell jerseys.

 

[Mike C]

He was Barry Trotz’ right-hand man, but I don’t know much beyond that. Hopefully he’s decent.

He's one of the league's snazziest dressers

 

[Mike C]

Our coaches are going to be way less handsome this year

Funny you say that--his nickname, because of his fashionable style of dressing is "Handsome Lane"---given to him when he played in Quebec

 

[Mike C]

Hockey aside, the guy is a classy human being. He knew his 1st wife had a rare form of cancer when they met and instead of running away, he married her. She had upwards of 20 surgeries during her battle. I wasn't a fan of him as a coach in NY but I'm glad he's back in the game.

 

[crump]

I think this is the guy who was jawing with the Leaf bench over putting the #1 overplay out in the last minute in a Leaf lopsided win, no? Then Keefe caved? If so I remember laughing thinking Keefe got played.

(Edit) never mind that was Rocky Thompson

 

[LeafSteel]

we dont know yet if any of Sheldon’s assistants are fired or not?

They got rid of one today, Dean Chynoweth

Malhotra also left to go to Abbotsford.

No idea who he is and what an associate coach does.

Glad to see change behind the bench but it’s the bare minimum required, and should have happened 2 years ago, along with personnel changes that scream to be done but potentially will not be…

 

[Anthrax442]

Whats an 'Associate coach's" role?

It's like an assistant To the regional manager.

 

[LeafSteel]

He looks like a mean bitch, I like it.

He looks very mean.

Did our snowflakes give their permission to hire such mean and scary looking coaches?

Was this guy not available?

 

[kevsh]

nvm

 

[egd27]

Title needs changing. He’s Associate not Assistant

As "Associate Coach" is he next in line once we tire of Berube in 2026?

 

[Dayjobdave]

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He looks very mean.

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Did our snowflakes give their permission to hire such mean and scary looking coaches?

Was this guy not available?

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Our new coaches can beat our old coaches in the alley.

 

[Enniskillen]

Marner would ask for a trade after seeing Berube, Lambert and Boucher in one room.