Confirmed with Link: Leafs hire Guy Boucher and Mike Van Ryn as assistant coaches

[weems]

^^^ Forgot about that run with OTT

 

[Buds17]

Van Ryn and McCabe (and Fletcher) finally together on the Leafs!

Guy Boucher brings the previous experience as a head coach (that went to the Conference Finals) x2 and Mike Van Ryn has a Cup win to his credit as an assistant. Should end up being a couple of solid hires.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Seconded!

I am so horny for hockey right now

Yeah don't get me wrong been enjoying my BBQ and pool and all that, but man late at night I miss hockey being on haha.

 

[ToDavid]

I'm wondering If this is the end of the coaching hires.

Most teams don't just have assistant coaches they also have an associate coach.

For example when Boucher was the head coach in Ottawa Marc Crawford was the associate coach, not an assistant coach.

Boucher and Van Ryn are assistant coaches neither is the associate coach.

As far as I'm aware the Leafs don't yet have an associate coach.

So I'm wondering If they are done with the coaching staff or do they hire an associate coach thus putting more heat on Keefe

I don't think there's any formal significance to the "associate" coach title. Some teams use it to denote a hierarchy among the assistant coachs, others don't (currently seven teams have associate coaches). As far as I can remember, the Leafs have not used the title associate coach in recent history.

 

[Fogelhund]

Boucher's NHL head coaching experience... take it for what its worth I suppose

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Very short shelf life as a head coach. Maybe better suited to being an assistant. We shall see.

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[PromisedLand]

What is the title for Malhotra's position?

upstairs-sky assistant?

 

[Fogelhund]

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What is the title for Malhotra's position?

upstairs-sky assistant?

Faceoffs, Upstairs Coaching, Prescout - Now that would be an acronym.

It's a pretty good group, I like this coaching staff.

 

[The Masters]

 

[TMLAM34]

Manny Malhotra is there to teach the boys about faceoffs.

 

[Squiffy]

What is the title for Malhotra's position?

upstairs-sky assistant?

Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man.

 

[Fogelhund]

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[mydnyte]

looks like we know who the mid season new coach will be now

 

[Gallagbi]

So we figure Boucher is head coach by Xmas?

 

[AvroArrow]

Keefe on the hot seat.

 

[Stephen]

I don't remember Guy Boucher too much as a head coach on Tampa but if he can streamline the PP and offensive transition game that'll be nicer than the east west chaos and drop pass heavy stuff from this past era.

 

[Squiffy]

So we figure Boucher is head coach by Xmas?

If I were him I'd leave the car in the parking spot at work if he knows what's good for him.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Boucher's NHL head coaching experience... take it for what its worth I suppose

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Two conference finals appearances to Keefe's none.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

So we figure Boucher is head coach by Xmas?

Yup, most likely. He was the runner-up for the Leafs HC position before Babcock agreed to become HC in 2015.

 

[CelticDruid]

No extension for Keefe yet?

Tick tock.

 

[notbias]

So we figure Boucher is head coach by Xmas?

Highly doubt they fire a coach who will likely have a top team in the league.

If they were going to fire him off playoff success, that ship has sailed.

Also, crazy that they'd fire him for the playoffs when I read all summer how big of losers our whole team is. He was set up for failure.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

This is THEE most elite day of my life when it comes to Assistant Coaching speculation and discussion.

 

[kb]

So are we going to see the 1-3-1 on the PP now?

 

[A1LeafNation]

So are we going to see the 1-3-1 on the PP now?

Bouchers PPs were one of the best systems if I recall correctly.

 

[MSZ]

Two conference finals appearances to Keefe's none.

The Sens almost made it that year. Game 7 in OT.

 

[Stephen]

Bouchers PPs were one of the best systems if I recall correctly.

Stamkos-St. Louis were at their best under Boucher.