Sportsnet: Leafs looking at Tocchet?

[Metroid]

Hairdoo's 31 thoughts. #8. Tocchet as assistant coach. Could be start to some asskicking?


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[Mickey Marner]

He's Phil Kessel's favourite coach, so I don't think he's nearly the ass-kicker as a coach that he was as a player.

 

[beleaf101]

Does this mean Phil comes back

 

[ShaneFalco]

Always looking to bring guys in to help kick these guys in the arse. Preparations A through G were complete failures. I give you - Preparation H

 

[hotpaws]

He's Phil Kessel's favourite coach, so I don't think he's nearly the ass-kicker as a coach that he was as a player.

he's the only coach that'll talk to the phat little guy . lol

 

[The CyNick]

Never seen an assistant coach change the culture of a team. We need a GM who is an ass kicker, a coach who demands effort at all times. And most importantly a leadership group that goes out there every night and sets an example for the rest of the team.

Leafs need to drain the swamp before another decade is lost completely.

 

[Cor]

This would be a good hire I think.

Also, Kessel to TOR (E5)

 

[ShaneFalco]

Can he lace them up? Probably be more physical than them

 

[Nylander88]

I'd like this. Really want Boudreau, but I don't think we get Boudreau unless Keefe gets himself canned. Tocchet would definitely be a good hire. Malhotra is still very green, as is Keefe really.

 

[Metroid]

Does this mean Phil comes back

@ 50% retained? Let's dooooo it lol

 

[Cor]

Can he lace them up? Probably be more physical than them

LOLOL because we are SOFT

 

[ACC1224]

Who is Hairdoo?

 

[Cor]

I'd like this. Really want Boudreau, but I don't think we get Boudreau unless Keefe gets himself canned. Tocchet would definitely be a good hire. Malhotra is still very green, as is Keefe really.

Bring in Tocchet for defense. Boudreau for Offense. Keep Malhotra to work faceoffs, special teams, and be an eye in the sky. MacLean continues to be our coaching consultant.

Let's spend that MLSE money

 

[Metroid]

Who is Hairdoo?

Friedman. Lol

 

[horner]

Can he lace them up? Probably be more physical than them

We finally have tocchet and Shanahan o wait it's a dream they don't play any more.

 

[rumman]

Why would Dubas hire Tocchet, and more importantly why would Tocchet be interested in playing second fiddle to Keefe? Friedman needs to get a haircut, he might have a brain tumour growing in that rat’s nest?

 

[Nylander88]

You'd have to think with a coaching staff of Keefe, Tocchet(hopefully/potentially), and Malhotra...that they'd be frustrated with the lack of physicality, no?lol so badly wanna say bye to guys like Mikheyev, Engvall, Kerfoot (via draft)...and start bringing in guys like Bertuzzi, Foegle, Goodrow, Cizikas, Kuraly. This team needs to be overly rough to make up for our skilled guys not having any toughness. At least other teams their guys who do the heavy lifting, will get dirty (Marchand, Pastrnak for one example).

 

[Nylander88]

Why would Dubas hire Tocchet, and more importantly why would Tocchet be interested in playing second fiddle to Keefe? Friedman needs to get a haircut, he might have a brain tumour growing in that rat’s nest?

If he can't get a HC job, what better than taking an AC job with your hometown team? And taking an AC coaching job behind a guy with minimal HC experience at that. Seems like a good way to stay employed. Take a job in your hometown where you could easily be in the running to take the guy above you's job. Not sure why it seems far fetched

 

[rumman]

If he can't get a HC job, what better than taking an AC job with your hometown team? And taking an AC coaching job behind a guy with minimal HC experience at that. Seems like a good way to stay employed. Take a job in your hometown where you could easily be in the running to take the guy above you's job. Not sure why it seems far fetched

True that, but the next coach will be hired by the next GM, so why associate yourself with a train wreck about to unfold? Not exactly the stuff you’d want on your resume.

 

[Nylander88]

True that, but the next coach will be hired by the next GM, so why associate yourself with a train wreck about to unfold? Not exactly the stuff you’d want on your resume.

Well that simply comes down to how bad you want work/want your foot in the door. If and when there is a next GM, Tocchet might be employed elsewhere, or not be what that GM is looking for. Make hay while the sun shines. Possibly a once in a lifetime opportunity to be on the coaching staff of your hometown team, and can make more as an assistant here than a head coach in a lot of other places if they want you enough

 

[Bluebear]

Dubas could always move Keefe into the head office, and hire a new coach. I'd rather a player shakeup than a coaching one though. Same guys who sucked for Babcock sucked for Keefe.

 

[rumman]

Dubas could always move Keefe into the head office, and hire a new coach. I'd rather a player shakeup than a coaching one though. Same guys who sucked for Babcock sucked for Keefe.

And will most likely suck for the next coach.

 

[Dayjobdave]

Friedman has turned into a clown but I would love it if the Leafs brought in Tocchet, and not just because he brought the cup to my local pub.

as for the Phil bashing, he was great here until that last lost year, Gary Roberts puts him up against all comers in sprint drills, and wou
Don’t he be just about perfect on our #1 pp?

 

[A1LeafNation]

Will this help Marner score goals?

None of these moves matter if Marner continues to fail in the playoffs.

 

[kb]

Sportsnet: Leafs looking at Tocchet?

Yikes. Pass.