Marc Savard hired as Assistant Coach

[Amadeus]

Just saw online.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1804983453177552911

Click to read more...

 

[The Masters]

used flames pic on purpose? lol

https://x.com/i/web/status/1804982878930886965

edit: ha leafs pr changed it

 

[PromisedLand]

Great hopefully Savard a former bruin can finally lead Leafs to triumph on the shithole that is boston sports

f*** boston

 

[Buds17]

We knew that this move was coming. Hope that it works out well.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Shocked I tells ya

 

[al secord]

I guess his quality of life has improved. I remember his post concussion symptoms were debilitating when he retired.

Fingers crossed he can figure the bloody pp out.

 

[thewave]

Welcome aboard. Don't F this up like everyone else we hire.

 

[HockeyVirus]

One of the more experienced coaching staff in quite some time now that is is rounded. They have everything, head coaching experience, former star experience, cup experience.

 

[TMLegend]

Damn, Marc has gotten thicc in retirement.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

About time they announced it. One of the worst kept secrets around this team.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that Marc Savard has been hired as an assistant coach. The hiring completes head coach Craig Berube’s staff for the upcoming season, which includes associate Lane Lambert, assistant Mike Van Ryn, goaltending coach Curtis Sanford, and video coaches Jordan Bean and Sam Kim.

Glad Sanford is sticking around.

 

[PromisedLand]

Btw.... I called it

Around the League - PLAYOFFS!?

And thats game for Florida. Rangers will have to adjust and adjust quickly they're not facing caps or canes "easy" goalies who are going to let in softies. Bob's been on a role since last year I would like to know how in the effing blue hell did Bob all of a sudden find his mojo Officer...

forums.hfboards.com

 

[LeafEgo]

One of the more experienced coaching staff in quite some time now that is is rounded. They have everything, head coaching experience, former star experience, cup experience.

It's almost as if Dubie/Keefe was some sort of proof point that doing the exact opposite will lead to the best possible results.

 

[Anthrax442]

ok, then.

 

[MK78]

Whats the difference between Assistant and Associate coach. I'm familiar with assistant as thats been around forever, but in recent years i've hear the Associate coach term.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Good, they finally have a guy that's actually been on an NhL PP consistently running the PP instead of Manny Malhotra for some reason even though he was never a PP guy.

And then boucher even though he was known as a defensive coach and should have been coaching the PK.

Bring in a guy who has been on the PP to coach the PP.

What a novel f***ing concept

 

[SprDaVE]

Whats the difference between Assistant and Associate coach. I'm familiar with assistant as thats been around forever, but in recent years i've hear the Associate coach term.

Basically associate is a notch higher than assistant in terms of power, money and they are the true 2nd in command. There isn't that big of a difference.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Shocked I tells ya

can knock me over with a feather.

 

[PromisedLand]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1804989554513830150

 

[Commander Clueless]

Neat

 

[trellaine201]

I guess his quality of life has improved. I remember his post concussion symptoms were debilitating when he retired.

Fingers crossed he can figure the bloody pp out.

And I thought our PP was so good for the first 10-15 games last year? Maybe even 20. Not sure what happened.

 

[Antropovsky]

Wonder if Kessel has reached our to Shanahan for a referral bonus.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Whats the difference between Assistant and Associate coach. I'm familiar with assistant as thats been around forever, but in recent years i've hear the Associate coach term.

Sounds like a next in line coach if there’s a failing upwards scenario where Shanny is gone and Berube/Tre move up a step.

 

[Dr.Funk]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1793418222957744387

Fingers crossed it works better here

 

[hockeywiz542]

Leafs hire Marc Savard as assistant coach, will run power play next season

Savard was announced as the last piece of Craig Berube’s coaching staff on Sunday.

www.nytimes.com

The Toronto Maple Leafs went 1-21 on the power play in the playoffs.

Enter Marc Savard.

Savard was announced as the last piece of Craig Berube’s coaching staff on Sunday. Team sources told The Athletic that he will run the power play next season, replacing Guy Boucher at the controls of a unit that could use a fresh take after floundering again in the postseason.

Savard ran Berube’s power play in St. Louis for the one season (2019-20) they coached together previously. The Blues had the third-best unit in the league.

Berube’s relationship with Savard dates back to their playing days in the NHL. The two were teammates for two seasons with the Calgary Flames in the early 2000s.

“I was fortunate to play with Marc during my career and I’m very familiar with his passion and acumen for the game,” Berube said of Savard after his hiring with the Blues was announced in 2019. “He was a tremendous player and possesses an elite offensive mind.”

Savard left the Blues after one season to become the head coach of the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires. The Spitfires made it all the way to the OHL final in his first season there. He returned to the NHL last season as an assistant on Ryan Huska’s staff in Calgary where he hoped to breathe more life into the Flames offensive attack. He told The Athletic last fall that he believed in letting offensive players showcase their creativity and skill, just as he did in over 800 games as a player in the NHL.

“I don’t like guys holding onto the puck long,” said Savard.

 

[keonsbitterness]

“I don’t like guys holding onto the puck long,” said SaSavard.

I'm for that.