Presumably it won’t be any of us, so who are the more realistic candidates?
Torts is available. He is one of the few GM's I have no interest in even coming to Seattle. Even as a visiting coach.
It's amazing that he continues to get hc jobs.
He deserves to be Mike Keenaned by the league's GM's.
Would be good to be a little patient atleast till the end (or close to) of the playoffs. i.e unless you really want to get fresh blood from the AHL, juniors or NCAA. I would really like to not get a retread but expect that is what we get.What “good old boy” retreads who were fired under a cloud are hanging around out there? Torts? Quenneville? Boudreau? That’s where my money is at…Would
I’d prefer Boudreau or Quenneville.What “good old boy” retreads who were fired under a cloud are hanging around out there? Torts? Quenneville? Boudreau? That’s where my money is at…
The only names you mention that even remotely interest me are Carle and Ferschweiler. The rest are a horror show of duds.I’d prefer Boudreau or Quenneville.
Tocchet might be out there if Vancouver lets him walk explore the market, although their local radio voices make it sound like they’re prepared to make him the highest-paid coach in franchise history ($3M/year, iirc).
David Carle at Denver University and Pat Ferschweiler at Western Michigan are likely getting interviews from some NHL clubs. The good people at Sound of Hockey mention Laviolette looking for a job but having a not-good track record with Kakko, Mike Sullivan, and Rod Brind’Amour. I’m surprised Brind-Amour got mentioned but if he becomes available I’d love to see him on the Seattle bench.
The only names you mention that even remotely interest me are Carle and Ferschweiler. The rest are a horror show of duds.
Speak for yourself, I just applied for the HC position 5 minutes ago.Presumably it won’t be any of us, so who are the more realistic candidates?
Like I said...a collection of duds.Speak for yourself, I just applied for the HC position 5 minutes ago.
I can yell “shoot the f***ing puck!” With the best of them.
That doesnt mean anything. Some of us connected those same dots last off-season with his Whalers connection to Evason, and he didnt go that way.This coming from a Blackhawks’ fan…
Your next coach will be Joel Quenneville…
NHL is an old boys club, small fraternity, I know from experience that hirings, management comfort, tends to lean towards ‘known commodities…
Ron Francis goes WAAAAAAAY back with Q to the old Hartford Whalers days…maybe even get Kevin Dineen as an assistant
Since we're pivoting to a Sabres retread, perhaps we should gird our loins for rumors of Krueger or Granato. Maybe even Housley!I do have a feeling that they go with a more experienced HC because they tried Hakstol and Bylsma without who failed. I can see them looking at some college coaches but would be surprised if they do go that way.
I don't think we will go the way of coach Q because they have tried to keep a pretty clean profile so far.
Boudreau, Laviolette, Tocchet (maybe), etc. I am thinking they go with a proven coach over an NCAA coach like Carle, Ferschweiler because I feel like they would prefer experience and someone the players will respect. Hakstol and Bylsma are more player friendly coaches and the 3 vet coaches I mentioned are more likely to push the players.Trying to think of whom I'd prefer out of the list of usual suspects, since it's probably going to be one of them. Boudreau maybe?
Boudreau, Laviolette, Tocchet (maybe), etc. I am thinking they go with a proven coach over an NCAA coach like Carle, Ferschweiler because I feel like they would prefer experience and someone the players will respect. Hakstol and Bylsma are more player friendly coaches and the 3 vet coaches I mentioned are more likely to push the players.
Yes. I think this would be the optimal thing to do. Look for a candidate who has been able to get more out of the roster than the talent on the team.I want a coach with experience that does not have his name on the Stanley Cup.
Laviolette is an idiot who can't think outside the box. He simply follows the same hoary old NHL template from the dawn of time and pretends he's "coaching". He flamed out badly in Washington (look at how the Caps revitalized themselves by canning Laviolette and replacing him with a bright young head coach along with some smart trades); his NYR tenure was a nightmare of stupidity with the predicable result (I followed it closely). But yeah, bring in Laviolette and Housley that's the ticket... /S.
Tocchet is another Old Boy's Club idiot who reflexively follows a template but doesn't really have a brain of his own.
Bringing in some idiot Dino retread at this stage would show exactly how rudderless this org is.
It definitely looks like this org is screwed. Owners serially hiring known failures then panicking and randomly pushing buttons and yanking levers when things predictably go pearshaped is not a recipe for success.
I want a coach with experience that does not have his name on the Stanley Cup.