Confirmed with Link: Panthers confirm Gerard Gallant is their new head coach.

[overlords]

Donald Audette?

The cronyism never ends

Kangaroo coaching staff?

 

[Agalloch]

I think it will be Pascal Vincent.

http://www.danslescoulisses.com/fr/voici-rumeur-pascal-vincent-remplacer-gerard-gallant-tient-route-prolongation-mise-au-point/

 

[vokiel]

I think it will be Pascal Vincent.

http://www.danslescoulisses.com/fr/voici-rumeur-pascal-vincent-remplacer-gerard-gallant-tient-route-prolongation-mise-au-point/

If danslescoulisses is reporting it, that means it's crock.

 

[deandebean]

If danslescoulisses is reporting it, that means it's crock.

Actually, the info came from JF Plante, a sports journalist from LeDroit that I know.

 

[Goldthorpe]

Guy Boucher be my choice. He always ran a great powerplay. Habs need help on the pp

If Boucher had the job, as soon as the team and MT wouldn't be doing too well, people would start speculating about giving the head coach position to Boucher instead. The potential for drama is just too great. I would love to see him back with the habs one day, but I just don't feel he's a good fit for what we need right now.

I don't know about Audette but he's been around the organisation for a while, so I'm not especially surprised his name circulates. He doesn't have as much experience as a coach coming out of the Q for example, but he's a ex-NHLer, and it may be important for the role he would have to play in the coaching staff.

 

[Hackett]

I was looking up MTs assistants in Pittsburgh. They were mike yeo and Andre savard.

Yeo obviously isn't available, but maybe savard? I have now idea about this coaching qualifications, I'm just merely looking at past connections to MT.

 

[Team_Spirit]

let's hire this guy to replace him.

NSFW audio

 

[vokiel]

let's hire this guy to replace him.

NSFW audio

This guy is a mother****in peanut

 

[Runner77]

Martin Lapointe named to fill Gallant's spot.

 

[Avant-Gardien]

Martin Lapointe named to fill Gallant's spot.

Come again? http://www.rds.ca/hockey/canadiens/rayez-le-nom-de-martin-lapointe-1.1168212

 

[Runner77]

Thought I heard Jessica Ruznak say it. My bad then.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Come again? http://www.rds.ca/hockey/canadiens/rayez-le-nom-de-martin-lapointe-1.1168212

jeez Marty is looking mean

Gallant is a big loss imo.

 

[HuGort]

Thought I heard Jessica Ruznak say it. My bad then.

I heard her interview also...but no official word yet. Kind of puzzling. Lapointe was saying just 5 hours before her announcement he wanted to stay where he was. As his kids were still in Chicago and he was able to fly back and forth at will. Where as assistant coach he wouldn't have that luxury.

 

[teh doors]

Martin Lapointe shouldn't even have a job after he burned this team in UFA back in the early 00's using them to get big bucks from the Bruins

But then again these are the same guys who wanted JJ Daigneault an absolute hack over Larry Robinson so there you go

 

[Forlando]

Martin Lapointe shouldn't even have a job after he burned this team in UFA back in the early 00's using them to get big bucks from the Bruins

But then again these are the same guys who wanted JJ Daigneault an absolute hack over Larry Robinson so there you go

I am so glad you will never ever in your life have anything to do with how the Habs are managed. Holding grudges is a terrible way of doing business.

 

[teh doors]

I am so glad you will never ever in your life have anything to do with how the Habs are managed. Holding grudges is a terrible way of doing business.

I'm not a business man, I'm a Habs fan and I think Martin Lapointe is an idiot. Have a good one

 

[Alexdaman]

I'm not a business man, I'm a Habs fan and I think Martin Lapointe is an idiot. Have a good one

Yeah sure hes an idiot and youre a ******* genius. What the actual F are your criteria to call someone an idiot.

 

[Forlando]

I'm not a business man, I'm a Habs fan and I think Martin Lapointe is an idiot. Have a good one

You see this is a divergent opinion I can fully respect and understand. Be upfront about your angle and it gives perspective to the opinion.

You too have a great one mate.

 

[teh doors]

Yeah sure hes an idiot and youre a ******* genius. What the actual F are your criteria to call someone an idiot.

I don't like Lapointe because he used the Habs to get cash from the Bruins as a UFA when he didn't have the balls to play here but was all smiles when his pal offered him a gravy job with the team.

 

[Wats]

jeez Marty is looking mean

Gallant is a big loss imo.

Is that the powerplay he's drawing up?

 

[FisherKing]

Gallant is a big loss imo.

I think you're right. Of course, we won't know how big a loss the Habs suffered losing Gallant until next season. I will be very interested on what effect, if any, his leaving has on the team's fortunes.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Dominic Ducharme would be great to fill Gallants spot. The guy is an intense coach, he coached a beautiful Powerplay in Halifax that featured quick puck movement, which our PP has severely lacked.

 

[HuGort]

Dominic Ducharme would be great to fill Gallants spot. The guy is an intense coach, he coached a beautiful Powerplay in Halifax that featured quick puck movement, which our PP has severely lacked.

Improved powerplay be major for Habs. We struggled all last season on the pp.

 

[MrNasty]

I don't like Lapointe because he used the Habs to get cash from the Bruins as a UFA when he didn't have the balls to play here but was all smiles when his pal offered him a gravy job with the team.

Lapointe taking the big money in Boston did a lot more harm to Boston than it did to Montreal. He was one of the first of many players that got paid far more than their worth and he could never live up to contract.

 

[Guess]

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/...o-see-anyone-else-after-interviewing-gallant/

I wonder what the owner liked so much about Gallant to know he was the guy right after the interview. I see so many discussions about how the team will be better or worse based on the lineup, I`m still worried on how our coaching staff will hold up now that Gallant is gone.