Confirmed with Link: Pascal Vincent out as Head Coach

[KJ Dangler]

Writing was on the wall that Vincent would be replaced . Waddell gave multiple interviews that we could see 6 new faces , that the D was pretty set , maybe a tweak or so he said , but he also said with the personell in the room they should have been much better than the results that occurred , and he was referencing the goals against . He also said it should be pretty easy to fix . Waddell viewed Pascal as part of the problem , and resolved that issue rather quickly

 

[CalBuckeyeRob]

Vincent needed to go. He was linked to Jarmo and did nothing special as an assistant or head coach. It was a tough spot, but building this franchise into a winner won't be easy and the team did nothing last year to make you think they had found the long term coach.

 

[Youngguns1380]

Our new coaching staff

Dean Youngblood - PP
Murray Chadwick - HC
Derek Sutton - Forwards
Heaver - Goalie Coach
Huey Hewitt - Defense

 

[Doggy]

I had a friend text me the day Waddell was hired and he said Hartley. There certainly are things about him that make sense IF he has a good relationship with Waddell from their time in Atlanta.

• The Thrashers were not terrible with him behind the bench considering they were still a building team
• He's a veteran coach and known to be a hard ass which we all think we need
• He has worked with a lot of younger developing players including Chinny
• I suspect he speaks Russian pretty well by now after years in the KHL which would be a plus with our roster
• Dude has won Calder Cup, Stanley Cup, NLA Swiss Championship and Gagarin Cup. He knows hockey..and probably has learned much since getting to Russia as well.

 

[GoChill]

Late? It’s mid June, technically the season isn’t even over until a team raises the Stanley Cup
It’s not late at all, every GM has people on his short list to hire as coach
He will get his man, give him time, it’s still three months before camp

Yeah it’s kind of late. Most coaches are fired within a week of the season ending or losing in the first round. If I am not mistaken every team has filled their coaching vacancies already.

But look on the bright side Waddell gets first choice of all the guys the other teams didn’t hire.

 

[Fred Glover]

Late? It’s mid June, technically the season isn’t even over until a team raises the Stanley Cup
It’s not late at all, every GM has people on his short list to hire as coach
He will get his man, give him time, it’s still three months before camp

Yeah it’s kind of late. Most coaches are fired within a week of the season ending or losing in the first round. If I am not mistaken every team has filled their coaching vacancies already.

But look on the bright side Waddell gets first choice of all the guys the other teams didn’t hire.

Ok
Then who should have the Jackets have hired as coach from the list of newly hired coaches that were available after the season?

 

[CBJx614]

I had a friend text me the day Waddell was hired and he said Hartley. There certainly are things about him that make sense IF he has a good relationship with Waddell from their time in Atlanta.

• The Thrashers were not terrible with him behind the bench considering they were still a building team
• He's a veteran coach and known to be a hard ass which we all think we need
• He has worked with a lot of younger developing players including Chinny
• I suspect he speaks Russian pretty well by now after years in the KHL which would be a plus with our roster
• Dude has won Calder Cup, Stanley Cup, NLA Swiss Championship and Gagarin Cup. He knows hockey..and probably has learned much since getting to Russia as well.

I've definitely had a foot in the Hartley camp since the end of the season..

Don't we have a few guys who have played for him before? Gaudreau and ....why do I wanna say Chinny?

 

[Doggy]

I've definitely had a foot in the Hartley camp since the end of the season..

Don't we have a few guys who have played for him before? Gaudreau and ....why do I wanna say Chinny?

Chinny for sure...they won a Gagarin Cup together in 2020-2021.

 

[koteka]

Man, some of you act like the Jackets firing a coach is something notable? Call me when we don’t fire a coach. The anticlimactic off-season continues.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Man, some of you act like the Jackets firing a coach is something notable? Call me when we don’t fire a coach. The anticlimactic off-season continues.

In order for it to be anticlimactic, you have to have some optimism or excitement to start with. This offseason hasn’t even started yet. You’re hilarious.

 

[NotWendell]

Last season, it felt like we were cattle marching off to the slaughterhouse from game 1. Frankly, it was a relief when the season ended.

I don't care to go through that again.

 

[GoChill]

Ok
Then who should have the Jackets have hired as coach from the list of newly hired coaches that were available after the season?

Maybe Craig Berube or Dan Bylsma. If I’m not mistaken they both have won Stanley Cups. I know Berube won with the Blues and didn’t Bylsma win with Pitt? Anyway not sure we wanted one of those guys or if they would have been willing to come here anyway. My point was mainly that the coaching carousel was in full swing 6 weeks ago and is kind of winding down by now. On the calendar sure there are plenty of days left to hire a coach. I suppose it doesn’t really matter I suspect Waddell already knows who he plans to hire but that is pure speculation.

 

[Fred Glover]

Maybe Craig Berube or Dan Bylsma. If I’m not mistaken they both have won Stanley Cups. I know Berube won with the Blues and didn’t Bylsma win with Pitt? Anyway not sure we wanted one of those guys or if they would have been willing to come here anyway. My point was mainly that the coaching carousel was in full swing 6 weeks ago and is kind of winding down by now. On the calendar sure there are plenty of days left to hire a coach. I suppose it doesn’t really matter I suspect Waddell already knows who he plans to hire but that is pure speculation.

As I understand Berube was ticketed to Toronto from the time they fired their coach
If the team didn’t want one of the guys available why hire them in the first place? To my point, there is plenty of time to get their guy. While the coaching carousel around the league is winding down it hasn’t completely stopped, hence the Jackets will pinpoint who they want from the coaches that are left (because they weren’t all that interested in the coaches that have already been hired, including former coach Scott Arneil)

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Maybe Craig Berube or Dan Bylsma. If I’m not mistaken they both have won Stanley Cups. I know Berube won with the Blues and didn’t Bylsma win with Pitt? Anyway not sure we wanted one of those guys or if they would have been willing to come here anyway. My point was mainly that the coaching carousel was in full swing 6 weeks ago and is kind of winding down by now. On the calendar sure there are plenty of days left to hire a coach. I suppose it doesn’t really matter I suspect Waddell already knows who he plans to hire but that is pure speculation.

Dan Byslma is Seattle's new head coach.

 

[NotWendell]

Frankly, I would be shocked if Waddell makes this move without having another person in mind and knowing they'd have an interest.

 

[GoChill]

As I understand Berube was ticketed to Toronto from the time they fired their coach
If the team didn’t want one of the guys available why hire them in the first place? To my point, there is plenty of time to get their guy. While the coaching carousel around the league is winding down it hasn’t completely stopped, hence the Jackets will pinpoint who they want from the coaches that are left (because they weren’t all that interested in the coaches that have already been hired, including former coach Scott Arneil)

And how could I forget we also missed out on a chance to hire Scott Arniel..just sayin’

 

[GoChill]

Dan Byslma is Seattle's new head coach.

I know that was kind of the point of the discussion. What coaches would have been available earlier in the summer that are not available now that perhaps the Jackets might have been interested in

Frankly, I would be shocked if Waddell makes this move without having another person in mind and knowing they'd have an interest.

Agreed

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

I know that was kind of the point of the discussion. What coaches would have been available earlier in the summer that are not available now that perhaps the Jackets might have been interested in

My bad. I misread it.

I thought maybe you had missed the news.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I've definitely had a foot in the Hartley camp since the end of the season..

Don't we have a few guys who have played for him before? Gaudreau and ....why do I wanna say Chinny?

Chinny for sure...they won a Gagarin Cup together in 2020-2021.

And Elvis as the head coach of Latvia.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

There’s not a guy who was hired in this recent early offseason who would have been a guy we’d feel like we missed out on.

Oops. I’m wrong. The guy in AHL Abbotsford.

 

[Cheddarcheese]

Time to give Steve Ott the job

 

[Cyclones Rock]

Care to justify reasons or do you just want to be angry?

I'd prefer to just be angry

 

[CBJWerenski8]

honestly feel bad for PV here. Everything he's had in his NHL career has been a let down so far.

Wanted the CBJ HC job, didn't get it. But they liked him enough to give him a job as Larsen's top assistant.

2 years later, interviews again, doesn't get it, and is forced to stay as an assistant for a guy he doesn't know or have any relationship with.

Then that guy gets himself fired the day before camp and PV gets thrust into his dream job with no prep time as the head guy. He's also tasked with hiring an assistant coach on the fly as he's running camp that he didn't put together to coach a system he doesn't entirely know himself (he said it was Babcocks system with some tweaks).

Then your boss gets fired and the writing is on the wall for you.

Sucks, but thats the business. I hope PV lands on his feet. I think he'll be a good coach.

 

[Jovavic]

Going through coaches like we're Chelsea

 

[VT]

Btw, Sergei Fedorov is not CSKA Moscow coach anymore.