Confirmed with Link: Patrick Roy the next coach of the Avalanche

[Squirrel in the Hole]

Kind of makes you wish we were staying in the West.

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_23287188/patrick-roy-will-be-new-avs-coach-according

Not really

 

[SoupGuru]

Seriously? Who thought that was a good idea?

 

[DatsyukToZetterberg]

Now that Roy is behind the bench we may finally see coaches get into a brawl. The question then is who would win in a fight Babcock or Roy?

 

[PullHard]

Now that Roy is behind the bench we may finally see coaches get into a brawl. The question then is who would win in a fight Babcock or Roy?

Roy'd get sucker punched. He wouldn't hear Babs coming with his two Cup rings plugging his ears.

 

[needzmoarcleary]

Roy'd get sucker punched. He wouldn't hear Babs coming with his two Cup rings plugging his ears.

I see what you did there

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

This will end like Trammell is the new Tigers coach. A guy to fall on the sword in the next two years of rebuilding right before they take off.

 

[apre]

Roy'd get sucker punched. He wouldn't hear Babs coming with his two Cup rings plugging his ears.

I'm dying

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

Now that Roy is behind the bench we may finally see coaches get into a brawl. The question then is who would win in a fight Babcock or Roy?

Our new assistant coaches: Mike Vernon, Chris Osgood and Darren McCarty

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Our new assistant coaches: Mike Vernon, Chris Osgood and Darren McCarty

Well Sakic is already president, will get a nice laugh if Foote or someone like that winds up on his staff, then the Trammell analogy will really take off.

 

[obey86]

he's going to be horrible.

 

[DarkReign]

I dont know, unlike Trammel, Roy has actually been coaching since he retired. Won a Memorial Cup as VP, GM and Head Coach in 2006 and has been coaching ever since.

Just sayin'...

 

[fimoknete]

actually this tweam is horrible. doesnt matter who the coach is.

they lost sakic, roy (player), bourque and forsberg and replaced them with what?
i mean in this team quincey was a better player.
i dont see them beeing good the next years. regardless of the coach

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I dont know, unlike Trammel, Roy has actually been coaching since he retired. Won a Memorial Cup as VP, GM and Head Coach in 2006 and has been coaching ever since.

Just sayin'...

Trams had been a coach other places if I remember right, not a head coach but that isn't really how baseball does it often. He was hired away from the Padres where he was the 1st base coach.

 

[Flowah]

i mean in this team quincey was a better player.

That is terrifying.

 

[kuick]

he's going to be horrible.

I think he has the chance to be a decent NHL coach one day, but the current Avs squad isn't the fit for his first head coaching gig. It may end badly for them, which I think most of us here will enjoy watching.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

Maybe he can teach Jiggy and Varlamov that nifty Statue of Liberty move

 

[RussianBum86]

Maybe they can sign his son to unleash some HAYMAKERS and make it a WWE event the Colorado Brawlvalanche.

 

[SoupNazi]

Roy'd get sucker punched. He wouldn't hear Babs coming with his two Cup rings plugging his ears.

I'll go with Babcock, as well.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

Confirmed

oh, happy day

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=423850

 

[i2edAlien]

Bring Fedorov in.. he's always had Roy's number.

 

[Dats13DET]

Roy'd get sucker punched. He wouldn't hear Babs coming with his two Cup rings plugging his ears.

Hahahahhahah I just died.

 

[Adityase]

I think Roy's willing to be a sacrificial lamb to watch a young team grow until he's fired in the event they become a contender just to get into the NHL head coaching game. And then hope to coach the Canadiens one day.

Of course, he thinks he might win the cup as coach right away, but he always was arrogant. That and you gotta like that in a coach.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

I think Roy's willing to be a sacrificial lamb to watch a young team grow until he's fired in the event they become a contender just to get into the NHL head coaching game. And then hope to coach the Canadiens one day.

Of course, he thinks he might win the cup as coach right away, but he always was arrogant. That and you gotta like that in a coach.

When you think about it, he has a nice little setup now. He can extricate himself from being the coach if he doesn't do well, but retain the VP of Hockey Operations gig.

Come to think of it, there was some talk about him coaching the Habs when Therrien was ultimately hired, but I would find that a snowball/Hell proposition.