Player Discussion Patrik Laine

[Rapala]

IMO, you are. Marty's a quick study who is constantly trying to get better and we haven't seen a fully experienced version of him. Judging him by how he's been in his first two seasons is a bit premature.

I disagree with the notion that he's simply here in the interim. HuGo hired him to grow with the team. All great coaches are the actual captains of their team and Marty already fits that role to a T. His crew will go to war for him. If they need someone for better X and O's, they'll simply add someone rather than replace someone the players see as one of their own.

Elite players rarely make good coaches, but I feel MSL is the exception to the rule.

The thing is Marty went through brick walls to establish his Eliteness.
There is no reason to doubt he'll put the same efforts into his coaching career.
Hiring Grillo is a clear indication he knows he's not nearly good enough yet.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Everyone that talks about Marty mention how great of a hockey mind he is. He's obviously going to improve the tactician part of coaching.

We already know he's a great development coach, a leader, and someone who is good at motivating the players. The potential of Marty as a coach is huge, and it would be foolish to let him go, especially when you look at who the alternatives are.