Speculation: Rangers Head Coach Search (Laviolette being finalized? According to Vince and Friedman)

[Anthony5967]

Drury about to shock the world and bring in Mark Messier

 

[Leonardo87]

So Roy is out or wasn’t even a candidate for that matter. Going to be Laviolette or Hynes , unless another name surfaces.

 

[RangersFan1994]

 

[SRHRangers]

Blockhead Drury for the W.

 

[DudMan28]

So Roy is out or wasn’t even a candidate for that matter. Going to be Laviolette or Hynes , unless another name surfaces.

If it's one of those two, it makes it even more puzzling that he hasn't pulled the trigger yet

 

[Anthony5967]

Drury probably looking at the coaches out there going, "Jesus...my entire tenure rests on this next coach and my goodness do they suck!"

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[leetch99]

We just need structure at 5v5. Improve 5v5. That's it.

I'd be ecstatic with top10xG%.

It’s astonishing how much we accomplished with being dogshit at 5v5

It is for sure . Just get a few guys being nastier out there will be a real help . Get some one for all and all for one attitude for a change and not have all bum patters like Mika-Panarin-Fox-Kreider . We need men that play the game to win or leave a mark if they lose .

 

[RangersFan1994]

Drury probably looking at the coaches out there going, "Jesus...my entire tenure rests on this next coach and my goodness do they suck!"

He should then give Roy an interview unless the Rangers told them that to keep everything quiet. Who knows what is really gong on?

 

[SRHRangers]

Now this wait makes me think Drury is awaiting the Quinnville decision.....

We all thought the wait was for Roy.

 

[I Eat Crow]

The timing of the Post update is suspect. Sounds like it's a misdirection leak or Roy was never a consideration at all.

Laviolette and Hynes are just so uninspiring.

 

[Levitate]

Roy is pretty uninspiring too why in the world do people want him

Laviolette is a blah pic but 100% he'd be a better coach for this team than Roy

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Perhaps Roy declined the interview...

Not everyone would want Dolan around...

This is probably the most likely scenario. Dolan and his ego hurt by Roy not wanting to deal with his bullshit and lashing out.

 

[tlk]

JoVo dis u man?

 

[duhmetreE]

HC - Leach
OC - Boudreau
DC - Hynes

 

[NYR94]

This coaching search is like Succession: NYR Edition

 

[Filip Chytil]

Drury swings and misses on all the candidates, leaving only 1 guy to come out of left field and save the team:

Wade Redden hired as assistant coach to coach the dmen

 

[alkurtz]

Look, I know there is a groundswell here for Roy, but that seems to me more of a reaction to how lackluster the other possibilities are and how little Lavi seems to bring to the table.

It wasn't that Roy was not a good coach in Colorado or isn't now; the reason why he was let go was that he wanted control over player acquisition, etc. No GM is going to hire a coach with that kind of track record. He was literally run out of the NHL and coaches who are let go, not for poor performance or underachievement, but for clashing with management, rarely get rehired.

If this rumor that the Rangers do not consider him a possibility is true, and honestly, who knows, than I have no idea where Drury goes. Hiring a coach almost by default and by the process of elimination is poor management. The situation with Gallant must have been far worse than any of us could imagine. If nothing else, Gallant proved that he was a winning coach. What happened to the team in the playoffs cannot be blamed totally on him: Drury's trade philosophy failed, the players underperformed. Drury has put himself in a bad situation.

I have felt that hiring Roy was either going to be a flaming success or a colossal failure, with little middle ground. And to me, failure was more likely than success. Part of me, though attracted to Roy's passion, is relieved that he will not be hired.

Maybe Drury circles back to a younger coach (I have no problem with Leach or Knoblauch). I don't think Drury had a plan here, he was so desperate to can GG.

Way back in, I think 1989, the Rangers did not hire a coach (Roger Neilson) until mid-August. The front office was in turmoil and literally nobody wanted to coach the team. It's not that bad now but it will soon become dire. If Roy is out, I'm not upset, in fact relieved.

 

[Filip Chytil]

This is probably the most likely scenario. Dolan and his ego hurt by Roy not wanting to deal with his bullshit and lashing out.

Dolan couldn't even entice Roy by offering him his finest coke. Sad.

 

[LORDE]

Roy is an ego. If the Rangers win the Cup with him at the helm, he'll get all the credit. Drury is an ego too and may not want him to get all the glory.

If it's Lavy, hire him and be done with it. Why wait this long?

If the NYR win the Cup I wouldn't care who takes the credit

 

[NYR Viper]

If Roy is out, go get Leach and attach Boudreau and Knoblauch to him

 

[Kakko]

I will assume this (clearly intentional) leak is meant to dampen disappointment, and not 4D chess misdirection.
They've just kind of moved me from thinking they're taking their time and doing their due diligence, to the "they have no idea what they're doing" camp.

 

[TopShelfSnipes]

His teams sucked and he wanted to basically play GM as well.



Buchnevich took positive strides every season he was here. Hes basically just continued on the same trajectory that he was on before he was traded.

Miller didn't really take off until he was traded by Tampa, a team that has basically been the model franchise when it comes to player development.

These are poor examples.

Sorry, this is some serious cope.

Buchnevich had a good half season after COVID that showed he was ready to take the next step and was traded. I don't know about you, but I don't really get any joy out of watching him be a second liner for us for a couple seasons, then go be one of the better players in the league for the next decade and say "that's my boy! - we drafted him and he took the next step with us (for half a season)!" I'd rather not be a farm system for the rest of the league when players do pan out, and maybe actually see someone be a legitimate point per game player under the age of 26 *here* for a change, and sustain that for a while before the team moves on from him to, I don't know, maybe build around?

As for Miller, your criticism of his play in Tampa isn't really warranted. Miller had been typecast as a typical, boring ass, two-way, kinda skilled responsible 50 point player with the Rangers. The prize in that deal was McDonagh for Tampa, as they already had a very deep forward corps and were in the midst of the greatest sustained period of success in their franchise's history while the Rangers were...writing letters to their fans and celebrating the arrival of Libor Hajek and Brett Howden. Miller actually played less in 2018-19 than he had with the Rangers (although interestingly after the trade in 2017-18, he played much more and produced almost a point per game in a small sample size). But it's valid for Miller to be playing down in the lineup in a forward group with guys like Stamkos, Point, Kucherov, who all outproduced the 50-60 point players that were leading the Rangers in scoring every year. Once he went to Vancouver, he got a lot more ice time and his offense improved significantly overnight.

Kovalev took positive strides most of the years he was here too, other than the lockout year and blowing his knee out in 1996-97. When he came back in 1998, his horrible drought to start the year masked what was actually a decent finish to his year on a very bad team that simply could not score goals. Yet they still traded him and acted surprised when he morphed into a point per game player. Then they brought him back, cut his ice time, didn't use him in the same roles on the PP, and were surprised he didn't produce again.

Seriously - how many players actually have their best seasons in a Ranger uniform? Very few. We're either acquiring past their prime name brands, or we're not giving kids a chance to shine in scoring roles, giving up on them, or trading them for the next shiny veteran name. Now we're talking about Laf who was supposedly as can't miss as any prospect in recent drafts, talking about how he might miss. We're looking at Kakko who was legitimately being talked about as a viable #1 vs. Hughes in his draft year, and some here are hoping he can become Jere Lehtinen (career high 52-points!) and sounding legitimately optimistic about it while Hughes has more than doubled KK's point production.

People like me would rather see the organization change tact and give these kids a chance to live on their potential rather than bury them in the depth chart so long they bust, or trade them to another team and watch them magically figure out how to score 80 points in an NHL season while people here go back to scratching their heads and blindly hoping Othmann will pan out while excitedly calling for him to make the team on the 4th line not ever realizing how deep the problem runs.

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[TopShelfSnipes]

That would be a mistake.

Igor will be great no matter what system he plays in. Finding something that works best for the rest of the skaters is the way to go.

^ 100%.

Building around a goalie has not worked in a very long time in this league.