Confirmed with Link: Rangers hire Gallant as HC

[Zamboner]

Solid coach, solid hire. With the right roster Gallant should be able to maximize it, so time to get the right roster.

 

[Edge]

I will say this: this is a solid A hire imo but he's going to have a player he likes too much and an effective player he hates for no reason. They all do.

I feel like I can live with one. The difficulty is when the coach has 4 or 5 of them.

That's when the profanity-laced tirades begin.

 

[Richard Banger]

Looking forward to the "Gerard Gallant fired" thread three years from now, because that's just how he be.

Followed by.. Can’t believe he got fired after he won a cup with us.

 

[One Winged Angel]

The 411 on Gallant is that he has ability to get players to buy into a system and over-achieve. The downside is that he coaches on instinct and that tends to wear out quicker as the competition adjusts. People talk about the shelf-life and the belief is that it's not so much that the players turn on him so much as you can do the ra-ra routine for so long before the players start questioning the strategy.

That's where the crossroads comes into play. If he can bridge the strategic with the personal, his success will be the Rangers success and both can reap the rewards.

He's proven that he can make adjustments. He just came up short against a better team in 2018, otherwise he'd be a made man right now.

 

[JayAB81]

Drury already proving to be a better GM than Gorton, now I wonder who they keep, and who they may trade.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

It won't be admitted and maybe it blows up but more and more each day I am glad Dolan stepped in and moved onto Drury.

If its true they refused to move on from Quinn then I'm also glad.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Haha - Kristen Bell? That's your go-to? Don't get me wrong, beautiful girl, and awesome post.

I have a thing for wholesome looking blondes

 

[Edge]

He's proven that he can make adjustments. He just came up short against a better team in 2018, otherwise he'd be a made man right now.

I feel like this is a big opportunity for him.

If he can get over the hump here, with how much young talent this roster has, he has a chance to win multiple championships in a decent-sized window. If he does that, he enters that elated level where he can pretty much demand what he wants in a contract and will have offers until the day he decides he doesn't want to, or can't be an NHL head coach any longer.

So the upside is definitely there for him.

 

[Edge]

If its true they refused to move on from Quinn then I'm also glad.

That was not the issue.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

That was not the issue.

Do we REALLY know the issue of why it happened before the season was over? There's all kinds of rumors including JD refusing to move on from Gorton who liked Quinn.

 

[Raspewtin]

Completely agree. To the point about buy in I expect the answer is yes, and that is why I am happy with the hire. Gallant seems to be more of a motivator/big picture guy who gets players to buy in vs an x's and o's type of coach.

In my biased opinion based on incomplete information, the NYR needed upgrades in both of those areas last year. I think they will get a big upgrade on the former, the latter may depend on the rest of Gallant's staff and what Drury does to the roster.

again I am not calling you a liar or anything but I have never seen anything that indicates this.

he has run airtight systems since 2015.

 

[Machinehead]

I feel like I can live with one. The difficulty is when the coach has 4 or 5 of them.

That's when the profanity-laced tirades begin.

Exactly and I think with Quinn, every player was "I like you or I don't" to an extent because his standards were never clear and he had a more than run-of-the-mill vet bias.

 

[duhmetreE]

That was not the issue.

Go on….

 

[jay from jersey]

I feel like I can live with one. The difficulty is when the coach has 4 or 5 of them.

That's when the profanity-laced tirades begin.

im really interested to see how he plays the kids and how he can motivate guys like LaF, Kakko, Fox, Chytil. Basically our young guns. He did a great job with that Canada roster. I hope he’s the guy that can get the vets and the young guys on the same page and have them play balls to the wall

 

[aufheben]

He's proven that he can make adjustments. He just came up short against a better team in 2018, otherwise he'd be a made man right now.

Wasn’t that because of a lack of adjustments?

 

[Raspewtin]

Wasn’t that because of a lack of adjustments?

that Vegas team had a defense that was not playoff caliber on paper, there was simply no way besides a miracle Vegas were winning that series.

 

[Edge]

Do we REALLY know the issue of why it happened before the season was over? There's all kinds of rumors including JD refusing to move on from Gorton who liked Quinn.

There were different elements at work. But a refusal to fire DQ was not one of them.

The whole Gorton - Quinn thing has churned up some really weird shit that I won't even get into. But no one was married to Quinn. That much has been emphasized enough places that I feel comfortable ruling that one out.

 

[aufheben]

that Vegas team had a defense that was not playoff caliber on paper, there was simply no way besides a miracle Vegas were winning that series.

Idk, that’s what I heard. Obviously something about that team was playoff caliber.

 

[SA16]

Well we successfully completed the lazy hire of the offseason. Why even need a team President, GM, and management to interview candidates when you can just hire the guy the fans and media locked on to right away?

 

[flyfysher]

Congrats Rangers fans!

 

[Edge]

Go on….

A lot of it has been covered --- it was timeline, timing, disagreements on some moves, philosophy, and it was a temper tantrum too.

But no one was sticking to their guns on Quinn having to remain as coach. That wasn't an issue that came up as a line in the sand.

 

[Machinehead]

I don't think anybody will argue that Gallant is Diego Simeone at the whiteboard but what hockey coach is? They all subscribe to the "just get pucks in deep" culture.

I'm a firm believer in the notion that you're rarely going to have a truly good coach so just don't have a bad one.

 

[Chytilmania]

Drury already proving to be a better GM than Gorton, now I wonder who they keep, and who they may trade.

LOL I'm a fan of Drury, but how do we know Gorton wouldn't have made these moves?
Drury, taking the weekend off and waiting until Monday, also risked losing out on Gallant.

 

[Edge]

im really interested to see how he plays the kids and how he can motivate guys like LaF, Kakko, Fox, Chytil. Basically our young guns. He did a great job with that Canada roster. I hope he’s the guy that can get the vets and the young guys on the same page and have them play balls to the wall

They have to be a priority. There's a point where you want to teach kids how to play, but then they also have to learn by doing. I hope he does a better job of that than DQ did.

Beyond the obvious names, I'm also someone who thinks we have a chance to develop useful support players like Gauthier.

I don't need to see more than 25 percent of our on-ice forwards look like an AHL roster.

 

[Edge]

I don't think anybody will argue that Gallant is Diego Simeone at the whiteboard but what hockey coach is? They all subscribe to the "just get pucks in deep" culture.

I'm a firm believer in the notion that you're rarely going to have a truly good coach so just don't have a bad one.

I think a lot of successful coaches figure out how and when to pivot just enough to put their players in the best position to succeed. If he can do that, on top of the buy-in, the talent is there to do the rest....or will be there in decently short order.