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Confirmed with Link: Rangers Hire Peter Laviolette as Head Coach, Assistants Michael Peca & Dan Muse

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Who is the first player to request a trade and quit on this Stanley Cup coach, when the player gets tired of this hard work approach?
 
Former Ranger Rob O'Gara has been an assistant coach at Yale for the last two seasons. Laviolette has a connection with Yale's coach. Keith Allain. Laviolette was the head coach of the Olympic team in 2006 and Allain was one of the assistant coaches. O'Gara is responsible for Yale's D.

The Bruins hired Adam McQuaid as their player development coordinator two years ago. He played for the Rangers. No connection with Laviolette. McQuaid replaced Chris Kelly in player development who joined the Bruins coaching staff. McQuaid has no coaching experience. He is working with the Bruins players in the organization and he is on the ice during development camps.
 
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RangerBoy said:
Former Ranger Rob O'Gara has been an assistant coach at Yale for the last two seasons. Laviolette has a connection with Yale's coach. Keith Allain. Laviolette was the head coach of the Olympic team in 2006 and Allain was one of the assistant coaches. O'Gara is responsible for Yale's D.

The Bruins hired Adam McQuaid as their player development coordinator two years ago. He played for the Rangers. No connection with Laviolette. McQuaid replaced Chris Kelly in player development who joined the Bruins coaching staff. McQuaid has no coaching experience. He is working with the Bruins players in the organization and he is on the ice during development camps.
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Wow Rob retried early at 29. I wonder why. I thought he could have been a 6th dman for the Rangers when they dealt for him
 
Crease said:
This topic has been beaten to death but there is a prevailing belief that players who have the potential to be elite, have to try and fail at being elite before they can become elite. What does “earn it” mean to you? Does it mean hitting the ground running in a limited look on the first line? Breaking out within 10 games on the first line? Within 20 games?
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This reminds me of how people say someone "isn't a player you win cups with"

Which was said about so many players who now have cups.

In some people's eyes, players aren't "winners".... Until they win.

You can't win with Ovechkin
You can't win with MacKinnon
You can't win with Stone
You can't win with O'Reilly
You can't win with Kessel
You can't win with Hossa
You can't win with Stamkos
You can't win with Kucherov

Yada yada yada.

Players aren't championship caliber until they are. Same with coaches. It's such an empty platitude
 
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When Henrik Lundqvist was preparing to join the Capitals following his buyout from the Rangers, the goaltender — who undoubtedly will get the call from the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday — had a chat by phone with the Washington head coach.
“One phone call,” The King told me last week,” and I was ready to run through a wall for him.”
That coach was Peter Laviolette.
 
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RangersFan1994 said:
Who is the first player to request a trade and quit on this Stanley Cup coach, when the player gets tired of this hard work approach?
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Bread is the onside favorite...would like it to happen sooner rather than later...can Lavy speak in such a way that Artemi rescinds his nmc before season?
 
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alkurtz said:
Keenan was thought to be the right man for the job: a taskmaster, bad-tempered, demanding, no nonsense. He established the mindset from the first day of camp: we are going to win the Cup. No matter what he did afterwards and how much he left the organization in the lurch, he will always be tops in my book.
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100 percent agree @alkurtz . Also - while circumstances (heck the game itself) were entirely different. The Rangers goal in 94-95 (before the lockout) and a few years beyond were the cup. They handed it over to a first time coach in Collie Campbell. If you ever read "Losing the Edge", there is a part in the book where Campbell was going to join Neilson in Florida but opted to stay in NY. I have to check but I think Campbell and Keenan shared the same agent so when Campbell decided to stay, there was some language in his contract that seemed to indicate there was an expectation Keenan's stay was going to be on the shorter side.

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Bread is the onside favorite...would like it to happen sooner rather than later...can Lavy speak in such a way that Artemi rescinds his nmc before season?
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Didn't Panarin have some success under Tortorella and Quenneville, who are considered these type of coaches?
 
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JHS said:
Mike Peca as assistant coach??? Maybe we can just get the entire Islanders roster on too? Is Zigmund Palfy around to help run the powerplay units? This is literally unreal what is happening.
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It worked out so well last time.

On edit: Personally I think the Peca hire is a good hire and this shouldn't dictate future moves. Based on @JHS post, I wasn't sure if he remembered we once employed Mr. Islander to lead us.
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Avery16 said:
He wasn’t an NHL defenseman and he realized he could get paid more as a coach than as an AHLer.
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Brodzinski should do the same. Not an NHL player but some want him on the team. AHL player for a reason, same with Motte overrated 4th line. Rather give that spot to a rookie or a surprise player Rangers trade for.
 
Cyclones21 said:
It worked out so well last time.

On edit: Personally I think the Peca hire is a good hire and this shouldn't dictate future moves. Based on @JHS post, I wasn't sure if he remembered we once employed Mr. Islander to lead us.
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For all the Trottier talk, he was an assistant coach with the Pens and Avalanche and won a cup with the Avs in 2001. He had a lot of NHL coaching experience, just not head coaching experience.

Sometimes guys just aren't good at being a head coach, but I also feel like those Rangers teams were just bad and no one was really gonna take them far.

e: obviously that has nothing to do with him being an Islander as a player. I just think I've seen a few posts on here about Trottier like the Rangers hired this random inexperienced former player who played for a rival
 
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Peca would be responsible for the forwards and PK. Housley would be responsible for the D and PP. Housley worked with Josi, Ellis and Ekholm in Nashville. The Rangers need to get more out of their young D. Housley can teach Jones how to play as a small D in the NHL. Get more out of Miller and Schneider. Peca was responsible for the PP in Rochester. Weber was responsible for the PK. Housley was a very good offensive D during his career. He played for a million teams. I always think of him as a Sabre. The Housley for Hawerchuk trade was weird.

Where does Muse fit? He was responsible for the PK and forwards in Nashville.
 
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Friedman mentioned Phil Housley and Dan Muse (US U-18 Coach) as candidates for Laviolette's coaching staff
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Housley’s been working with Tocchet these last two seasons. I wonder if he’s changed at all as a coach since his two very bad seasons as Buffalo HC.
 
Levitate said:
For all the Trottier talk, he was an assistant coach with the Pens and Avalanche and won a cup with the Avs in 2001. He had a lot of NHL coaching experience, just not head coaching experience.

Sometimes guys just aren't good at being a head coach, but I also feel like those Rangers teams were just bad and no one was really gonna take them far.

e: obviously that has nothing to do with him being an Islander as a player. I just think I've seen a few posts on here about Trottier like the Rangers hired this random inexperienced former player who played for a rival
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@Levitate and everyone else, I have to be transparent - at the time of the Trottier hire, I was in favor of it and thought (oh boy - I don't want to trigger the boards) that it was a bold move from Sather as this wasn't a retread.

I thought it was interesting to have Messier playing for Trottier because I felt it would be someone he respected from past battles. I also had hopes for an elite Eric Lindros for the Rangers so there was a lot of optimism on part. I had a tough time accepting Leetch and Richter were in decline and that those teams had some awful defense.

The Rangers and I were both wrong.
 
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Housley was absolutely awful as a head coach when he was with Buffalo, like one of the worst coaches ever. hope he doesn't get the job.
 
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