Confirmed with Link: Rangers name Jacques Martin as an Assistant Coach

[Harbour Dog]

It depends on the situation. My first language is Spanish but I've been in the States so long that I'm more fluent and comfortable with English. Although I'm sure the Lafreniere situation is closer to what your saying.

I was compelled to like this.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Well he isn't going to come out and bash a hire that he was a part of making but the fit was obvious on so many levels.

No of course not, I'm alluding to the fact that he is self aware enough to see his flaws and want to bring on a coach to help in that area. Many of these guys have way too much pride to ever do what Quinn did.

 

[JCProdigy]

Yep seems like my thoughts were confirmed Rangers hire Martin as assistant, will run penalty kill, defense

"With my relationship with 'Sully,' he and I talked, and it just steamrolled from there," said Quinn, the Rangers coach. "Mike said basically '[Jacques] wasn't my assistant coach, we were co-coaches.'"

 

[n8]

I'm liking the hiring more today.

 

[haveandare]

Seems like exactly what this team could use. More structured defense and an experienced coach with recent success to compliment Quinn

 

[JCProdigy]

Talk to me when his newly acquired replacement, replaces him

No, no I too like to come up with concrete thoughts in my head and then try to wildly warp reality into a pretzel in order appease them. It's my dogma!

...Oh and Mike Sullivan will be replacing Quinn, silly bones.

His previous role with NYR, his Pitt Stop, his multi-decade relationship with Quinn, his being a 3rd Master Free Mason... Martin is his herald. It all has been planned out since 1986. From the very beginning.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Lmao at 3rd master free mason.

 

[bobbop]

Just take a look at the defense Pittsburgh won the Cup with in 2017. There was some big time coaching going on there.

 

[NYR]

No, no I too like to come up with concrete thoughts in my head and then try to wildly warp reality into a pretzel in order appease them. It's my dogma!

...Oh and Mike Sullivan will be replacing Quinn, silly bones.

His previous role with NYR, his Pitt Stop, his multi-decade relationship with Quinn, his being a 3rd Master Free Mason... Martin is his herald. It all has been planned out since 1986. From the very beginning.

What?!
Do you have selective reading syndrome?
Who ever said that?
Brainiac..Nice attempt at trying to be funny but go away now before you hurt yourself lol

 

[aufheben]

Pittsburgh Penguins 2013-2020

5v5 Venue & Score Adjusted

2.26 GA/60 (11th)
53.93 CA/60 (9th)
2.23 xGA/60 (8th)

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Pittsburgh Penguins 2013-2020

5v5 Venue & Score Adjusted

2.26 GA/60 (11th)
53.93 CA/60 (9th)
2.23 xGA/60 (8th)

And that's with meh goaltending and a hodge podge group of defensemen

 

[JCProdigy]

What?!
Do you have selective reading syndrome?
Who ever said that?
Brainiac..Nice attempt at trying to be funny but go away now before you hurt yourself lol

ME! I've said it! You just have to look deeper. I thought you'd see it too!

Mike Sullivan is on his last legs in Pitt. They aren't getting rid of Malkin and Crosby so Sully will have to go after they fail next season and that perfectly lines up with JD's hatred of Quinn's coaching going to level 11. It's in the tea leaves chief!

 

[2Leetch_94]

ME! I've said it! You just have to look deeper. I thought you'd see it too!

Mike Sullivan is on his last legs in Pitt. They aren't getting rid of Malkin and Crosby so Sully will have to go after they fail next season and that perfectly lines up with JD's hatred of Quinn's coaching going to level 11. It's in the tea leaves chief!

 

[NYR]

ME! I've said it! You just have to look deeper. I thought you'd see it too!

Mike Sullivan is on his last legs in Pitt. They aren't getting rid of Malkin and Crosby so Sully will have to go after they fail next season and that perfectly lines up with JD's hatred of Quinn's coaching going to level 11. It's in the tea leaves chief!

Please tell me you're drinking because I'll accept that

Who EVER said anything about Sully coming in for a coaching position on this club??

I said that Quinn had a conversation with him as stated in the article.

That said..YES..I fully believe that a conversation between JD and Quinn had taken place!

Drink some water in between shots, Bobo lol

 

[JCProdigy]

Please tell me you're drinking because I'll accept that

Who EVER said anything about Sully coming in for a coaching position on this club??

I said that Quinn had a conversation with him as stated in the article.

That said..YES..I fully believe that a conversation between JD and Quinn had taken place!

Drink some water in between shots, Bobo lol

Talk to me when the newly acquired replacement is replaced by his replacement...

 

[NYR]

OK so I don't have to read anymore nonsense until the end of next season?
Deal..

 

[Anthony5967]

Loved the hire the second I heard about it. The only thing is it's a waste if management and/or Quinn is forcing Smith and Staal to dress every game on the blueline.

 

[GoAwayGiannone]

How's this for an early bold season prediction? Martin will revitalize Staal and bring him back into Norris contention. Can't get much more out there than that.

 

[BHD]

If you want to see some of his work with Sullivan, go watch the Caps series (especially Game 2) and the Sharks series from the 2016 Cup run. NZ trapping, fronting shots, and flipping pucks are prominent in those games.

EDIT: Sullivan altered some things in the following seasons, but Martin's hands are all over the '16 team.

 

[Mikos87]

If you want to see some of his work with Sullivan, go watch the Caps series (especially Game 2) and the Sharks series from the 2016 Cup run. NZ trapping, fronting shots, and flipping pucks are prominent in those games.

EDIT: Sullivan altered some things in the following seasons, but Martin's hands are all over the '16 team.

Yeah that's what won you the cup. The ability to defend leads so well. Those 2016-2017 teams were committed. That Nick Bonino was a very effective player in those minutes. Very effective, and you had guys like Kessel playing face up defense, and not always wanting to rush the puck, but let the air mail go out and get open while Hagelin re-establish a forecheck.

I thought those cup teams added something the 2010-2015 teams didn't have. It was the ability to protect leads, and shut teams down. Martin ran the 1-4 in Ottawa to great success.

 

[TheTakedown]

The Rangers don’t use a 1-2-2 forecheck. Where did you get that from?

It's straight out of that article. Not my writing

 

[TheTakedown]

He definitely gets a full season to do whatever as long as Stall and Smith are on the team
Then the fair judgment should be given after some time with a decent Left Side.

If the Rangers wanna make serious strides this year then one of them has to go.
I cant see this defense progressing with enduring another year with both of them on D. One has to go at least.

I get Stalls a longtime vet and you dont do vets dirty but what a relief Itll ll be to get fresh faces on the left side AND the team no doubt gets instantly better
It has to
Maybe dress him less games idk. I dont see them buying him out

That huge hit that Smith laid against Svechnikov earned him his final year here, LOL

In all seriousness I think Staal goes. There's a bit more cap relief if you go for the buyout route, and there's less money owed to him if you go the trade route.

 

[TheTakedown]

That's great! Mine can tell when I'm hitting tipsy because instead of "Frenglish" which I speak with a lot of Francophones here (as many do themselves), I'll start saying full sentences in English and speak a lot quicker like I would with a native Anglophone. She calls it my "New York Drunk". Though to be clear I do NOT have the stereotypical New Yorker accent. I can do it, but it's not my natural. But she senses the change in how I speak. And when I get full on drunk I'll start dropping some Spanish here and there too, since I grew up with 2 of my best friends being Boriqua (Puerto Rican).

I also very much enjoy the "safe mode" comparison, hahaha.

My gf starts substituting spanish words here and there in her sentences and her voice goes up like an entire octave in pitch it's absolutely hilarious.

LOL @ Safemode :p

 

[TheTakedown]

No, no I too like to come up with concrete thoughts in my head and then try to wildly warp reality into a pretzel in order appease them. It's my dogma!

...Oh and Mike Sullivan will be replacing Quinn, silly bones.

His previous role with NYR, his Pitt Stop, his multi-decade relationship with Quinn, his being a 3rd Master Free Mason... Martin is his herald. It all has been planned out since 1986. From the very beginning.

Illuminati confirmed

 

[bobbop]

It's straight out of that article. Not my writing

I understand.

It’s just not accurate. The Rangers typically send 2 deep with the third man high. Columbus plays a 1-2-2. So did the 1994-2010 Devils. The only time I can remember the Rangers playing a classic 1-2-2+was the 1997 playoffs when they could barely field a team. Remember LW Dallas Eakins?