Rollie the Goalie

[I am toxic]

Heart tugs Melanson home

Mods feel free to move this to former canucks thread, just thought after 6 years, his impact on the org deserved a thread of its own. Apologies if topic is already discussed in another thread.

Hopefully our days as a goalie factory will continue.

I only fully appreciate what he has done when I consider teams like Oilers, Wild, Flyers, Jets, Leafs.

Don't know him personally, but wish him well.

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[Jay Cee]

Best of luck to him. Can't blame a guy for wanting to go close to home.

 

[DCantheDDad]

That is a pretty legit reason to leave the organization. Best of luck, Rollie. Family is so important.

 

[canuckfan75]

No promblem with this.. Thank you for all your hard work Rollie

 

[M2Beezy]

I thought him leaving was cause of Benning but this clears it up. What a great person to do this best of luck to Rollie

 

[lousy]

I thought him leaving was cause of Benning but this clears it up.

A lot of people just assumed this position, which was based on nothing but a guess.

 

[arttk]

Sad to hear his story.

 

[biturbo19]

A lot of people just assumed this position, which was based on nothing but a guess.

It didn't help that some particular members of our media were painting it as some sort of management conflict, presumably to stir up controversy and attention for themselves. Clearly without knowing all the facts, or willfully misrepresenting or omiting details.


This clears a lot of things up.

Best of wishes to Rollie and his family. He did some great work here. Hopefully he can enjoy this time. He'll surely have an NHL gig available somewhere if/when he decides to come back to it.

 

[PancakeHero]

It didn't help that some particular members of our media were painting it as some sort of management conflict, presumably to stir up controversy and attention for themselves. Clearly without knowing all the facts, or willfully misrepresenting or omiting details.


This clears a lot of things up.

Best of wishes to Rollie and his family. He did some great work here. Hopefully he can enjoy this time. He'll surely have an NHL gig available somewhere if/when he decides to come back to it.

Was that Botchford?

 

[castanza]

Was that Botchford?

For some in the media, they make it their purpose to stir s*** up, it sells papers. They know there are a sh**load of gullible fans out there.

 

[Free Edler]

I guess they didn't have many photos of Rollie in Canucks gear. That's a thousand-yard stare if I've ever seen one.

 

[n00bxQb]

Hard to replace a guy like Rollie. He'll be missed for sure.

 

[Jay Cee]

Was that Botchford?

He is the king of this kind of stuff. He really does not do useful hockey related journalism. When he starts breaking some actual hockey news he can act like he has all of these sources in Vancouver. He is a terrible journalist who just reports other people's news and shares sarcastic lols with fans.

 

[tradervik]

He is the king of this kind of stuff. He really does not do useful hockey related journalism. When he starts breaking some actual hockey news he can act like he has all of these sources in Vancouver. He is a terrible journalist who just reports other people's news and shares sarcastic lols with fans.

Botchford reported on the now confirmed rumour that Melanson might be leaving the Canucks. He wrote in a very neutral way and included speculation that it was for personal reasons. The only people I can recall who were trying to paint this as some sort of management controversy were a few "contributors" to hfboards or some twerps on Twitter. Maybe some of the sports radio types were involved as well but I don't listen to them.

http://blogs.theprovince.com/2016/0...-you-need-to-know-about-the-rollie-situation/

Botch is still a lot about inside jokes with his social media groupies but he has gotten a lot better as a reporter. Tarring him with this brush is grossly unfair (and I used to hate Botch).

 

[TheWolf*]

Was that Botchford?

Delete, just read the Provies and there was no mention of any management rift. Concocted by the Benning hate club here at the hfboards, I guess.

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

Botchford reported on the now confirmed rumour that Melanson might be leaving the Canucks. He wrote in a very neutral way and included speculation that it was for personal reasons. The only people I can recall who were trying to paint this as some sort of management controversy were a few "contributors" to hfboards or some twerps on Twitter. Maybe some of the sports radio types were involved as well but I don't listen to them.

http://blogs.theprovince.com/2016/0...-you-need-to-know-about-the-rollie-situation/

Botch is still a lot about inside jokes with his social media groupies but he has gotten a lot better as a reporter. Tarring him with this brush is grossly unfair (and I used to hate Botch).

Of course you're correct, and as usual the people who rip on Botch don't seem to actually read what he writes. Or maybe don't understand how journalists work.

Oh and it seems like a few people in this thread didn't read Imac's latest bit of water-carrying. Here's an interesting quote from Rollie:

"And it’s harder with these jobs to go through the growing pains this team is going to go through the next couple of years"

Hmmmm

 

[mossey3535]

To me he's going to be missed dearly.

 

[VasilyHoglander]

Ty rollie for all you have done for us! Best of luck in the future!!

 

[me2]

sad to see another good piece of management and coaching go.

gl rollie

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Best of luck in your future. To bad we wasted all the assets you developed for us...

 

[GetFocht]

Benning just said they are still working with Rollie, he may have a different role in the organization.

 

[LeftCoast]

Benning just said they are still working with Rollie, he may have a different role in the organization.

Utica is a lot closer to MTL than Vancouver. Maybe pay Rollie NHL goalie coach money to develop Demko in Utica?

 

[Win One Before I Die]

Can't blame him for quitting to spend time with his family. Thankful for all he has done.

 

[I am toxic]

Utica is a lot closer to MTL than Vancouver. Maybe pay Rollie NHL goalie coach money to develop Demko in Utica?

The article refers to NB and Montreal, so it is hard to imagine him in Utica as well.

However, although I haven’t had time (or money) to look into it, as an example talking to Pasco and Alex at Elite Goaltending they spoke about some tech/apps that really extended the virtual goalie coaching role. I didn’t pay attention because I simply don’t have the time or money with ohsix to do it, but IIRC it involved taping your own games, and having an observer (mom or dad) tap on their iPhone each time a shot was taken. The app would automatically take the game tape and pare it down to just those segments tapped. Then remotely sent to goalie coach for analysis and near-instant turnaround. Presumably NHL teams have something more sophisticated (although when I look at the outdated shooter tutors they use, I sometimes wonder) that would just as easily work remotely.

I then dozed off for the rest of the presentation (sorry, it was a good presentation but I was super tired) but I vaguely recall through the haze something about shot tracking where they mentioned they could also track where all the shots were coming from and something about result – controlled save, rebound, goal. So lots of virtual coaching possibilities.

Having said all that, if it were me I’d just work with the Canadiennes’ farm team in N.B and commute back and forth with Montreal.

 

[Hit the post]

Having said all that, if it were me I’d just work with the Canadiennes’ farm team in N.B and commute back and forth with Montreal.

I seem to recall him didn't having that a great relationship with Price (granted, he won't likely be working with him at all).