Confirmed with Link: Sheldon Keefe to be named the next head coach of the New Jersey Devils

[Bcap88]

Excuses are for losers


Ok sounds like a brilliant plan. We need to find the biggest loser to be our coach. Winning cup like a blind squirrel finding a nut

I guess the majority of the nhl is full of losers !!!

 

[Emperoreddy]

Keefe about to pull an Andy Ried

 

[jkrdevil]

Here's a fun stat: Only 3 coaches have won as head coach with more than one team: Scotty Bowman, and 2 guys in the 1930s. Hiring coaches that have won cups isn't how you win cups. You want the guys who haven't broke through yet. I'd bet on Keefe being someone that breaks through.

I mean that is a shit stat. There are a ton of coaches that have made multiple final appearances and have come within a game or two of being multiple cup winners.

 

[Killing Joke]

Second job is usually the best for a coach. So, here's to hoping. He's a good coach, he did some great things with toronto and handled an insane media market. He won't have that same sort of pressure on him here nor have to deal with players that do too.

Our guys have already gotten into the second round, the team has more depth when healthy than the leafs, especially on the back end. He has never had multiple puck moving dmen. So a healthy dougie, a sophmore Luke and Nemec, that's a good start.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Keefe about to pull an Andy Ried

I’m not sure he can pull off the mustache look

 

[Goptor]

Keefe about to pull an Andy Ried

Just stay away from his kids.

 

[Guttersniped]

We just signed up for a first round exit

We missed the playoffs and you’re crying about hypothetical first round exits? One step at a time.

And when we’re a playoff team we will have our share of first round exits. It’s not an uncommon accurance, in fact it happens to half the teams.

But maybe this all goes poorly and everyone gets fired. It’s a possibility. Assuming that day one is a bit much and you don’t have to bitch at us, we didn’t hire the guy.

You can say you’re disappointed Fitz didn’t get Berube and are unenthusiastic about Keefe without acting like you’re Cassandra foretelling the fall of Troy.

 

[MVP Zacha]

One mans garbage is another mans treasure I guess

So, a coach only has one opportunity and then should never get another chance with another team. Dumbest thing I have ever read.

 

[Davegarri]

Keefe was the best available in my mind. Aside from shitty pregame speeches, he's a solid coach. I think he'll do well here

 

[Guttersniped]

By this logic every coach who hasn't won a Cup is a loser.

Barry Trotz only made it to the 2nd Rd twice in 7 tries in Nashville and didn’t even make it to the playoffs his last two seasons there.

What were the Capitals thinking when they hired that loser?

 

[Homedresser]

I knew if I went fishing for a few days the devils would hire a coach.

I have no opinion.... around the end of December beginning of January I'll have an opinion.

Hard to have an opinion when the roster needs drastic improvments. HC was the least of their problems. Regardless of who they hired, until the roster issues are solved they aren't going anywhere.

 

[Dialamo]

Best hire we could of chose given the candidates available. I am pleased!

Also, no one posted cup.jpg yet? I am disappointed!

 

[Davegarri]

We should have made david carle an offer he couldn’t refuse

Yeah cause that worked out great for David Quinn and Dave Hakstol.

Another David coming up from college, bad idea!

 

[Bleedred]

What's that? Who got named head coach?

I'm still celebrating Travis Green being hired by Ottawa and completely off our coaching staff to really pay attention to what else is going on.

 

[McDuffz88]

Finally!! I definitely preferred him over Sullivan rumors. Now can we get Woodcroft to be an assistant coach? I mean the guy has resorted to doing random infomercials. I think he would happily take up a contract if offered one. That would be an awesome bench of coaches. Unfortunately if we did get Woodcroft as an assistant I would guarantee in a year he would be poached from us from another team aka Brunette. Either way I consider this a win. Now we wait until Free Agency to let Fitz cook.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Hard to have an opinion when the roster needs drastic improvments. HC was the least of their problems. Regardless of who they hired, until the roster issues are solved they aren't going anywhere.

goalie and coach were 1A and 1B

they (seemingly) did well on one of them. Lets get a goalie now.

(Yes they need other tweaks. The fact remains)

 

[NJDevs26]

God this board will be insufferable if we ever lose a playoff series to Toronto and Berube lol

 

[crashline]

 

[jkrdevil]

God this board will be insufferable if we ever lose a playoff series to Toronto and Berube lol

That probably means we made the third round given how the NHL brackets.

 

[Bleedred]

Finally!! I definitely preferred him over Sullivan rumors. Now can we get Woodcroft to be an assistant coach? I mean the guy has resorted to doing random infomercials. I think he would happily take up a contract if offered one. That would be an awesome bench of coaches. Unfortunately if we did get Woodcroft as an assistant I would guarantee in a year he would be poached from us from another team aka Brunette. Either way I consider this a win. Now we wait until Free Agency to let Fitz cook.

Woodcroft is getting paid by Edmonton (not sure till what year) so it's not like he needs a team to hire him to be able to get paid some money next year. Unless his deal is over after this year. I don't think it is.

But yeah, in the case he is hired to be assistant, he's probably a one and done like Brunette. Maybe the Oilers winning the cup this year in the same season he was fired in hurts his stock and prevents him from getting an offer to head coach next year (if he doesn't get one this year), but he'll probably be a one and done if that happens.

I wonder if Keefe brings anybody over from Toronto be an assistant?

 

[MasterofGrond]

God this board will be insufferable if we ever lose a playoff series to Toronto and Berube lol

An ECF loss? At this point, sign me UP

 

[Bleedred]

That probably means we made the third round given how the NHL brackets.

An ECF loss? At this point, sign me UP

Wild card where we draw fall into the Atlantic and draw the division winner Toronto or even vice versa where we're the division winner and Toronto are the wild card!

 

[NJDevs26]

That probably means we made the third round given how the NHL brackets.

Or one of us won the division and the other one a wild card

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

What's that? Who got named head coach?

I'm still celebrating Travis Green being hired by Ottawa and completely off our coaching staff to really pay attention to what else is going on.

A pragmaticist. You gotta respect it.

 

[crashline]

Kaplan comments are telling. Willing to work with other departments means he agreed to act like he is listening to analytic nerds

See I assumed by "other departments" Kaplan was referring to this forum specifically.