Confirmed with Link: Sir Patrick Roy named Isles head coach!

[Kimota]

Well happy it’s the isles and not the sens !

I wished it would have been the Sens. To heat up the rivalry and to stick it to Molson in his damn face!

Seriously though, I'm so happy for him. I hope he shows all these cowardly NHL GMs and executives that they should have hired him a long time ago.

But him going to another NHL team is a good scenario for me cause maybe he can wet his beek into this league how it is now and prove he can coach and live his trials there so down the line he can come here and be ready for the spotlight of Montreal. And down the line even become more than that like President.

 

[Habs]

I agree, but it's also good enough to wait a couple more years when he actually get some actual maneuvering room.

Point is, Roy isn't worth everything for.

no, he isn't , but as a fan I wanted it, I think he deserved a chance after all he did for the team, as opposed to Marty for example. I'd love to see Roy rattle some heads and demand work ethic and be accountable. I don't see that with Marty at all, the guys know they aren't going to be benched.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

How soon until he tries to beat up Lamorello?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

no, he isn't , but as a fan I wanted it, I think he deserved a chance after all he did for the team, as opposed to Marty for example. I'd love to see Roy rattle some heads and demand work ethic and be accountable. I don't see that with Marty at all, the guys know they aren't going to be benched.

I thank God every day that we hired MSL over Roy.

 

[Treb]

no, he isn't , but as a fan I wanted it, I think he deserved a chance after all he did for the team, as opposed to Marty for example. I'd love to see Roy rattle some heads and demand work ethic and be accountable. I don't see that with Marty at all, the guys know they aren't going to be benched.

The only time hiring Roy would have made sense was before Gorton was hired. After that, puppets would have been hired to fill Gorton/Hughes positions instead.

 

[CharleyHorse]

but they all jumped at no experience MSL lol

Actions matter. In 1995, he got pissed, collected his hockey sticks, and f***ed off to Colorado; twenty years later, he got into a pissing match with Sakic, gathered all his marbles, and slammed the door on his way out. Maybe he’s figured it out after nearly 30 years, we’ll see. As for now, I’m all good with him on Long Island instead of Montreal Island.

 

[CharleyHorse]

But I never said he would be better, but if the qualifications were 'none' at least Roy had coached before in the minors and ran a team. The Roy haters are always going to hate, so its an unwinable debate. I guarantee heads would be rolling after all these brutal zero effort losses and players would be sat though. What was the reason for MSL exactly? He scored goals?

Because MSL is exactly the opposite of this. Roy’s not the coach Team needs at this time.

 

[MasterD]

Happy for him. Will be interesting to see how this goes.

I bet he never coaches the Habs as long as Molson is owner, but I'd like to see it eventually.

 

[Treb]

Happy for him. Will be interesting to see how this goes.

I bet he never coaches the Habs as long as Molson is owner, but I'd like to see it eventually.

Why?

Great guy to get the team pumped in the room due to his explosive temper, but he's never been known as a tactical coach or a coach that develop a team.

I'd take him as a hype boy assistant coach, but that's not something mr Roy would do.

I assume he got/took the NYI job because Lou is 81 and starting to struggle to operate alone.

 

[Habs]

I thank God every day that we hired MSL over Roy.

Time will tell. If we spin in the years of failure, like history has proven to be the norm, people will be screaming for Roy I'm sure of it. Some people are afraid of Alpha males, I welcome them.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Time will tell. If we spin in the years of failure, like history has proven to be the norm, people will be screaming for Roy I'm sure of it. Some people are afraid of Alpha males, I welcome them.

Walking off on your team because they won’t give you more authority as a coach doesn’t make you an alpha male, it makes you an ***hole. Hopefully he learnt that, but I somehow doubt it.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Time will tell. If we spin in the years of failure, like history has proven to be the norm, people will be screaming for Roy I'm sure of it.

MSL has already paid dividends. We don’t need to wait on that. He rescued Caufield’s career and has done a great job with our younger players. It’s just a shame guys like Dach and Newhook couldn’t stay healthy.

Some people are afraid of Alpha males, I welcome them.

There’s nothing alpha about quitting on your team in the middle of a game. There’s nothing aloha about throwing tantrums either. That’s called ‘being an idiot.’

Great f***ing goalie. But I wouldn’t want him within a hundred miles of a young team like this.

 

[dinodebino]

Ah yes, Roy has such a great record as a coach. It only took him 13 years of leading one of the easy mode team in the Q to win it (paying so much for it that they are currently having the worst season in their history), even squandering an historic performance from Radulov back in 2005-2006 (but got lucky to be host and win the Mem cup on the back of Radulov anyway).

As an NHL coach, he had to be pandered with a VPHO position and still left because the GM wasn't being his mindless slave.

I'll never understand the cult status of Roy.

I dunno…maybe the mystical last two cup wins? Cups that should not have happened if not for his greatness at peak time? Maybe because his style lead way to a generation of technical goalies, that brought forth the likes of Luongo, Fleury, Price et al?

He’s a Montreal Canadiens HOF icon. That might explain this cult. I dunno, just guessing here.

And although his coaching record to some is not much (still won twise as much as he lost), he’s such an immense figure because of his status in hockey and his extraordinary will to win.

Look at this forum : we even created a thread for him, and he’s coaching another team! Go look at social media: it’s been set on fire in this province, on a day where our venerated hockey team gets shallacked by a traditional rival as it they weren’t in the same league.

I think by having this thread, you should have answered your own question.

This week will all be about the Thursday game. RDS will get AWESOME ratings for that one. And there is a good chance that we get pummeled physically during that game. New coach, new energy. And facing a team of whimps.

 

[dinodebino]

And yes, I would have loved for him to be part of this org. Although very fiery, Roy is a very intelligent human being. He’s not your ordinary hockey persona.

 

[Milhouse40]

Time will tell. If we spin in the years of failure, like history has proven to be the norm, people will be screaming for Roy I'm sure of it. Some people are afraid of Alpha males, I welcome them.

Alpha male?
Seriously?

You think that's why some don't want him as a coach?

 

[nhlfan9191]

I dunno…maybe the mystical last two cup wins? Cups that should not have happened if not for his greatness at peak time? Maybe because his style lead way to a generation of technical goalies, that brought forth the likes of Luongo, Fleury, Price et al?

He’s a Montreal Canadiens HOF icon. That might explain this cult. I dunno, just guessing here.

And although his coaching record to some is not much (still won twise as much as he lost), he’s such an immense figure because of his status in hockey and his extraordinary will to win.

Look at this forum : we even created a thread for him, and he’s coaching another team! Go look at social media: it’s been set on fire in this province, on a day where our venerated hockey team gets shallacked by a traditional rival as it they weren’t in the same league.

I think by having this thread, you should have answered your own question.

This week will all be about the Thursday game. RDS will get AWESOME ratings for that one. And there is a good chance that we get pummeled physically during that game. New coach, new energy. And facing a team of whimps.

I understand what you’re saying but you have to put your emotions aside for players when talking management roles. Gretzky was the greatest hockey player of all time and he was an awful coach. Patrick Roy the goalie is not Patrick Roy the coach/manager/or whatever role he’s put in after his playing career. He has a massive ego and doesn’t play well with others.

 

[dinodebino]

I understand what you’re saying but you have to put your emotions aside for players when talking management roles. Gretzky was the greatest hockey player of all time and he was an awful coach. Patrick Roy the goalie is not Patrick Roy the coach/manager/or whatever role he’s put in after his playing career. He has a massive ego and doesn’t play well with others.

We’ll see. He did win a Jack Adams. So he must have some qualities.

 

[HuGort]

I think Islanders be my second team now.

 

[salbutera]

And yes, I would have loved for him to be part of this org. Although very fiery, Roy is a very intelligent human being. He’s not your ordinary hockey persona.

That’s what not as well known - at a time when analytics wasn’t even part of players vocabulary, St.Patrick would be analyzing the oppositions data, habits & trends (in the 80s no less)

 

[vokiel]

I thank God every day that we hired MSL over Roy.

Yes because otherwise we wouldn't have tanked at all.

 

[GordonGraham]

Well his nhl numbers as a coach are better than MSL/Ducharme/Julien as Habs head coach

I thank God every day that we hired MSL over Roy.

After 1 year Roy had already won coach of the year. He has a career winning nhl record, 2 mem cups, MSL coached his son in pee wee and bantam great hire for sure

 

[StCaufield]

I can see Lou and Patrick not getting along. Ego central

 

[le_sean]

I’m not the biggest MSL fan, but he’s a better coach for the Habs than Roy. This buffoon’s ego will always get in the way, he’d be awful for a rebuild.

 

[StCaufield]

MSL has already paid dividends. We don’t need to wait on that. He rescued Caufield’s career and has done a great job with our younger players. It’s just a shame guys like Dach and Newhook couldn’t stay healthy.


There’s nothing alpha about quitting on your team in the middle of a game. There’s nothing aloha about throwing tantrums either. That’s called ‘being an idiot.’

Great f***ing goalie. But I wouldn’t want him within a hundred miles of a young team like this.

I really don’t think he rescued Caufield’s career lol I feel like that’s way overblown. Replace DD with a piece of wood and he would’ve played better. Caufield is too talented and confident to stay in the funk he was in and he was still green

Well his nhl numbers as a coach are better than MSL/Ducharme/Julien as Habs head coach


After 1 year Roy had already won coach of the year. He has a career winning nhl record, 2 mem cups, MSL coached his son in pee wee and bantam great hire for sure

To be fair Roy had a damn good team but he still deserves some credit

 

[StCaufield]

Alpha male?
Seriously?

You think that's why some don't want him as a coach?

Owners and GMs love yes men and he’s not that so I think him being alpha or just an asshole can be hard to manage