Who Do You Want to be the Next Head Coach of the NY Rangers?

[Guyute]

I can't believe coaches are still bellyaching over how big defensemen are in 2023.

None of the three Norris candidates can reach the top shelf in their kitchen.

It's not even like Zac Jones is that small. He has the exact same height and weight as Ryan Lindgren.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Frank is finally making sense

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Jason Gregor wants Knoblauch. Plenty of first time NHL coaches are quality coaches. Cooper. Brind'Amour. Woodcroft. Bednar.

He isn’t buying the Rangers need an experienced coach to win the Cup talking point. There were better experienced coaches available last summer. He discussed Knoblauch.

5 of the last 7 cups have been won by 1st time coaches. Granted there are a pair of multiple winners in there, but still that would be 3 guys who have won at their inaugural HC positions vs 2 who weren't.

I'll keep banging the drum that we need to upheave mr 11.6 more than we need a new coach though. A change of systems can only help so much when you have such a big portion of your cap space being eaten by a guy who isn't capable of producing when it matters.

 

[GAGLine]

It's not even like Zac Jones is that small. He has the exact same height and weight as Ryan Lindgren.

Where are you seeing that? Everywhere I look, I see Jones at 5'10" - 5'11" (mostly 5'10") and Lindgren at 6'. I also see Jones at 172-179 lbs and Lindgren at 190-191 lbs.

Those numbers may not be accurate in any case, but it's a good bet that Lindgren is bigger. And even then, he's on the small side. He plays bigger than he is. Jones doesn't player bigger than he is.

 

[Profet]

First question for HC interview:

"Which PP unit would you put Trouba on?"

If the answer is anything other than "he wouldn't be on the PP" then into the circular file that resume goes.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I love Zac Jones and still think he can be a positive asset on a contending team.

I don't think it's as simple as "Gallant hates small D" with him though. He didn't really take the ball and run with it when he was given the chance and the ONE thing that I think the organization did 100000% correctly was send him down to allow him to continue to play. Harpur blows a fat one and they should have probably played someone else instead of him for as long as they did, but Jones was handled fine. Everyone would have been out with their pitchforks had he been sent down despite playing well.

Hopefully the next guy can do a better job bringing him along. He's an NHL player who needs work, but a level of patience+a friendlier system for him to play in is going to be what it takes for him to stick here.

 

[Mac n Gs]

I love Zac Jones and still think he can be a positive asset on a contending team.

I don't think it's as simple as "Gallant hates small D" with him though. He didn't really take the ball and run with it when he was given the chance and the ONE thing that I think the organization did 100000% correctly was send him down to allow him to continue to play. Harpur blows a fat one and they should have probably played someone else instead of him for as long as they did, but Jones was handled fine. Everyone would have been out with their pitchforks had he been sent down despite playing well.

Hopefully the next guy can do a better job bringing him along. He's an NHL player who needs work, but a level of patience+a friendlier system for him to play in is going to be what it takes for him to stick here.

Jones himself that yo-yoing and uncertainty at the beginning of the season caused him to lose his confidence and made him doubt himself. Yes, sending him down ultimately was the right move and got him back on track. However, the initial mistake was ever making him have to feel worried about having f***ing Libor Hajek breathing down his neck like he was ever a viable NHL dman. Jones should've been given a way longer leash this season. He should be the 3LD going into next season. The one thing the Rangers have easy is figuring out their d corps. It's already set, just f***ing stick to it.

 

[Hire Sather]

There's really nothing worse this team can do than hiring Mark Messier.

It's my fear everytime we have a head coaching vacancy

 

[SA16]

Would Adam Graves be interested in coaching?

 

[Jauffre]

Someone give Esa Tikkanen a call, or maybe Mike Richter will wanna coach

 

[Machinehead]

I get the argument for sending Jones down to play, but he's only gonna play 3rd pairing minutes here anyway.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

I have a hard time believing that Drury will ultimately leave his fate as GM in the hands of a younger, rookie head coach

But it would certainly make me respect him more if he did

 

[Bob Richards]

There's really nothing worse this team can do than hiring Mark Messier.

It's my fear everytime we have a head coaching vacancy

I have been raving like a maniac against the hypothetical Messier coaching hire for as long as I have been on this board. I’ve only ever thought of it as a farce. A joke. A telegraphed disaster. A ridiculous submission to a guy who has shown 0 interest in putting in the work or effort to prove worthy of the job. It would be nothing more than to satisfy the dumbest portions of our fan base and to satiate the ghosts that still feast on the corpse of ‘94.

 

[Mugless]

Kris Knoblauch’s AHL success, skills make him worthy Rangers candidate: ‘Just got better’

After the Rangers and coach Gerard Gallant mutually parted ways, Kris Knoblauch is perhaps the lone potential candidate for the job who doesn’t have a depth of NHL coaching experience.

nypost.com

 

[mrmovies779]

First question for HC interview:

"Which PP unit would you put Trouba on?"

If the answer is anything other than "he wouldn't be on the PP" then into the circular file that resume goes.

So true.That 2nd pp unit should have Jones on it.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

There's really nothing worse this team can do than hiring Mark Messier.

It's my fear everytime we have a head coaching vacancy

I hate the idea so much that it'll probably end up with us winning a Cup somehow because as far as I am concerned, nothing I support or care about with this team matters anymore.

So f*** it. Hire Mess. What else can go wrong?

 

[Machinehead]

Me the other day: "There's too much smoke for it to not be Quenneville."

Larry Brooks:

the way the smoke is blowing now, it feels like they're gonna play small ball.

 

[mrmovies779]

I get the argument for sending Jones down to play, but he's only gonna play 3rd pairing minutes here anyway.

3rd pair minutes along with pp2 time

 

[McRanger92]

I get the argument for sending Jones down to play, but he's only gonna play 3rd pairing minutes here anyway.

And PP2 if the new coach isnt a complete dolt

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Would Adam Graves be interested in coaching?

That's who the gm should have been

 

[Machinehead]

3rd pair minutes along with pp2 time

And PP2 if the new coach isnt a complete dolt

Yeah but Trouba slapshot go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[17futurecap]

Older story on how Knob was coaching back in juniors back in the day.

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[mrmovies779]

Yeah but Trouba slapshot go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Idiot coaches love the big shot from the point...even when the puck lands on Mars 99% of the time

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Unfathomable to me that Key wasn't on PP2.

Idc who the coach will be, but there are some rules I want followed:

#1) No nonsensical first coaching gig like Mess or Quinn back when, coming from college or out of retirement. Some coach mentioned here, the AHL winner, that's ok, but for the love of god, not another coach who's entirely new to the gig.

#2) Fire on the bench. Make'em fear your wrath!

#3) System, guidance, something. Idk anything about hockey tactics or fundamentals, but I understand enough to know what I see on the ice. It's dumb and it needs to stop.

 

[TheGortonConspiracy]

Would Adam Graves be interested in coaching?

Someone give Esa Tikkanen a call, or maybe Mike Richter will wanna coach

How about Sean Avery
Now THAT would be entertaining

 

[TGWL]

It's not even like Zac Jones is that small. He has the exact same height and weight as Ryan Lindgren.

Besides Lindgren being bigger, which is he, have you seen the legs on Zac Jones? Not all height/weight is =, even if they were the same size. Players with more leg mass tend to be more grounded, harder to knock off the puck, and more physical when trying to knock others off the puck. With that said, I'd like to see Jones get a shot on the 3rd pair without the leash being so short.