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

[will1066]

Rangers wouldn't have been shut out twice vs this putrid NJD goaltending if Emily was HC

Filip Chytil would have 10 goals in the series because he loves Emily and would do anything for her.

 

[Boris Zubov]

We've got an analytics expert, systems people, north-south people, some very Canadian folks, someone who despises overpaid, bad goaltending, people everywhere looking at prospects, finance and budget experts who know exactly the cap space we have by the minute, and people who hate Panarin and are creative in driving him out of town.

We have every area covered.

I'd actually drive him out of town. Mileage is not an issue.

Ed

Snowblind gives the pregame speeches to the goalies.

 

[RangerBoy]

The way you started this post made me think you were trying to say Emily needs to be our future HC.

I would rather have Emily than Laviolette and Babcock. She could talk to the players in their native tongues.

 

[McRanger92]

I would rather have Emily than Laviolette and Babcock. She could talk to the players in their native tongues.

Native tongue, eh? Sounds oddly sexual

 

[RangerBoy]

Elliotte Friedman on the new 32T podcast wondered if the Rangers would take a look at Babcock. Other teams have considered Babcock. Detroit thought about it last year. The Caps considered Babcock prior to hiring Laviolette. He said people don't see the Rangers going the fresh face route because that's not the Rangers way. He said Sullivan is the guy the Rangers want. Marek asked about Roy. Oh boy.

• On Mike Babcock, “I do wonder if Babcock is on their radar. I think one of the things here is it’s hard to see the Rangers going new. It just doesn’t fit their MO. It doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t go new, it’s just that their MO is not to do that.
• “If Sullivan is not available, who else kind of fits the bill? Babcock is….Washington went pretty far down the road with him when they hired Peter Laviolette. I have some suspicion, although I am never going to find out, it’s not the kind of thing he’d ever admit, but I would think that Detroit at least thought about the possibility of it last year before they hired Derek Lalonde. I think teams have considered it, nobody has necessarily taken the step. I’m wondering how much the Rangers are going to consider this, I think he is someone who is on their radar.”
• On Patrick Roy, “It wouldn’t surprise me, Roy also has the personality to handle that. It would surprise me if he didn’t at least look at it, for sure.”

But a lot of that is no doubt tied to the numerous hits to Babcock’s reputation delivered by or on behalf of former players. There is, of course, the story of Babcock asking a young Mitch Marner to rank teammates from hardest-working to least-hardest-working, only to have the list revealed to teammates. There’s also the sad tale of Johan Franzen, the former Detroit Red Wings forward who has called Babcock a “bully” and “the worst (person) I ever met.” Franzen has said that Babcock’s repeated verbal attacks often left him “terrified” to go to the rink. His claims have been backed up by the likes of Hall of Famer Chris Chelios. And there’ve been other former players who’ve added to the pile.

Former Red Wings defenceman Mike Commodore, on the occasion of Babcock’s firing, tweeted that the Leafs quit on Babcock because he’s “a terrible human being,” not to mention “an average coach with an extremely oversized ego.”

Mark Fraser, the former Leaf, chimed in: “Anyone who thinks (Commodore) needs to lay off Babs just doesn’t understand how much hate players have for him.”

Dave Feschuk: If former Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock is retired, it ends a stunning fall from grace in an otherwise impressive career

Toronto fired Babcock in 2019 and he went from supercoach status to irrelevance in the span of a few short years.

www.thestar.com

This is the guy the Rangers are considering as head coach??????

On the bright side, Panarin may ask for a trade if Babcock is the coach.

 

[Anthony5967]

Elliotte Friedman on the new 32T podcast wondered if the Rangers would take a look at Babcock. Other teams have considered Babcock. Detroit thought about it last year. The Caps considered Babcock prior to hiring Laviolette. He said people don't see the Rangers going the fresh face route because that's not the Rangers way. He said Sullivan is the guy the Rangers want. Marek asked about Roy. Oh boy.

Dave Feschuk: If former Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock is retired, it ends a stunning fall from grace in an otherwise impressive career

Toronto fired Babcock in 2019 and he went from supercoach status to irrelevance in the span of a few short years.

www.thestar.com

This is the guy the Rangers are considering as head coach??????

On the bright side, Panarin may ask for a trade if Babcock is the coach.

That's the plan!

 

[Doctyl]

Would love to see Kakko’s list of hardest working to least hardest working players tbh

 

[will1066]

Elliotte Friedman on the new 32T podcast wondered if the Rangers would take a look at Babcock. Other teams have considered Babcock. Detroit thought about it last year. The Caps considered Babcock prior to hiring Laviolette. He said people don't see the Rangers going the fresh face route because that's not the Rangers way. He said Sullivan is the guy the Rangers want. Marek asked about Roy. Oh boy.

Dave Feschuk: If former Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock is retired, it ends a stunning fall from grace in an otherwise impressive career

Toronto fired Babcock in 2019 and he went from supercoach status to irrelevance in the span of a few short years.

www.thestar.com

This is the guy the Rangers are considering as head coach??????

On the bright side, Panarin may ask for a trade if Babcock is the coach.

Babcock is what this team needs, if only to accelerate the teardown.

 

[McRanger92]

Elliotte Friedman on the new 32T podcast wondered if the Rangers would take a look at Babcock. Other teams have considered Babcock. Detroit thought about it last year. The Caps considered Babcock prior to hiring Laviolette. He said people don't see the Rangers going the fresh face route because that's not the Rangers way. He said Sullivan is the guy the Rangers want. Marek asked about Roy. Oh boy.

Dave Feschuk: If former Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock is retired, it ends a stunning fall from grace in an otherwise impressive career

Toronto fired Babcock in 2019 and he went from supercoach status to irrelevance in the span of a few short years.

www.thestar.com

This is the guy the Rangers are considering as head coach??????

On the bright side, Panarin may ask for a trade if Babcock is the coach.

Babcock being mean to the players is a feature not a bug. The Rangers havent had a coach do anything but coddle them since Torts was fired 10 years ago.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Babcock being mean to the players is a feature not a bug. The Rangers havent had a coach do anything but coddle them since Torts was fired 10 years ago.

IDK, Gallant did some pretty good yelling at Trocheck and Zibanejad

 

[McRanger92]

IDK, Gallant did some pretty good yelling at Trocheck and Zibanejad

yeah in Game 7 down 3 zip. Impeccable timing by Uncle Fester.

 

[TominNC]

Babcock being mean to the players is a feature not a bug. The Rangers havent had a coach do anything but coddle them since Torts was fired 10 years ago.

Fans were happy to run Torts out. Now fans long for just his style.

 

[McRanger92]

Fans were happy to run Torts out. Now fans long for just his style.

Torts ran his course but the attitude he instilled in the team was there after he was gone. 3 straight hand-off coaches, time to try something different.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Elliotte Friedman on the new 32T podcast wondered if the Rangers would take a look at Babcock. Other teams have considered Babcock. Detroit thought about it last year. The Caps considered Babcock prior to hiring Laviolette. He said people don't see the Rangers going the fresh face route because that's not the Rangers way. He said Sullivan is the guy the Rangers want. Marek asked about Roy. Oh boy.

Dave Feschuk: If former Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock is retired, it ends a stunning fall from grace in an otherwise impressive career

Toronto fired Babcock in 2019 and he went from supercoach status to irrelevance in the span of a few short years.

www.thestar.com

This is the guy the Rangers are considering as head coach??????

On the bright side, Panarin may ask for a trade if Babcock is the coach.

Why do national media figures keep saying the Rangers won't go the fresh face route "because that's not the Rangers way" when literally our last coach before Gallant was a fresh face with zero NHL head coaching experience?

These national guys have next to no clue what's going on with the Rangers and they just pitch their best guesses based on the people involved and throw shit at the wall. Same reason the second the Rangers were eliminated they start reporting about interest in Quenneville immediately even through Gallant wasn't even fired and Drury hadn't even done breakup day yet. These national guys are clowns.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Yeah this was way more speculative than the Gallant info that they had.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Why do national media figures keep saying the Rangers won't go the fresh face route "because that's not the Rangers way" when literally our last coach before Gallant was a fresh face with zero NHL head coaching experience?

These national guys have next to no clue what's going on with the Rangers and they just pitch their best guesses based on the people involved and throw shit at the wall. Same reason the second the Rangers were eliminated they start reporting about interest in Quenneville immediately even through Gallant wasn't even fired and Drury hadn't even done breakup day yet. These national guys are clowns.

Totally different situation though

That team was entering a “rebuild” and it didn’t really matter if the guy coming in had no experience

Drury’s ass is on the line this time and has Dolan breathing down his neck. I can see why he doesn’t feel comfortable handing the keys to a guy who has never been a head coach at this level

 

[Machinehead]

Laviolette looks fat and bloated.

"looks"

 

[Machinehead]

yeah in Game 7 down 3 zip. Impeccable timing by Uncle Fester.

Also, he mostly yelled at Zibanejad when Zibanejad yelled at the refs.

"Stop being mad about losing, Mika!"

 

[Filip Chytil]

Laviolette looks fat and bloated.

Perhaps Mika can convert him to a vegan diet and he can look healthier. Plus, Mika will have someone to dine with at his tofu restaurants rather than eating alone. Everyone wins. Drury should hire him.

 

[Machinehead]

What am I gonna do with this official Gallant controller?

 

[McRanger92]

Also, he mostly yelled at Zibanejad when Zibanejad yelled at the refs.

"Stop being mad about losing, Mika!"

Mika does need to cut that shit out, but yeah

 

[Profet]

Fans were happy to run Torts out. Now fans long for just his style.

Yes... This is absolutely true... and I am one of those people.

Torts absolutely should have been fired when he was. And it wasn't because he was a bad coach. Coaches like him have an expiration date, and that's perfectly fine.

Torts absolutely would be an amazing coach for this group of players.

What am I gonna do with this official Gallant controller?
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Where is the "Let Trouba QB PP2" button?

That team was entering a “rebuild” and it didn’t really matter if the guy coming in had no experience

Sadly this is completely false.
It absolute mattered, and they absolutely Rongo'd it.

 

[MrAlmost]

Based on everything I can gather from reports and radio, the Rangers are not looking at an old hardass. Q, Sutter and Lav have all basically been confirmed out in various ways. That suggests they are looking for something different, and Babcock, Hartley and Sullivan aren't it.

Various reports pumping the tires of Leach and Knobluach. And that's just 2 so far. I think there will be more.

I do not believe a single word out of Friedman, Dreger, Weekes, or Marek's mouth. These guys have never known a single thing about the Rangers org and have never broken anything related to the team. Maybe Weekes has once cause he has sources, but the other 3 are about as reliable as me. f*** them and the clickbait horse they rode in on.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Good. No interest in him. He had a powerhouse team for years, heck @EdJovanovski as coach could have won stanley cups with a prime Crosby, Malkin, Fleury, and Letang.

 

[Kravtsov420]

What am I gonna do with this official Gallant controller?
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To be fair Quinn also had a yell at/blame Kakko button.

Also add a “Play Strome more than 60 minutes” button.