Confirmed with Link: Wings Fire Lalonde and Hire Todd McLellan

[Gniwder]

At least now we know what Lalonde did to Larkin.
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I think he did it to the whole team, lol. Team has played heartless all season, now we know why.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Temple of Doom references, I approve.

 

[cvaicunas]

[Bultman] Todd McLellan talked last night about the Red Wings looking mechanical. At today’s practice, one of the coaching points we could hear from up top was, “Play f***ing hockey. You’re done it your whole lives.”​

 

[Euro Twins]

The fact that we didn't hire another bald guy is nice.

Oh but we did. Trent yawny

 

[ShanahanMan]

Is this a subtle shot at the vets or am I reading into it?

 

[RED WINGS STOMP]

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Is this a subtle shot at the vets or am I reading into it?

Probably not, but it should be, they are the ones who got him fired.

 

[Euro Twins]

Probably not, but it should be, they are the ones who got him fired.

He got himself fired though. He was in over his head. Sad to see but it happens

 

[Euro Twins]

Now that I've had a couple days to digest this, I'm really liking the choice of coach. McLellan has a proven track record of making regular season juggernauts. If he can at least get us over 500 and back into a wild card and help the team improve to .600+ team again, that would be amazing and I doubt we'd have too many upset about that.

His biggest downfall as a head coach has been playoff success. But with a gm like Steve Yzerman, this may very well be the best opportunity he has to finally break that barrier in time.

He's come full circle back as coach where it all started and where he got his name etched on the cup.

I'm 100% bought in

 

[Oddbob]

I'm still waiting for Motte to show up. It's been 34 games and I can't point to one thing that indicates he's an NHL player.

EDIT: In fact, I think the one of the best things McLellan can do right out of the gate is to tell all of the UofM boys that, "it's cute that you all went to school together down the road, but that doesn't mean shit to me, start playing like you want to stay in the NHL."

His stats are not great, but he plays every shift with energy. Almost all the rest of the team doesn't play each shift that way. If the rest of the team played with his energy we might actually be doing good.

 

[Oddbob]

This sounds like a thing I heard that Paul Coffey had told defenceman he was coaching, (paraphrasing) "make actual plays, as your are top end players in all the world, you have the ability to make actual hockey plays".

 

[OneMoreTry]

Is this a subtle shot at the vets or am I reading into it?

Might be a subtle shot at Yzerman, for signing washed-up, underperforming vets who needed to be played.

 

[Gniwder]

His biggest downfall as a head coach has been playoff success. But with a gm like Steve Yzerman, this may very well be the best opportunity he has to finally break that barrier in time.

It took Barry Trotz 11 tries to get past the second round, and he won the Cup.

As for playoff success, that's really gonna depend on how MBN, Danielson, and Cossa/Gus turn out. Teams without a 2C generally don't make it past the first round.

 

[sepster]

It took Barry Trotz 11 tries to get past the second round, and he won the Cup.

As for playoff success, that's really gonna depend on how MBN, Danielson, and Cossa/Gus turn out. Teams without a 2C generally don't make it past the first round.

And Joel Quenneville. He was a head coach for 12 seasons, getting fired once, missing the playoffs another time, and not once making it to the finals before winning his first Cup. Most of his tenure with the Blues I thought he was an overrated, underachieving hack. Turns out he was a decent coach... just a total scumbag too.

 

[Gniwder]

BTW, Chiarot usually plays better with a new coach for a couple of dozen games. He'll start doing stupid shit once he finds his comfort zone, so I hope Todd keeps him uncomfortable, lol.

Just figured I'd mention it here as a prediction because he'll play well for a while.... then leave everyone wondering why he went back to playing like shit at the end of the season.