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Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara back as consultant
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They probably are, but you never know.
Significant change is coming regardless.
AND IT BETTER NOT INCLUDE PROMOTING JAY LEACH TO HC.
Sacco is almost certainly a goner.
Almost any fundamentally sound defense first coach is better than Jim Montgomery, as the bar in that case is exceptionally low.
If it were up to me, and thank God it isn't, I would bring in Joel Quenneville.
That's not happening for obvious reasons.
I don't know who would be a proper fit for the Boston Bruins and the style of play I prefer.
Whoever is selected, it doesn't have to be someone from the old boys club (including JQ).
I'm also leery of "shiny new toys" with whiz bang offensive systems, boatloads of fawning praise, and gaudy winning percentages.
I've seen that one before and I got up and left a quarter of the way in.
Pitch my dinosaur requisites and "I don't want this, I don't want that" fussiness.
Who would you select as the Bruins next head coach?
While you're at it, touch down on Fantasy Island ("The plane! The plane!") and toss out a few candidates to replace Sweeney, Neely, or both.
You know my pipe dream (Z as GM; Patrice for Prez).
Without forking over for a time share as Mr. Roarke's neighbor, what's yours?
Say hey to Tatoo for me,
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Easier from up here
And then again maybe its just a move at this point to do nothing more than make Sweeney nervous.
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It's somewhere between blasphemy and fantasy island but Dale and/or Mark Hunter for management and Quenville as coach.They probably are, but you never know.
Significant change is coming regardless.
AND IT BETTER NOT INCLUDE PROMOTING JAY LEACH TO HC.
Sacco is almost certainly a goner.
Almost any fundamentally sound defense first coach is better than Jim Montgomery, as the bar in that case is exceptionally low.
If it were up to me, and thank God it isn't, I would bring in Joel Quenneville.
That's not happening for obvious reasons.
I don't know who would be a proper fit for the Boston Bruins and the style of play I prefer.
Whoever is selected, it doesn't have to be someone from the old boys club (including JQ).
I'm also leery of "shiny new toys" with whiz bang offensive systems, boatloads of fawning praise, and gaudy winning percentages.
I've seen that one before and I got up and left a quarter of the way in.
Pitch my dinosaur requisites and "I don't want this, I don't want that" fussiness.
Who would you select as the Bruins next head coach?
While you're at it, touch down on Fantasy Island ("The plane! The plane!") and toss out a few candidates to replace Sweeney, Neely, or both.
You know my pipe dream (Z as GM; Patrice for Prez).
Without forking over for a time share as Mr. Roarke's neighbor, what's yours?
Say hey to Tatoo for me,
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Love Z and I’m sure he’ll do well at whatever he’s doing but this doesn’t really excite me. Just seems like more of the same, adding to the boys club. Maybe it’s more the state of the team effecting my feeling on it.
Don’t think Sweeney or Neely has anything to be worried about with Z, going from a consultant to GM/Pres would be silly, he’s got a ways to go imo. Plus those two seem untouchable.
Don’t think Sweeney or Neely has anything to be worried about with Z, going from a consultant to GM/Pres would be silly, he’s got a ways to go imo. Plus those two seem untouchable.
So he's the captain, just behind the scenes, in a suit. Got it.
New GM. New coach. Everyone is on the trading block.
New GM. New coach. Everyone is on the trading block.
Tomorrow’s Globe:
The then-Bruins captain was working out at the Bruins facilities in January 2008 when Marchand, the future Bruins captain, caught his eye. Marchand was nowhere near Massachusetts, however. No, he was on TV in the Czech Republic representing Canada at the World Juniors.
Marchand scored a goal in a rout over the United States and executed an exuberant celebration as the world — and Chara — watched.
“I remember those stories that before I even became part of the team, I was at World Juniors and scored a goal against USA and I jumped on the glass, my stick fell, and [Chara] was in the gym watching and he was like, ‘Who is this clown doing all this?’ ” Marchand said, smiling at the recollection. “And the guys were like, ‘That’s our draft pick. You’re going to have to deal with him.’ ”
It was one of Marchand’s favorite stories about Chara.
Deal with Marchand Chara did.
Because he recognized Marchand’s potential to be an impact player, Chara embraced him and employed a “good cop, bad cop,” strategy to get the best out of the rambunctious winger.
“I think he was hard on me early to kind of get me to buy in and be part of it all,” said Marchand. “But it was pretty special to learn from a guy like that just to see that everything he did, there’s a method to it. There’s a reason behind it, not just for himself, but for every guy in the room and what the example he was trying to set and how he was trying to make everybody better.”
Chara, who served as Bruins captain from 2006-20, led by example and took the time to make sure his lessons and habits on and off the ice sunk in.
“Things that I still remember to this day, even in practice, about my body language. If I was practicing against him and if I did certain things, he’d know that I’d be frustrated and he’d just keep doing it to get me off my game, and with other guys, off their game,” said Marchand. “It’s things like that that I think about while I’m playing nowadays. So yeah, very grateful for all he’s done for me and for the game of hockey and for this organization.”
Marchand said he was very happy for Chara, who recently joined the Bruins’ front office, because Chara will be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in May and will be eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame this summer.
“Obviously very well-deserved,” he said. “He deserves to be in every hall of fame, I think, in hockey that there possibly could be.”
Chara’s impact on the Bruins still can be felt as Marchand has adopted some of the towering defenseman’s leadership traits.
“He was one of the guys that I can definitely look at and say that I learned the most from; the way that he controlled the environment of the room and wanted to push guys,” said Marchand. “And I met with him probably every second week, my first year just because of things that he didn’t like that I was doing or things I could improve on or things that he thought that I could be better at. And he was always trying to help me grow my game.”
Those lessons went well beyond Marchand’s rookie year, which ended with him and Chara lifting the Stanley Cup.
“Then as we got older and I had kids and stuff, I would show up at the rink at the same time as him because he’s always the first one there,” said Marchand. “And I spent way more time with him, and he started to really open up to me about why he did certain things and how he wanted to build, how he started to build this team and the culture and all that. And I learned a tremendous amount from him.”
Count Charlie McAvoy in that category as well.
As a young player, McAvoy, now a Bruins alternate captain, frequently paired with Chara. McAvoy now tries to guide his younger playing partners the way Chara helped mold his game.
“It was amazing,” said McAvoy. “I learned everything from him really. It’s funny, I found myself kind of thinking about it, trying to do it now for some of the guys we have, it won’t be a 40-year-old and a 19-year-old — I’m not there yet, but I know I try to impart some stuff on some guys when I can.
“But I just think about how he treated me and the respect that he treated everybody with, even though he was already a hall of famer and he was already a legend and one of the most notable people in the game and it was as blue collar, as humble as there was and who he was as a person and a player, what everybody should try and be and certainly what I try and be.”
McAvoy said Chara wasn’t always the loudest in the room, but when he chose to speak, he commanded respect.
“I think he was just such a presence physically, so it was more like he picked his spots and when he stood up it was almost like you all stopped and listened,” said McAvoy. “I think that was one of the biggest things about his leadership style was like, ‘OK, when Z stands up or Z closes the door, it’s like, all right, it’s time to wake up in here.”
Big brother was watching
Marchand’s very early antics caught Chara’s eyes
Brad Marchand made a strong impression on Zdeno Chara long before they met.The then-Bruins captain was working out at the Bruins facilities in January 2008 when Marchand, the future Bruins captain, caught his eye. Marchand was nowhere near Massachusetts, however. No, he was on TV in the Czech Republic representing Canada at the World Juniors.
Marchand scored a goal in a rout over the United States and executed an exuberant celebration as the world — and Chara — watched.
“I remember those stories that before I even became part of the team, I was at World Juniors and scored a goal against USA and I jumped on the glass, my stick fell, and [Chara] was in the gym watching and he was like, ‘Who is this clown doing all this?’ ” Marchand said, smiling at the recollection. “And the guys were like, ‘That’s our draft pick. You’re going to have to deal with him.’ ”
It was one of Marchand’s favorite stories about Chara.
Deal with Marchand Chara did.
Because he recognized Marchand’s potential to be an impact player, Chara embraced him and employed a “good cop, bad cop,” strategy to get the best out of the rambunctious winger.
“I think he was hard on me early to kind of get me to buy in and be part of it all,” said Marchand. “But it was pretty special to learn from a guy like that just to see that everything he did, there’s a method to it. There’s a reason behind it, not just for himself, but for every guy in the room and what the example he was trying to set and how he was trying to make everybody better.”
Chara, who served as Bruins captain from 2006-20, led by example and took the time to make sure his lessons and habits on and off the ice sunk in.
“Things that I still remember to this day, even in practice, about my body language. If I was practicing against him and if I did certain things, he’d know that I’d be frustrated and he’d just keep doing it to get me off my game, and with other guys, off their game,” said Marchand. “It’s things like that that I think about while I’m playing nowadays. So yeah, very grateful for all he’s done for me and for the game of hockey and for this organization.”
Marchand said he was very happy for Chara, who recently joined the Bruins’ front office, because Chara will be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in May and will be eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame this summer.
“Obviously very well-deserved,” he said. “He deserves to be in every hall of fame, I think, in hockey that there possibly could be.”
Chara’s impact on the Bruins still can be felt as Marchand has adopted some of the towering defenseman’s leadership traits.
“He was one of the guys that I can definitely look at and say that I learned the most from; the way that he controlled the environment of the room and wanted to push guys,” said Marchand. “And I met with him probably every second week, my first year just because of things that he didn’t like that I was doing or things I could improve on or things that he thought that I could be better at. And he was always trying to help me grow my game.”
Those lessons went well beyond Marchand’s rookie year, which ended with him and Chara lifting the Stanley Cup.
“Then as we got older and I had kids and stuff, I would show up at the rink at the same time as him because he’s always the first one there,” said Marchand. “And I spent way more time with him, and he started to really open up to me about why he did certain things and how he wanted to build, how he started to build this team and the culture and all that. And I learned a tremendous amount from him.”
Count Charlie McAvoy in that category as well.
As a young player, McAvoy, now a Bruins alternate captain, frequently paired with Chara. McAvoy now tries to guide his younger playing partners the way Chara helped mold his game.
“It was amazing,” said McAvoy. “I learned everything from him really. It’s funny, I found myself kind of thinking about it, trying to do it now for some of the guys we have, it won’t be a 40-year-old and a 19-year-old — I’m not there yet, but I know I try to impart some stuff on some guys when I can.
“But I just think about how he treated me and the respect that he treated everybody with, even though he was already a hall of famer and he was already a legend and one of the most notable people in the game and it was as blue collar, as humble as there was and who he was as a person and a player, what everybody should try and be and certainly what I try and be.”
McAvoy said Chara wasn’t always the loudest in the room, but when he chose to speak, he commanded respect.
“I think he was just such a presence physically, so it was more like he picked his spots and when he stood up it was almost like you all stopped and listened,” said McAvoy. “I think that was one of the biggest things about his leadership style was like, ‘OK, when Z stands up or Z closes the door, it’s like, all right, it’s time to wake up in here.”
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