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2011-2012 NHL Thread

Sarge said:
Madferret said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't Sutter & deBoer both fired / let go last season?
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Yup but obviously, they were let go from different positions. Sutter the modern day Pat Quinn? Decent enough coach who should stay away from management?
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I heard the first thing Sutter did when he got to LA was challenge the sun to a staring contest

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Would you trade Ovechkin?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/why-devils-kings-evidence-capitals-shouldn-t-trade-001707164.html;_ylt=AtbHUZoliaCutR6F17s92E17vLYF
 
Corn Flake said:
Madferret said:
Therrien might be going back to Montreal?!?
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This would be good... for the other 4 teams in the Northeast.
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:D :D I was thinking the same thing.  I'm praying they get the worst possible coach at the worst possible time.
 
Zee said:
Sarge said:
... Or Crawford.
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How's his french?  I suppose he can handle himself in french given he used to coach the Nordique?
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Quebec City then was probably more demanding about a having a coach who could speak french. Crawford also played in the Q as a junior so I would think he's capable of handling that aspect of the job.
 
seahawk said:
Quebec City then was probably more demanding about a having a coach who could speak french. Crawford also played in the Q as a junior so I would think he's capable of handling that aspect of the job.
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Quebec City then was about to lose their team, so, my guess is they had many more pressing concerns than a coach who could speak French.
 
Miller: The thing about Kerry Fraser was he was always consistent and he was always recognizable because he didn't wear a helmet and he had that great hair. His hair never, ever got missed up. It was unbelievable. He must have had cement on that thing.
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Compelling argument there.

Hrudey: It actually drives me crazy when people in Toronto talk about that play because we had to play Game 7 in their building. It's ridiculous that you would think that had some bearing on the outcome.
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Sigh.
 
Potvin29 said:
Hrudey: It actually drives me crazy when people in Toronto talk about that play because we had to play Game 7 in their building. It's ridiculous that you would think that had some bearing on the outcome.
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Sigh.
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He's kind of right though. I mean, who ever heard of a five minute power play helping a team in overtime?
 
Nik? said:
He's kind of right though. I mean, who ever heard of a five minute power play helping a team in overtime?
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And, it's not like losing their best player for the rest of the game would have had any impact on the Kings. I'm sure, somehow, Gretzky still would have scored the winning goal.
 
bustaheims said:
Nik? said:
He's kind of right though. I mean, who ever heard of a five minute power play helping a team in overtime?
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And, it's not like losing their best player for the rest of the game would have had any impact on the Kings. I'm sure, somehow, Gretzky still would have scored the winning goal.
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And the Leafs really wouldn't have wanted Gilmour on the ice, anyway.
 
John Davidson, president of hockey operations for the St. Louis Blues, interviewed last week for an executive-level position with the Blue Jackets, The Dispatch has learned via NHL sources.

Davidson, 59, was in Columbus on May 29 to interview with Blue Jackets? majority owner John P. McConnell and club president Mike Priest.

Neither McConnell nor Priest would comment on the club?s interest in Davidson last week when The Dispatch requested an interview. Through a club spokesman, McConnell said that his franchise will continue to ?pursue every opportunity to improve as a hockey club.?

It?s unclear what role Davidson might fill with the Blue Jackets, or how his addition would affect the role of Priest, or others. In St. Louis, he presided over an experienced and accomplished hockey operations staff, but Columbus has one of the most inexperienced front offices in the NHL.

Also to consider is what impact Davidson?s arrival would have on the impending trade of Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash, who asked to be traded last winter after he was told by management that the Jackets were rebuilding. One NHL source said he suspected a meeting between Davidson and Nash would be one of the first items on Davidson?s agenda should he join the Blue Jackets.

Davidson is nearing the end of a 30-day window in his contract in which he is allowed to pursue opportunities with other NHL clubs. The window was triggered, per his contract, when Blues were purchased by Tom Stillman on May 9, and closes on Friday.

Maybe Columbus is starting to realize that they need more hockey people?
 
I was surprised/shocked to hear on TSN1050 the other day that Steve Ludzik has been battling Parkinson's for the last 12 years.  Based on his profile, it looks like it was while his was finishing off, or just after, his tenure as coach of the Lightning.

He is sure in his notion that it was from too many blows to his head over his career. 
 
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