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Post by joehockey on Jan 7, 2019 22:00:01 GMT -4
Who would be available in Ottawa that would be a good fit? Alain vingeault I don’t think he’s there for Wildcats business but if I had to guess maybe Tourigny wants back to the Q and would want to be GM and HC |
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Post by Arnold Slick on Jan 7, 2019 22:15:27 GMT -4
I don’t think he’s there for Wildcats business but if I had to guess maybe Tourigny wants back to the Q and would want to be GM and HC Tourigny is head coach and VP of hockey operations with a powerhouse Ottawa 67’s team. He isn’t going anywhere. |
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Post by joehockey on Jan 7, 2019 23:27:43 GMT -4
I don’t think he’s there for Wildcats business but if I had to guess maybe Tourigny wants back to the Q and would want to be GM and HC Tourigny is head coach and VP of hockey operations with a powerhouse Ottawa 67’s team. He isn’t going anywhere. Yeah, he’s not coming this year. I doubt they find a permanent guy until the off-season. I think Irving will be motivated to win and will spend a lot of money on a coach/GM this time around. |
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Post by lirette on Jan 8, 2019 12:51:35 GMT -4
I'll be curious to see how Khovanov responds to a new coach. He's gotten his fair share of benchings throughout the last 2 years under Rumble. Some of them warranted while other ones seemed more like whipping boy type ones.
For example he was benched against SJ while the Cats were down a goal with under 4 minutes to play against SJ for mouthing off at Mat Hicks. That's fine, but were lots of other players whining to the refs all game including Hudson & McKenna and nothing was done with those players. Khovanov had a ton of nice setups all game and might have been a difference maker in getting the win.
For the most part Khovanov is willing to backcheck and plays physical. He mostly struggles with taking dumb penalties and getting distracted with scrums and mixing it up and also tends to embellish. While its part of his game I'd love to see him refocus and take his game to another level that we've seen before and focus on what he can do offensely. I don't want him to remove the physicality but just have more awareness of the situation and when to agitate or not. He's the forward I see who might see the biggest benefit from a new coach.
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Post by jimmy on Jan 8, 2019 13:40:08 GMT -4
Stephane Paquette floats the possibility of the return of a former coach and mentions Ted Nolan, Danny Flynn, John Torchetti, or Real Paiement. Also mentions that Quebec sources have floated Aigles Bleus coach Judes Vallee's name.
Article mentions that they would like to have a coach this week, but will wait if necessary, and that they would prefer a permanent coach but are open to considering someone for the rest of the season if necessary.
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Post by joehockey on Jan 8, 2019 14:43:06 GMT -4
Stephane Paquette floats the possibility of the return of a former coach and mentions Ted Nolan, Danny Flynn, John Torchetti, or Real Paiement. Also mentions that Quebec sources have floated Aigles Bleus coach Judes Vallee's name. Article mentions that they would like to have a coach this week, but will wait if necessary, and that they would prefer a permanent coach but are open to considering someone for the rest of the season if necessary. I really hope they don’t rush it to hire a permanent coach right now. Why not wait until the off-season and take your time finding the right person. |
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Post by SteveUL on Jan 8, 2019 14:56:33 GMT -4
Stephane Paquette floats the possibility of the return of a former coach and mentions Ted Nolan, Danny Flynn, John Torchetti, or Real Paiement. Also mentions that Quebec sources have floated Aigles Bleus coach Judes Vallee's name. Article mentions that they would like to have a coach this week, but will wait if necessary, and that they would prefer a permanent coach but are open to considering someone for the rest of the season if necessary. I could see a guy like Nolan coming for the rest of the season as a favour to Irving ... and he might even be convinced to come back next year with a contending team if he can be GM as well. |
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Post by jimmy on Jan 8, 2019 14:59:29 GMT -4
Stephane Paquette floats the possibility of the return of a former coach and mentions Ted Nolan, Danny Flynn, John Torchetti, or Real Paiement. Also mentions that Quebec sources have floated Aigles Bleus coach Judes Vallee's name. Article mentions that they would like to have a coach this week, but will wait if necessary, and that they would prefer a permanent coach but are open to considering someone for the rest of the season if necessary. I could see a guy like Nolan coming for the rest of the season as a favour to Irving ... and he might even be convinced to come back next year with a contending team if he can be GM as well. Here is a scenario to contemplate ... Knowing that Hepditch was a favourite of Nolan's in his playing days ... Nolan comes in to be coach and GM for the rest of this season and next (when we figure to be among the top contenders), all the while grooming Hepditch to take over in 2020 ... not totally far fetched IMO. |
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Post by SteveUL on Jan 8, 2019 15:07:39 GMT -4
I'll be curious to see how Khovanov responds to a new coach. He's gotten his fair share of benchings throughout the last 2 years under Rumble. Some of them warranted while other ones seemed more like whipping boy type ones. For example he was benched against SJ while the Cats were down a goal with under 4 minutes to play against SJ for mouthing off at Mat Hicks. That's fine, but were lots of other players whining to the refs all game including Hudson & McKenna and nothing was done with those players. Khovanov had a ton of nice setups all game and might have been a difference maker in getting the win. For the most part Khovanov is willing to backcheck and plays physical. He mostly struggles with taking dumb penalties and getting distracted with scrums and mixing it up and also tends to embellish. While its part of his game I'd love to see him refocus and take his game to another level that we've seen before and focus on what he can do offensely. I don't want him to remove the physicality but just have more awareness of the situation and when to agitate or not. He's the forward I see who might see the biggest benefit from a new coach. In Khovanov I see a waste of great talent. He has a huge ego and it is so easy to get inside his head and throw him off. Last week vs SJ (in Moncton), Robbie Burt scored and did Khovanov's wing flap celebration ... they exchanged words and jawed at each other for a bit. Next time they were out on the ice together Khovanov took a run at Burt and took a penalty. I called it before it happened ... you could see it coming from a mile away. Keeping this kid off the ice in key situations is the best idea. He takes too many stupid penalties and rarely ever gives you 100%. This kid is super talented but its all being wasted by his ego. He is terrible defensively because he is too nonchalant with the puck. His embellishments infuriate me. And the Refs give him no leeway on penalty calls because of it. |
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Post by SteveUL on Jan 8, 2019 15:08:14 GMT -4
I could see a guy like Nolan coming for the rest of the season as a favour to Irving ... and he might even be convinced to come back next year with a contending team if he can be GM as well. Here is a scenario to contemplate ... Knowing that Hepditch was a favourite of Nolan's in his playing days ... Nolan comes in to be coach and GM for the rest of this season and next (when we figure to be among the top contenders), all the while grooming Hepditch to take over in 2020 ... not totally far fetched IMO. I've thought the same thing. |
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Post by lirette on Jan 8, 2019 15:31:36 GMT -4
I'd be pretty surprised to see Flynn back in any capacity. I'm sure he was happy to get outta here after the forced Danault trade and then slowly removing his responsibilities before letting him go.
Paiement doesn't overly interest me.
Jon Goyens who runs Lac-St-Louis Lions would be some interesting new blood but he's been running that program for so long I don't know if there's any interest.
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Post by hockeywatcher on Jan 8, 2019 16:40:07 GMT -4
 Its a real shame that the coach takes the fall for a gm that wont do his job and manage the teams assets properly. If anyone knows Mr.Irving -even if his cats are in 14th place he wants to win. That's how he runs his personal and business life. He has a team that's in the top 5 and all they had to do was move 1-2 guys and get whats needed. You can see they are lacking player leadership. Maybe off the ice is fine but on the ice they have no identity. Then to add more 19 year olds, to hopefully hang on till next year. Then what are those guys as 20's worth. Moncton has never managed their team like Charlottetown or CB, risks are needed but smart risks. Unless management just wants to keep there jobs by staying in the middle of the pack every year.
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Post by Naomi on Jan 8, 2019 16:43:00 GMT -4
I'll be curious to see how Khovanov responds to a new coach. He's gotten his fair share of benchings throughout the last 2 years under Rumble. Some of them warranted while other ones seemed more like whipping boy type ones. For example he was benched against SJ while the Cats were down a goal with under 4 minutes to play against SJ for mouthing off at Mat Hicks. That's fine, but were lots of other players whining to the refs all game including Hudson & McKenna and nothing was done with those players. Khovanov had a ton of nice setups all game and might have been a difference maker in getting the win. For the most part Khovanov is willing to backcheck and plays physical. He mostly struggles with taking dumb penalties and getting distracted with scrums and mixing it up and also tends to embellish. While its part of his game I'd love to see him refocus and take his game to another level that we've seen before and focus on what he can do offensely. I don't want him to remove the physicality but just have more awareness of the situation and when to agitate or not. He's the forward I see who might see the biggest benefit from a new coach. He mouthed off at the ref in the game here in Charlottetown, got the extra 2. Can't recall seeing him much after that. |
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Post by ronmac on Jan 8, 2019 16:50:08 GMT -4
Its a real shame that the coach takes the fall for a gm that wont do his job and manage the teams assets properly. If anyone knows Mr.Irving -even if his cats are in 14th place he wants to win. That's how he runs his personal and business life. He has a team that's in the top 5 and all they had to do was move 1-2 guys and get whats needed. You can see they are lacking player leadership. Maybe off the ice is fine but on the ice they have no identity. Then to add more 19 year olds, to hopefully hang on till next year. Then what are those guys as 20's worth. Moncton has never managed their team like Charlottetown or CB, risks are needed but smart risks. Unless management just wants to keep there jobs by staying in the middle of the pack every year. I am sure that is the plan, stay just good enough to have a couple of rounds in the playoffs, I was a STH for 21 years, and the last 6 or 7 years, I am sure that is the plan. sad for STH who support this team year after year. |
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Post by riverviewroyal on Jan 8, 2019 17:56:58 GMT -4
I'll be curious to see how Khovanov responds to a new coach. He's gotten his fair share of benchings throughout the last 2 years under Rumble. Some of them warranted while other ones seemed more like whipping boy type ones. For example he was benched against SJ while the Cats were down a goal with under 4 minutes to play against SJ for mouthing off at Mat Hicks. That's fine, but were lots of other players whining to the refs all game including Hudson & McKenna and nothing was done with those players. Khovanov had a ton of nice setups all game and might have been a difference maker in getting the win. For the most part Khovanov is willing to backcheck and plays physical. He mostly struggles with taking dumb penalties and getting distracted with scrums and mixing it up and also tends to embellish. While its part of his game I'd love to see him refocus and take his game to another level that we've seen before and focus on what he can do offensely. I don't want him to remove the physicality but just have more awareness of the situation and when to agitate or not. He's the forward I see who might see the biggest benefit from a new coach. In Khovanov I see a waste of great talent. He has a huge ego and it is so easy to get inside his head and throw him off. Last week vs SJ (in Moncton), Robbie Burt scored and did Khovanov's wing flap celebration ... they exchanged words and jawed at each other for a bit. Next time they were out on the ice together Khovanov took a run at Burt and took a penalty. I called it before it happened ... you could see it coming from a mile away. Keeping this kid off the ice in key situations is the best idea. He takes too many stupid penalties and rarely ever gives you 100%. This kid is super talented but its all being wasted by his ego. He is terrible defensively because he is too nonchalant with the puck. His embellishments infuriate me. And the Refs give him no leeway on penalty calls because of it. Everybody was saying the same things about Conor Garland, care to take a gander at where he's excelling at now? So you're saying you'd keep one of your top scorers off of the ice when you badly need a goal? Glad you aren't coaching anywhere, if so then I feel sorry for that team unless it's Minor Hockey Yes, he can take unwarranted penalties just like every player his type does. And news flash in case you didn't figure it out yet, this type of player is much more common in today's hockey. They are emotional and only being 18 years old obviously these players take some grooming. But to say he doesn't give 100% and he shouldn't be on the ice in key situations is one of the dumbest things I've seen said about a player |
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Its a real shame that the coach takes the fall for a gm that wont do his job and manage the teams assets properly. If anyone knows Mr.Irving -even if his cats are in 14th place he wants to win. That's how he runs his personal and business life. He has a team that's in the top 5 and all they had to do was move 1-2 guys and get whats needed. You can see they are lacking player leadership. Maybe off the ice is fine but on the ice they have no identity. Then to add more 19 year olds, to hopefully hang on till next year. Then what are those guys as 20's worth. Moncton has never managed their team like Charlottetown or CB, risks are needed but smart risks. Unless management just wants to keep there jobs by staying in the middle of the pack every year.
