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Post by PTH on Feb 6, 2016 12:30:35 GMT -5
Interim coach maybe? IceCaps? Or Management simply went to get the point of view of a coach that was there during another troubled season... Let's not forget they got Serge Savard to help hire Bergevin, so it fits with the recent MO.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 6, 2016 12:34:40 GMT -5
This is very interesting and it may explain a few things, for sure ... wish I had been in the car to hear that one, MikeG ... if true, this is a VERY interesting revelation ... Cheers. Makes sense MT is a Lemaire disciple and he would go to him for advice Lemaire never did get along with Lafleur, right? Those skill guys are such headaches.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 6, 2016 12:40:00 GMT -5
You say potayto and I say potahto. You say he inherited the scoring and I say he contributed to it. His 2011/12 Lightning missed the playoffs after going to the 3rd round the year before. His defence consisted of MA Bergeron , a 20 year old Victor Hedman , a 32 year old Eric Brewer on his last legs , Keith Aulie , Matt Gilroy , Brett Clark , Bruno Gervais and Brendan Mikkelson . I'd go to war with those guys. C'mon Skilly. That's a putrid defense. Boucher is supposed to generate offense with those guys? They still put up 2.83 goals per game, which is pretty darn good. And the following year they added Matt Carle , led their defense in points and Sami Salo , led their defense in plus/minus and still missed the playoffs. You've heard me more than once say I don't buy into the philosophy that defense creates offense. Offensive players create offensive. What got Boucher fired was he couldn't figure out how to keep the puck out of their own net. Going to far as to rely on the trap with one of the best offensive teams in the league. Where you say PK Subban and Brendan Gallagher would have been the same player no matter who the coach was , I'll use the same arguement with Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis. Boucher didn't have to worry about the offense in Tampa, and he couldn't coach defense. In Montreal, we need offense, ...heck we now even need defense. I just don't see Boucher as the type of coach they need. I'm willing to be proved wrong. I won't be upset if he does get the job. But he won't have the offense behind him in Montreal, and Carey Price will hide a lot of his warts too. Could be Skilly. His teams have not had trouble scoring, just saying. Saved by Matt Carle and Sami Salo. Salo was hurt a lot when I watched him in Vancouver. Decent when healthy.
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