De Boer will not be our coach

[K-Man #32]

Islanders fire Patrick Roy, name Peter DeBoer head coach

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[emsomaso]

No worries!! There will be ZERO changes for this team next season! Smith will be named our full time coach, Holland will continue to be our GM and Luc will for sure still be there…

 

[dannybuoy1]

Maybe Luc can hire Glen Murray. Because he is stupid enough to do it. And we are right there.

 

[K-Man #32]

Dj Smith will be back next year bank on it

 

[Clif]

People thinking Smith will be named head coach having nothing to back it up but empty cynicism. Kings will have plenty of problems next season but Smith as head coach won’t be one of them.

 

[King of Pentacle5]

No worries!! There will be ZERO changes for this team next season! Smith will be named our full time coach, Holland will continue to be our GM and Luc will for sure still be there…

 

[DoubleMinor]

People thinking Smith will be named head coach having nothing to back it up but empty cynicism. Kings will have plenty of problems next season but Smith as head coach won’t be one of them.

Which coach who is available is of interest? Cassidy?
Berube & Roy are looking for work but don’t see either as the answer.

 

[King of Pentacle5]

Which coach who is available is of interest? Cassidy?
Berube & Roy are looking for work but don’t see either as the answer.

Gallant

 

[DoubleMinor]

Gallant

Yeah, not a fan but someone has to be hired.

 

[DryKing]

Gallant

He's who I'd want and would be a great addition but I suspect he won't be healthy enough to join a team anytime soon. My 2nd choice would be Cassidy.

 

[JayWells24]

I think the Islanders knew that if they didn't scoop up DeBoer that another team would (possibly even the Kings) once the season ended. They just pulled the trigger early to avoid that.

I don't ever recall 2 coaches getting canned in the same season with very few games left.

 

[DoubleMinor]

I think the Islanders knew that if they didn't scoop up DeBoer that another team would (possibly even the Kings) once the season ended. They just pulled the trigger early to avoid that.

I don't ever recall 2 coaches getting canned in the same season with very few games left.

Weren’t there reports that DeBoer wouldn’t go to a team that fired their coach before the offseason? Obviously he chose NYI over other likely options that would present in the offseason.

Re the late season coaching terminations, for me it seems more unusual that a coach of a team in a playoff position would get canned just a couple weeks from the regular season ending. Vegas was certainly looking at missing the playoffs without a change.

 

[DoubleMinor]

He's who I'd want and would be a great addition but I suspect he won't be healthy enough to join a team anytime soon. My 2nd choice would be Cassidy.

I’ll bite…
What are your reasons for these guys?

 

[SirJW]

Why not Roy then?

 

[DryKing]

I’ll bite…
What are your reasons for these guys?

For Gallant, I like the style he implements on the ice (forechecking, speed, hitting and offensively focused) as well as the environment he is known to build (positive culture / player's coach). He also has a strong record when it comes to results (though he has never won the Cup). He took Vegas to the Finals and won the Jack Adams in 2018.

Cassidy I'm not really a fan of but he has won the Cup (and brought Boston to the Finals) and has had a very successful career thus far. He also won the Jack Adams in 2020. I don't see a better option than him, currently available, when it comes to winning percentage / overall success. Apparently he has a history of not getting along with management well, however. With Luc in charge, I doubt we see him leading the Kings.

 

[05/29/93]

Why not Roy then?

1993, that's why.
In all seriousness, it would be ironic if he wound up on the Kings for that reason alone.

 

[Birdman]

I want Cassidy and Stevens

 

[orpheus]

They can wait until the Islanders fire him 12 games into next season.

 

[TooCool]

At this rate, Luc is gonna be like "We have decided to give Hiller a 2nd chance"

 

[DoubleMinor]

For Gallant, I like the style he implements on the ice (forechecking, speed, hitting and offensively focused) as well as the environment he is known to build (positive culture / player's coach). He also has a strong record when it comes to results (though he has never won the Cup). He took Vegas to the Finals and won the Jack Adams in 2018.

Cassidy I'm not really a fan of but he has won the Cup (and brought Boston to the Finals) and has had a very successful career thus far. He also won the Jack Adams in 2020. I don't see a better option than him, currently available, when it comes to winning percentage / overall success. Apparently he has a history of not getting along with management well, however. With Luc in charge, I doubt we see him leading the Kings.

Interesting. Thanks.