NHL N/V February: Therrien, Therrien So Far Away

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Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

JoelJoel posted:

I hope he gets claimed so he's forced to move against his will. Without his consent, if you will.

Actually, don't. He'll just get send down to the minors and that probably exactly what he wants.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2017 23:09

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 23:33

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

N: Caps good.

V: Shut up about the playoffs, let me enjoy this.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2017 21:55

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

The Caps are setting themselves up to win in the playoffs in a way that they haven't in years gone by. Yes they have maintained an amazing goal differential and their PP looks good, but they also now have a top 5 penalty kill and they are tops in the league at 5v5 play.

I'm also starting to think that Trotz's early season focus on getting a guy like Jay Beagle so much ice time was to get them rolling four lines that score. It saves some gas for the top guys and builds that secondary scoring that is always so clutch in the playoffs.

I still think they'll probably come into the playoffs looking good instead of great and ultimately lose to the Rangers or Penguins (maybe to the Habs in the ECF this time!?), but I am already saving my pennies so I can be there for the Game 7 devastation.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 23:15

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

glynnenstein posted:

Another good one...

https://twitter.com/datarink/status/831512582695505920

That certainly conforms with the impression that the Caps are due for a regression.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 20:07

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

They fired Therrien!

quote:

Montreal Canadiens general manager, Marc Bergevin announced Tuesday the appointment of Claude Julien as the Club's new head coach. Michel Therrien has been relieved of his duties.

"I would like to sincerely thank Michel for his relentless work with the Montreal Canadiens over his eight seasons behind the bench, including the last five seasons when we worked together. The decision to remove Michel from his coaching duties was a difficult one because I have lots of respect for him. I came to the conclusion that our team needed a new energy, a new voice, a new direction. Claude Julien is an experienced and well respected coach with a good knowledge of the Montreal market. Claude has been very successful as an NHL coach and he won the Stanley Cup. Today we hired the best available coach, and one of the league's best. I am convinced that he has the capabilities to get our team back on the winning track," said Canadiens general manager, Marc Bergevin.

Claude Julien, 56, enters his second tour of duty as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens after assuming the role of head coach from January 2003 to January 2006 with a record of 72-62-10-15 in 259 regular season games at the helm of the team (holding a .531 winning percentage).

Claude Julien has coached 997 regular season games in the NHL (Montreal, New Jersey and Boston), including the last 10 season as the Bruins bench boss (2007 to 2017). Throughout his NHL career, Julien managed a record of 538 wins, 332 losses, 10 ties and 117 overtime losses for a .603 winning percentage.

Julien was relieved of his coaching duties with the Boston Bruins on February 7 after compiling a record of 419-246-94 in 759 regular season games, and a .614 winning percentage behind the Bruins bench. He led his team to the Stanley Cup Championship in 2011 and also reached the NHL Stanley Cup finals in 2013. He also led the Bruins to the President's Trophy in 2013-14 after racking up 117 points in the standings. In 2008-09, Julien was the Jack Adams Trophy recipient as the NHL's head coach of the year and, on March 7, 2016 he reached yet another milestone when he became the winningest coach in Bruins history with 388 wins. Julien, who earned his 500th NHL win on February 13, 2016, also holds the Bruins record for most playoff wins with 57. With a career 997 games, Julien ranks 27th among NHL head coaches (11th among active head coaches) and 21st with 538 wins (10th among active head coaches).

A native of Orleans, Ontario, Julien began his coaching career behind the bench of the Hull Olympiques in the QMJHL back in 1996. Compiling a record of 141-109-16 in four seasons in Hull, he led his team to the Memorial Cup in 1997. Julien also led the Hamilton Bulldogs from 2000 to 2003, earning a selection of AHL coach of the year in 2002-03. On the international stage, as a member of Team Canada's coaching staff, he won gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and captured yet another gold medal at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Michel Therrien, 53, was named head coach of the Canadiens on June 5, 2012. He was the Club's head coach from 2000 to 2003. Therrien compiled a 406-303-23-82 record in 814 regular season games as head coach in the NHL. He led the Canadiens to the Eastern Conference finals in 2014. He also reached the Stanley Cup Finals as head coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2008. Therrien posted a record of 271 wins, 198 losses, 23 ties and 50 overtime losses in 542 career regular season games with the Canadiens (.567). Michel Therrien ranks 4th (behind Toe Blake, Dick Irvin and Scotty Bowman) on the Canadiens' all-time list for games (542) and wins (271).

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 22:33

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

So THIS is how the Caps get robbed again. A resurgent Canadiens team under Claude Julien sweeps into the playoffs on a roll and beats the Caps in the ECF.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 22:43

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

https://twitter.com/JSportsnet/status/831922043490881538

Cool?

# ¿ Feb 15, 2017 18:48

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Well, the Caps somehow lost to Detroit, but Mrazek played pretty great so it's hard to be mad.

Unless this is the beginning of the Caps' annual slide coming off that break.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2017 23:02

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

DJExile posted:

jesus christ that Drouin shift

also yay flyers won a hockey game

We're going to get 100% murdered by Washington on wednesday but yaaaay

Caps have dropped two now coming off their bye week. Now's the time to get some points on them.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2017 14:06

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Jack Eichel and Auston Matthews will be equals in my heart when they bring Team USA the gold in South Korea next year.

jk they will be passed over for David Backes and Justin Abdelkader

# ¿ Feb 20, 2017 21:56

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Does Holtby get Vezina No. 2 or will Dubnyk or Bob snag it?

Evidence for the former:
https://twitter.com/MannyElk/status/833730519233867776

# ¿ Feb 21, 2017 22:40

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Cartoon Man posted:

Feel better about the Caps after that win. Flyers played hard for 3.5 periods, it felt like playoff hockey. Then they poo poo the bed and gave up. gently caress the Flyers, go Caps!

I started feeling an ominous twinge in my neck when Niskanen went down, but I guess he's OK. Makes me wonder if there's any sense in grabbing someone slightly better than Chorney or Tom Gilbert for defensive depth in the playoffs. Those pairings start to look like utter poo poo awful fast.

In positive news, I just got obscenely good tickets for the game against CBJ next month. Looking forward to making a close study of Ovi's gap tooth.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2017 13:52

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/835163852060962816

I think McDavid is going to have some fun tonight.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2017 19:14

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Cartoon Man posted:

Caps vs Predators. Time to watch Forsberg and get drunk thinking about what could've been.

I misread this as "time to watch Forsberg get drunk thinking about what could've been."

I do wonder if he thinks what it might have been like playing for a contender. Probably not, given that he wouldn't have gotten the same kind of spotlight.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 23:04

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 23:33

Chad Sexington: May 26, 2005; I think he made a beautiful post and did a great job and he is good.

Matt Zerella posted:

Usually terrible blogger Joe Fortunado is saying they need to look towards 2018 and I'm inclined to agree. If they can get into the Atlantic bracket I think they still have a shot.

I'm not upset at all that they didn't get Shatty.

It's an uncomfortable sensation to be higher on the Rags' playoff prospects than Rags fans as a whole. You're a +42 goal differential for crying out loud.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2017 19:34

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