![]() ![]() It’s not impossible that he looks more ready to play than he is. Eichel is now doing team drills and system work, “Fully integrated,” as GM Kelly McCrimmon said Tuesday. With Jack Eichel’s return appearing closer and closer, sometimes decisions are made for you. Mark Stone didn’t play Wednesday night in Calgary, with a back problem that’s forced him to miss 20 of the team’s 48 games. According to the Twitter account, the Golden Knights entered the All-Star break fifth in injury-related absences behind Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Philadelphia and Vancouver. There’s a reason Vegas has been so tight-lipped with timelines - there’s no guarantee everyone stays healthy. ![]() I think they’ve decided to stay with Rick Bowness - behind the bench as the Stars beat Nashville 4-3 on Wednesday night - but they looked into some options.Ħ. There were rumblings Dallas considered a coaching change. They trust his input and want that intel.ĥ. See who is part of the problem and who is part of the solution. Louis to collect information up-close and in-place. Second, Gorton/Hughes are about to make franchise-altering personnel decisions. “We understand that we’re not going to make the playoffs, but we’re not going to roll over.” The Canadiens had too many lifeless performances. “It’s time for our team right now to start showing…that we’re not going to roll over,” Hughes said. First, you can’t allow your young players to think too many efforts like this week’s 7-1 loss to New Jersey are acceptable. Why now, and not after the season? A couple of reasons. Louis grew close when their children played together, and people who know both weren’t anywhere near as surprised as the rest of us.Ģ. Louis’ schedule, when he was no longer going to be coaching his sons. Louis to commit full-time to Columbus, and there were times Montreal executive VP Jeff Gorton wanted him more involved with the Rangers. “I have every intention of being here a long time.” John Tortorella (not the source of the previous quote) tried to get St. “I'm not coming here to be a substitute teacher,” he said. Louis being a PeeWee coach and he referenced it himself at his media conference, but he’s always used those kinds of doubts as red meat on his Hall-of-Fame journey. Louis’s hiring came from one of his former coaches: “I can’t wait for the first time one of his players grabs a stat sheet, angrily pointing at his ice-time and saying, ‘You didn’t play me enough!’” St. Teetering on the abyss, Edmonton hopes for the same.ġ. Twelve-hundred kilometres southwest, Vancouver got a Bruce Boudreau bounce when he took over. Edmonton looked listless much of the last two games. But those things are more than just x’s-and-o’s, it’s about energy, will and edge. They’ve got six games in the next 10 days. Whatever systemic changes Woodcroft considers, the Oilers’ schedule doesn’t allow for much practice time. Mike Smith got a Bronx cheer for allowing two early goals on Wednesday night, but both came on cleanly-completed cross-ice passes that left him little chance. There’s already talk about how much he’ll lean on some of the players he knows, but the biggest challenge will be fixing two of the Oilers’ major maladies: allowing chances against the rush and in the slot, where they rank among the worst in the NHL. One thing I do remember: as an assistant for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup, some players were struck by how much responsibility he had on an experienced staff. The Condors won the Pacific Division playoffs last year and had a. Woodcroft, 45, looks young, but as a video and assistant coach was in the NHL for 1,000 games before taking the head job at AHL Bakersfield. “We’ve been up and down like a toilet seat,” he said later in the afternoon. Holland woke up Thursday, called owner Daryl Katz and replaced Dave Tippett with Jay Woodcroft. A 5-0-1 spurt into All-Star gave him hope those instincts were right.īut, in a season where missing the playoffs is not an option, two impotent performances out of the break brought the walls crashing down. Holland also believed the Oilers were better than they showed, and the expected goals for and against supported some belief. He didn’t want to make another coaching change - which would mean seven for the Oilers in 10 years. He wasn’t willing to give up second- or third-round picks (or, potentially both in the latter’s case) for Martin Jones or Joonas Korpisalo. ![]() Ken Holland fought - internally and externally - against making panic moves during Edmonton’s 2-11-2 December/January swoon. What teams want in trade for UFA defencemen.Vegas' options to navigate the cap when Jack Eichel returns.Louis was the choice as interim head coach in Montreal ![]()
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