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Let's start a new thread for the 2024-2025 season now that they have signed a few new players ( Updates )

 

Rocket players not returning: Norlinder, Cederqvist, Durandeau, Bourque, Galipeau, Andersson, Kaskisuo, Paquette-Bisson, Stephens

 

Prospects expected to graduate to the AHL: Beck, Mesar, F.Xhekaj, Hutson (maybe NHL)

 

Waiver Eligible (needs to clear): Barron, , Condotta, Durandeau, Keeper, Maillet,

 

In bold, players without a contract that I hope are resigned:

 

FORWARDS:

Heineman-Maillet-(Mesar)

Farrell-(Beck)-Gignac

Tuch-Dauphin-Perreault

McKay-Condotta-(F.Xhekaj)

Davidson, Novak, Mianscu, Arsenault

 

DEFENSEMEN:

Wotherspoon-Mailloux

(Hutson)-Reinbacher

Trudeau-(Keeper-RD???)

Jacobs, Sevigny

 

GOALIES:

Dobes/Hughes

(Jones, to TR)

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23 hours ago, dlbalr said:

Laval signs...six guys all at once: https://www.rocketlaval.com/en/press-release/rocket-puts-six-players-under-contract/

 

F- Vincent Arsenault, Laurent Dauphin

D- Joshua Jacobs, Vincent Sevigny, Tyler Wotherspoon

G- Hunter Jones

 

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2 minutes ago, dlbalr said:

That was the easy one, now they need to get a head coach.

 

Also, Arnaud Durandeau (UFA) is off to the KHL.

I don't get hiring an assistant before hiring a head coach. Wouldn't the head coach want some input on the assistant?

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2 hours ago, hab29RETIRED said:

I don't get hiring an assistant before hiring a head coach. Wouldn't the head coach want some input on the assistant?

 

You'd think so, at least.  I suspect the head coach is going to be a raw rookie like St. Louis was where he won't have any input on the staff, at least for the first year.

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"Rocket agree to terms on a one-year, one-way AHL contract with forwards Vincent Arseneau and Laurent Dauphin, defensemen Joshua Jacobs, Vincent Sévigny and Tyler Wotherspoon and agree to terms on a one-year two-way AHL contract with goaltender Hunter Jones"

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EXCELLENT hire ... 11 years as a HC in the QMJHL ... 5 seasons as a HC in the AHL ... 7 years as an assistant coach in the NHL (split 5/2 around his AHL stint) ... and ... one year as a HC in the NHL.

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6 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

HuGo continue to build in a positive direction. 
 

 

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I know he isn't with the Habs, but I guess this signals that we probably won't be pursuing Laine.

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8 hours ago, Commandant said:

That was always who i was betting on from when he was fired and Houle left within a few days of each other

 

The fit was logical but I'm surprised he accepted an AHL job when he had a year still left on his deal with Columbus.  (I'm sure Columbus isn't getting big savings on the offset.)  I thought he'd wait out the year and try to land an assistant job in the NHL.

 

This is an interesting hire.  Lots of experience but I believe Jets and Blue Jackets fans really didn't like him.  He's not known for playing the youngsters but in Laval, he won't have much of a choice with how many youngsters they have.

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Just now, dlbalr said:

 

The fit was logical but I'm surprised he accepted an AHL job when he had a year still left on his deal with Columbus.  (I'm sure Columbus isn't getting big savings on the offset.)  I thought he'd wait out the year and try to land an assistant job in the NHL.

 

This is an interesting hire.  Lots of experience but I believe Jets and Blue Jackets fans really didn't like him.  He's not known for playing the youngsters but in Laval, he won't have much of a choice with how many youngsters they have.

 

He played youngsters in his AHL time and in his QMJHL time though.  I think he coaches differently based on the circumstances (and what the bosses are asking of him). 

 

In Columbus he had to win to keep his job (and obviously didn't win enough to do that), so of course he was relying on vets more than development.  I don't know that this will be how he coaches in Laval. 

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25 minutes ago, Commandant said:

He played youngsters in his AHL time and in his QMJHL time though.  I think he coaches differently based on the circumstances (and what the bosses are asking of him). 

 

In Columbus he had to win to keep his job (and obviously didn't win enough to do that), so of course he was relying on vets more than development.  I don't know that this will be how he coaches in Laval. 

 

He said as much in his press conference ... that the mandate in the NHL is to win games but in the AHL it is different.

 

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Does his coaching style fits the ones MSL has with the Habs ?

I like when farm teams play about the same system as their NHL team so when players come up, they fit right in the same system, know the plays, etc. 

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9 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:

I am happy for thé Laval Rocket.

this is an upgrade on JF Houle and a decent candidate down the road to replace Marty once he runs his course 


I don’t know if Marty is a championship coach or not but I think he is outstanding for where our team is now. 
 

This reporter question and Vincent’s reply doesn’t matter much but it fits the conversation:

 

Reporter: “During your interview, did you have any questions on if eventually the head coaching job is available in MTL, if you’d have any priority & be considered for the role?”

 

Pascal Vincent: “Absolutely not. Marty will be in MTL, I will be in Laval, we will be “teammates…”

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24 minutes ago, JoeLassister said:

Does his coaching style fits the ones MSL has with the Habs ?

I like when farm teams play about the same system as their NHL team so when players come up, they fit right in the same system, know the plays, etc. 

In his presser he said it was important for players going from Laval to Montreal, and from Montreal to Laval, to be playing the same system.

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10 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:

I am happy for thé Laval Rocket.

this is an upgrade on JF Houle and a decent candidate down the road to replace Marty once he runs his course 

 

Yes, that’s an underplayed sub-plot in all of this. MSL may turn out to be one of those rare Lindy Ruff-type coaches who stay in the big chair for a generation, but the odds are that he will crap out at some point in the team’s attempt to pivot toward Cup contention. 

 

Always important to have a high-end French-speaking coach in the AHL ready to assume the reins. 

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1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

 

Yes, that’s an underplayed sub-plot in all of this. MSL may turn out to be one of those rare Lindy Ruff-type coaches who stay in the big chair for a generation, but the odds are that he will crap out at some point in the team’s attempt to pivot toward Cup contention. 

 

Always important to have a high-end French-speaking coach in the AHL ready to assume the reins. 


I agree. PV is far from a perfect NHL coach, but he will get an excellent chance to prepare if he wants to become one 

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3 minutes ago, DON said:

 

It will be interesting to see if HuGo decide to add a veteran 7/6 D to replace Kovacevic, or go with a rotation of youngsters at the bottom end of the D-corps.

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