jono2009 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche 6m6 minutes ago BREAKING: The #Avs have hired Jared Bednar as the new head coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Never heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire_Spiky Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: Never heard of him. 6 minutes ago, iinatcc said: Who? ....no clue who that is either. After some digging, he won the Calder last year with Eerie and has been and coached for the Peoria and Springfield in the AHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 AKA Not Green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey2Dope Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Interesting choice. Coached the Lake Erie Monsters to the Calder Cup championship this year. Avs are obviously very high on the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono2009 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Selfishly this is great news for the Canucks as Green is sticking around....for now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Cheap and easier pawn to sacrifice during their rebuild. Next coach should be a higher profile one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Phooey Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Here's a little more on Bednar. http://theahl.com/avalanche-name-bednar-head-coach-p203287 Avalanche name Bednar head coach August 25, 2016 The Colorado Avalanche have named Jared Bednar as the franchise’s new head coach. Bednar becomes the seventh head coach in Avalanche history and the 15th in franchise history. “After profiling the type of coach I wanted for our team and going through an interview process with several good candidates, I believe that Jared Bednar is the best person to lead this team behind the bench,” said Avalanche executive vice president/general manager Joe Sakic. “Jared’s track record of success as a head coach in the American Hockey League speaks for itself and he is considered to be one of the top up-and-coming coaches in our business.” Bednar, 44, guided the Columbus Blue Jackets’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, to the 2016 Calder Cup championship, finishing second in the Central Division (43-22-6-5) in the regular season before going 15-2 during the postseason, including sweeps of Ontario in the Western Conference Finals and Hershey in the Calder Cup Finals. The 2015-16 campaign marked Bednar’s 14th season in professional coaching, including the last seven in the AHL. Before guiding Lake Erie, Bednar was an assistant coach for Columbus's affiliate in Springfield from 2012-14 and was the Falcons' head coach in 2014-15. Prior to that, he was head coach of the Peoria Rivermen from 2010-12, and served as an assistant with the Abbotsford Heat in 2009-10. A native of Yorkton, Sask., Bednar played nine seasons of professional hockey, including AHL stints with the St. John’s Maple Leafs and Rochester Americans. Bednar becomes the ninth current NHL head coach with a Calder Cup championship on his resume, joining Vancouver's Willie Desjardins (Texas, 2014), Detroit's Jeff Blashill (Grand Rapids, 2013), Tampa Bay's Jon Cooper (Norfolk, 2012), Minnesota's Bruce Boudreau (Hershey, 2006), Edmonton's Todd McLellan (Houston, 2003), Nashville's Peter Laviolette (Providence, 1999), Columbus's John Tortorella (Rochester, 1996) and Washington's Barry Trotz (Portland, 1994). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Phew, we dodged that bullet aimed at Utica! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 43 minutes ago, J.R. said: AKA Not Green! Yup. We're safe for a little bit longer. But Lake Erie was formerly Colorado's affiliate (Bednar only started there when Columbus shifted their AHL affiliate there from Springfield after Colorado moved theirs to San Antonio) so maybe Colorado still had some eyes on the Monsters and liked what they saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 57 minutes ago, Mikey2Dope said: Interesting choice. Coached the Lake Erie Monsters to the Calder Cup championship this year. Avs are obviously very high on the guy. I'm pretty sure the Avs are very high just based on where they live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 And we can all let out a huge sigh of relief.. phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Well, he's not Green so I'll take it. Should be interesting to see what he can do with the Avs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I'm honestly shocked that Crawford was not picked in some fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, Warhippy said: I'm honestly shocked that Crawford was not picked in some fashion. Marc Crawford? He is already employed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: Marc Crawford? He is already employed Thought he was available and done in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THERETOOL Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 3 hours ago, J.R. said: AKA Not Green! So your saying theres a chance ????????? would love to see him as our next head coach . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Shift-4 said: Marc Crawford? He is already employed He signed on as an assistant coach in Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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