CANUCK-EXPRESS Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 @NHLonTSN: Barry Trotz as out Predators head coach, as reported by The Tennessean. #TSN #NHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubuya Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Please hire this guy Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 OK, first coaching candidate right there. The only reason they won any games was because of his coaching. The question is whether he would be able or willing to coach a more uptempo style if he had the players to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucypass Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I'm all for Trotz if he can implement a higher scoring puck possession system into the Canucks.Real classy guy, would be good for the Canuck's image as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish elite3 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Would be a great coach but we don't need a defensive style coach again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noseforthenet Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 We NEED THIS GUY!!! He would be great for us. The only reservation is maybe he and Shea Weber stopped getting along. I mean, he hasn't done bad. Just not made the playoffs for the past two years. Considering the lack of assets at his disposal, I can't see him being the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Burrows 14 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Nooo way. He's a great coach but not the coach we need. We need Tortorella. He actually cares and he brings emotion. We need that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Not sure how I would feel about him coaching the Canucks. We all know he's a great coach, but I'm not sure his style fits our team. It's the same thing as Tortorella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 @NHLonTSN: Barry Trotz as out Predators head coach, as reported by The Tennessean. #TSN #NHL There's already two threads on this in General Hockey. But no, Trots is a good coach but I'm not sure he's right for our team. As much as he hasn't had a lot to work with he hasn't had a lot of success either and we need someone that can coax more offence out of our team (even if we might benefit from the defensive upgrade). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noseforthenet Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 There's already two threads on this in General Hockey. But no, Trots is a good coach but I'm not sure he's right for our team. As much as he hasn't had a lot to work with he hasn't had a lot of success either and we need someone that can coax more offence out of our team (even if we might benefit from the defensive upgrade).He has never had anything to really work with. Imagine you are racing and your sponsor gives you a broken car with a great engine (Shea Weber), okay tires (David Legwand), a bunch of spare parts(rest of the team) and duct tape. Then your sponsor says, go and win a race. It's not gonna happen. Maybe you get some good hand-me-downs along the way, but it won't and can't happen there until Nashville becomes a cap team. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a mutual decision behind closed doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Would be a great coach but we don't need a defensive style coach again defense wins championships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 He has never had anything to really work with. Imagine you are racing and your sponsor gives you a broken car with a great engine (Shea Weber), okay tires (David Legwand), a bunch of spare parts(rest of the team) and duct tape. Then your sponsor says, go and win a race. It's not gonna happen. Maybe you get some good hand-me-downs along the way, but it won't and can't happen there until Nashville becomes a cap team. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a mutual decision behind closed doors.He has never had anything to really work with. Imagine you are racing and your sponsor gives you a broken car with a great engine (Shea Weber), okay tires (David Legwand), a bunch of spare parts(rest of the team) and duct tape. Then your sponsor says, go and win a race. It's not gonna happen. Maybe you get some good hand-me-downs along the way, but it won't and can't happen there until Nashville becomes a cap team. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a mutual decision behind closed doors.People who label Tortz with a 'defensive' style don't seem to know much about the circumstance of whathe had to deal with in Nashville. Your race car anology is great. Problem Tortz had to deal with wasother teams steeling the tires off his car every off season. Top that with ownership saying he couldonly have so much gas to run a 500 mile race. Beauty of Tortz is he is a western Canadian who alreadyknows what it takes to play in the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yawn pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I think Linden will take a long look at the availability of Trotz. He's already said he wants the team to play sound fundamentals, and that good defense does not mean you can't bring an entertaining style of play to the game. Nobody will claim the Predators were a scoring powerhouse, but let's not kid ourselves - they haven't exactly had the scoring talent to work with. And even this year, he managed to get more scoring our of their players than we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody Hates Raymond Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Wow, hope the Preds find another guy, Trotz has always been a class act. Torts needs to stay in Vancouver. Lots of heart and he was being played like a puppet by MG this year. Give him at least one more year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory_Days Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 As others have said, Trotz had very little to work with in terms of player personnel, he also was able to get a lot out of players who for lack of a better word...suck. Martin Erat: 58 points in 71gp in 2011-2012 Sergei Kostitsyn: 50 points 77 gp, Martin Erat 50 points in 64 gp 2010-2011 J.P Dumont: 65 points in 82gp 2008-2009 2007-2008 season two players had 72 point seasons, Jason Arnott and J.P Dumont, also Radulov had 58 points in his 2nd year as a pro. The caliber of players he was given throughout his tenure was, modest to say the least. Outside of Radulov he never had any dynamic top 6 player, look at Chicago, they have 4 of those players and they average around 70-80 points each. Trotz was able to get 60-70 point seasons from plugs like Erat, Dumont. Yes he does emply a defensive minded style of hockey, but I don't believe it's a defense first at all costs mentallity. It's also hard to argue against him being one of the top coaches in the world...if you have a chance of employing one of those coaches, I think you jump on it. I doubt anyone really thinks this team is going to challange for the cup next year, if anything, we'll be fighting desperately just for a playoff spot, would it not be worth it to take a chance on a coach of this caliber to see what he can bring to the table? One more upside of Trotz, he is more than willing to play young players, and seems to develop them quite well. Hornqvist, Smith, Wilson, Jones, Ellis, Jarnkrok, Radulov. As for true top end talent, when the Preds had Kariya, he put up 85 point and 76 point seasons in his two years with them...those are offensive numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Not to mention he looks like a mob boss. He intimidates you just standing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
From.The.Point Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I'll pass on Odd Job! He does get the most out of what he has but hes just not what the canucks need right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory_Days Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Another upside of Trotz is, if there is anybody, ever, who could turn Edler's game around, it's him or Jesus Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 The Canucks need a coach who quietly goes about his business, not a sideshow. Out with Torts, in with Trotz. Trotz knows how to run a team that roles all four lines, which is exactly what the Canucks need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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