Mackcanuck Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 "I want to thank Trevor Linden and the Vancouver Canucks organization for allowing Rollie to join the New Jersey Devils," said Shero. "Rollie is well-respected throughout the League as a teacher and his experience with various goaltenders will be very beneficial. Additionally, I have enjoyed working with Chris the past two years and I am very happy that he will remain with the organization. His knowledge and passion will help us continue to grow as a team." https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/devils-name-roland-melanson-goaltending-coach/c-290331214 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Well, crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Glad Demko had his guidance for a couple of years. Very classy of Linden as well. He moved back east for family reasons and its nice to see that kind of thing be respected too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 A loss, yes - but an opportunity for a new perspective to contribute to the franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Our goalies didn't seem too bad with Cloutier as coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 33 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Our goalies didn't seem to bad with Cloutier as coach. Yep, the baton from Melanson to Cloutier has been passed very smoothly I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Our goalies didn't seem too bad with Cloutier as coach. True that. You can say what you want about Cloutier as a player, but he's a pretty decent coach. Sometimes it just works out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 9 minutes ago, Coconuts said: True that. You can say what you want about Cloutier as a player, but he's a pretty decent coach. Sometimes it just works out that way. Scotty Bowman was a centre until he got a fractured skull. Coaching and Management didn't seem to be a problem with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Scotty Bowman was a centre until he got a fractured skull. Coaching and Management didn't seem to be a problem with him. A great example! Teams seem to like former stars stepping into management positions and some of em go on to coaching. But look at how coaching turned out for the highest scoring player of all. Sometimes it's the guys who struggle a bit more, don't make it quite as far/play as long, ect that make the best coaches. Just one of those weird things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Good for Melanson, but hard to see him go. He's definitely done a great job for the Canucks. I wonder if Schneider pushed for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 You're gonna want to hear this. Guess who's going to have a great season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I would guess that Schneids would have been lobbying hard for this move. Good for Rollie as he gets an NHL gig and stays close to his mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 38 minutes ago, Coconuts said: True that. You can say what you want about Cloutier as a player, but he's a pretty decent coach. Sometimes it just works out that way. you mean, a pretty good goalie that got shat on by an absolutely dumb and ridiculous fanbase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3. Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 What's Ian Clark up to these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 5 minutes ago, butters said: you mean, a pretty good goalie that got shat on by an absolutely dumb and ridiculous fanbase? you have a fairly selective memory me thinks was not a stand out playoff goalie and seemed to have mental lapses too often that led to weak goals he wore out his welcome in LA pretty quickly after he left the canucks this really is not all on the fan base clouts contributed to this perception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWMc1 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 14 minutes ago, MJDDawg said: I would guess that Schneids would have been lobbying hard for this move. Good for Rollie as he gets an NHL gig and stays close to his mom. That was the most important part and is also why this is the right move by our organization as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 7 minutes ago, coastal.view said: you have a fairly selective memory me thinks was not a stand out playoff goalie and seemed to have mental lapses too often that led to weak goals he wore out his welcome in LA pretty quickly after he left the canucks this really is not all on the fan base clouts contributed to this perception see, I say "pretty good goalie" and you recoil and say he didn't "stand out". Vancouver fans are just weird. And never mind that the team, by design, sacrificed defense for offense. Never mind that the west coast express had a TERRIBLE plus minus. Its all Cloutier. Because when in doubt, blame the goalie. If he's not Patrick Roy in his prime, he's crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Coconuts said: True that. You can say what you want about Cloutier as a player, but he's a pretty decent coach. Sometimes it just works out that way. Even arguably the best player of all time didn't make him a good coach (Gretzky). Cloutier gets alot of grief (some of it deserved true) but he put up some solid numbers behind a team that didn't exactly pay that much attention to strong defensive play. I like the job Cloutier is doing so far (not to dismiss the fact I'd prefer to have Melanson even just as a consultant). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 47 minutes ago, butters said: see, I say "pretty good goalie" and you recoil and say he didn't "stand out". Vancouver fans are just weird. And never mind that the team, by design, sacrificed defense for offense. Never mind that the west coast express had a TERRIBLE plus minus. Its all Cloutier. Because when in doubt, blame the goalie. If he's not Patrick Roy in his prime, he's crap. Uhmmm....Cloutier was a solid 1B but was not in fact what you'd call a good goalie. Howard esque. Smith esque. The guy was an aberage starting goal tender but was certainly not "good" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 19 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Uhmmm....Cloutier was a solid 1B but was not in fact what you'd call a good goalie. Howard esque. Smith esque. The guy was an aberage starting goal tender but was certainly not "good" ya he was, you are confusing good and great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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