from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
"This isn't throw tables, bang water bottles (time)," Lalonde said. "It's keep pointing things out. There are positives in our game and we just have to keep finding those positives, build off that, even a little bit more, and try to get some results."
Lalonde called Friday afternoon's roughly half-hour practice at Amerant Bank Arena, "a morning skate plus. A little more intensity. Just some habits that we want to work on with the puck. It's important to get some reps."...
"You have to continue to grow in those areas. It's a good learning lesson for our group that every play is really, really important this time of year, and against these top teams, you need every play. The message postgame was keep building. I liked our third period. I asked our guys to stay with it, try to build something in the third, and we had a very strong third period. And we got some help in the league, which is the reality of where we are at in the moment."
from Bob Duff of Detroit Hockey Now,
If the Detroit Red Wings were to be looking to make a change to their coaching staff for next season, a very intriguing name is suddenly available.
CSKA Moscow has announced the firing of head coach and Red Wings legend Sergei Fedorov.
For starters, lets state the obvious theres no inkling at the present time that Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman is considering any sort of shakeup to his coaching staff currently headed by Derek Lalonde. Lalonde is in the second of a three-year deal with the club.
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If the Detroit Red Wings were to be looking to make a change to their coaching staff for next season, a very intriguing name is suddenly available.
CSKA Moscow has announced the firing of head coach and Red Wings legend Sergei Fedorov.
This team (besides a major player shake up) doesn't need Fedorov. They need Rod Brind Amour, and what he can bring to the defensive play of the team.
I agree whole heartedly about Brind'Amour. Guys like Seider, Walman, Larkin, and Raymond would flourish under him. But Veleno, Ras, Copp, and Petry (among others) wouldn't last a week with him as head coach.
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Exactly the coach Ive been looking at for a while. His contract extension ends this year, but, I recently read about how much he likes where he lives and so forth. That would be a great get for all of us.
Having lived there it is a great place (shorts weather until mid December. outer banks a day trip during the summer. Big enough to get concerts, but decreases in the summer when Duke, UNC, and NC State let out. college basketball take focus off pro team. Fans tailgate for hockey is best in the sport. Housing was less expensive and communities built rec centers in addition to private gyms. Lots of beer leagues too.)
but it is more than that. Brind'Amour played there. He was a captain there. He lost to the Wings on in02 but won in 06 with the Canes. He basically became Yzerman and went directly into management there. So that is a tie that runs deep.
however he did live in Michigan for a while (played at MSU) so I wouldn t say impossible.
Sometimes reading and listening to Lalonde gives me Dave Lewis vibes. Great assistant on Scottys staff but could not make the transition from assistant coach to head coach.
If we are looking to the KHL for a coach, I want Larionov over Fedorov (and he isnt available).
Dave Lewis even won the Presidents Trophy as well, but, couldnt get past the second round in his second year so they let him go. How things have changed
Lalonde called Friday afternoon's roughly half-hour practice at Amerant Bank Arena, "a morning skate plus. A little more intensity.
So a half hour practice is now considered a "morning skate plus?" Peewee teams have tougher practice sessions.
I liked Lalonde a lot when he first arrived. Now? Not so much.
I dont think Lalonde is a bad coachbut I think it is a case where he hasnt established an identity yet. He isnt a disciplinarian and he isnt a motivational leader. Hes more or a technician coach with an unproven record from another organization. An organization thats always had a superstar there.
My problem is that he is learning on the jobwhich I think was always Yzerman s plan. Lalonde was always getting replaced when the team got to that make the playoffs and expect a deep run phase. The guy that isn t going to cause players to want out (like a Torts) but isn t going to reward a lack of effort because of their salaries.
I think the frustration is from the fact the Wings rebuild is lacking the top end talent down the middle that every Cup contender needs. The ones that go 1st overall in the draft and rarely leave the city they are drafted by in their prime. One miss at the top of the draft (Zadina) can be fatal because of the position the Wings enter this summerRFA that leave their ELCs need to be paid and there comes a point when the draft picks you get graduating to the big club are out of that top 7 window and can only expect to replace 2nd line/2nd pair guys at best.
Thats the frustration I see. This coach isn t the answer and the players coming while helpful won t raise this team to that next level where they would have to replace the coach.
----One miss at the top of the draft (Zadina) can be fatal
----KH missed on a lot of first rounders - Zadina, Sheahan, Smith, Svechnikov and I am sure I am forgetting someone and not like Ras turned out to be a home run at 9, good player, but you want more from top 10 pick.
"--One miss at the top of the draft (Zadina) can be fatal"
And to think we could have drafted Quinn Hughes.
VP, I apologize for our little dust up yesterday. Hope we're good.
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