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47 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I don't necessarily disagree with the colour guy saying that........

It is one of the things the Jets lack,we saw Simmonds again running guys Wed...nothing. Man what i would not give to see the Jets become a tougher, meaner club.

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1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I don't necessarily disagree with the colour guy saying that........

I think its somewhere more in the middle that's needed.

I've said before what I'm hoping to see when guys like Zegras doing those skilled lacrosse moves on ice and defensemen getting better at reading it to nicely catch the player cleanly under the chin with his shoulder sending him barreling backwards right before he tries to deposit the puck into the net. Then hearing Howie Meeker say, 'Now that's hockey'.

Need that element of fear on the ice when a player tries these trick plays so he isn't 100% percent sure someone will not knock his block off.

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Some say Gretzky, some now say Ovechkin, another generation would have pointed to Hull or Richard, but to me (and to Gretzky himself) the greatest pure goal scorer in NHL history was and still is Mike Bossy. His .762 goals per game average is the all-time best (that’s an average of 62 goals a year in an 82 game season). 

Bossy has been fighting lung cancer for a few years now, and has terminated his treatment and has gone home to live his likely very few remaining days in palliative care. Here is a piece he wrote about talking to his 14 year old self as a 60 year old. Send a prayer his way. 

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/letter-to-my-younger-self-mike-bossy

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On 2022-04-04 at 7:09 AM, TrueBlue4ever said:

Some say Gretzky, some now say Ovechkin, another generation would have pointed to Hull or Richard, but to me (and to Gretzky himself) the greatest pure goal scorer in NHL history was and still is Mike Bossy. His .762 goals per game average is the all-time best (that’s an average of 62 goals a year in an 82 game season). 

Bossy has been fighting lung cancer for a few years now, and has terminated his treatment and has gone home to live his likely very few remaining days in palliative care. Here is a piece he wrote about talking to his 14 year old self as a 60 year old. Send a prayer his way. 

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/letter-to-my-younger-self-mike-bossy

Trottier and Bossy. What a tandem. 

What a fantastic piece Bossy wrote here. As Howie Meeker would have said, "Now that's hockey'.

I hope he's surrounded by people who love and adore him, I'm sure he is.

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Lane Lambert is an interesting name on that list.  He was in the Nashville organization as the head coach in Milwaukee, then became an assistant to Trotz and seems to have followed him to both Washington and the Island.   

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2931  If Trotz is not made available to the market, Lambert might be the next best thing.

As for the rest of the list, I think I'd rather go with some up and comer than a re-tread.  How many of us knew much about Jon Cooper before he was hired by the Lightning?  

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Coaching [notes]
Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result
2002-03 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL Assistant              
2003-04 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL Assistant              
2003-04 Prince George Cougars WHL Head 58 26 25 7 0 0.509 Out of Playoffs
2004-05 Prince George Cougars WHL Head 72 26 41 3 2 0.396 Out of Playoffs
2005-06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL Assistant              
2006-07 Milwaukee Admirals AHL Assistant              
2007-08 Milwaukee Admirals AHL Head 80 44 29 0 7 0.594 Lost in round 1
2008-09 Milwaukee Admirals AHL Head 80 49 22 0 9 0.669 Lost in round 2
2009-10 Milwaukee Admirals AHL Head 80 41 30 0 9 0.569 Lost in round 1
2010-11 Milwaukee Admirals AHL Head 80 44 22 0 14 0.638 Lost in round 2
2011-12 Nashville Predators NHL Assistant              
2012-13 Nashville Predators NHL Assistant              
2013-14 Nashville Predators NHL Assistant              
2014-15 Washington Capitals NHL Assistant              
2015-16 Washington Capitals NHL Assistant              
2016-17 Washington Capitals NHL Assistant              
2017-18 Washington Capitals NHL Assistant              
2018-19 New York Islanders NHL Associate             Lost in round 2
2019-20 New York Islanders NHL Associate             Lost in round 4
2020-21 New York Islanders NHL Associate             Lost in round 3
2021-22 New York Islanders NHL Associate 75 35 31 0 9 0.527

 

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