Detroit Red Wings & the NHL

[Obi-Jon]

Lane Lambert is off the table for coach of the Red Wings.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2022/05/16/new-york-islanders-lane-lambert-head-coach/9794678002/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1652717757

[Dr. Strangelove]

Canadian teams sorta dominated the 70's and 80's with that never-gonna-happen-again Islanders dynasty squeezed in the middle of it. It's crazy that Canada hasn't won the Cup in almost 30 years now.

[Hannibal]

For a while, you could blame that on money and exchange rate, but the Leafs especially have put up some big bucks and they still have no results.

[Hannibal]

I'd take Barry Trotz in a heartbeat if he's available.

I didn't hear the news that Blashill isn't coming back.

[Hannibal]

The playoffs have been great. Really looking forward to Calgary - Edmonton. Those were always classics when I was a kid. I cannot believe the last time they met in the playoffs was 1991!?

TB and Florida is gonna be great, too.

You got an old Smythe division game with a 1980s Smythe division score with 1980s goaltending. 15 goals? JFC I think that I could have stopped maybe half of the shots that went in.I'm pretty sure that's the most since the late 80s or early 90s.

[iam416]

Patrick > Smythe

[Mike]

Incorrect.

[Hannibal]

Norris > everything

[iam416]

No. Even Adams > Norris

[Hannibal]

JFC Connor McDavid is insane. 20 points and +12 in 9 playoff games. He was a one man army last night skating circles around the Flames. I’d love to see Edmonton in the finals against tje winner of Florida/TB. Colorado/Edmonton would make for a great conference final. I don’t know if Edmonton cam make a long run without better goaltending though.

[Obi-Jon]

Odds for the new Red Wings coach. I figured Trotz would be the front runner.


BetOnline had Sergei Fedorov at 7/2 odds Wednesday, ahead of NHL coaching veterans Peter DeBoer (4/1), Bruce Cassidy (9/2) and Barry Trotz (6/1), among others.

Sportsbetting.ag also released odds and likewise favored Fedorov at +350, ahead of DeBoer (+400), Cassidy (+450) and Trotz (+600).

[Hannibal]

Sergei as the coach? That’s a joke, right?

[Mike]

Is he coaching anywhere now?

[Hannibal]

I don’t believe that he is.

[Obi-Jon]

Spent a couple years as GM and a yr as an asst in russia. No one that I would consider as an NHL head coach.