BlueSkirt Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 this has to be the post of the week, picked it up in tsn: Lemaire-cup Robinson -cup Burns-cup Julien-cup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylin18 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 lou said that when you pick a coach, you have to look at the players you have and choose a coach based on that. right after that, he said he liked julien's experience in international, junior, and AHL hockey. to me, that means we are going to see younger players play a significant role next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voros19 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Maybe, and from what I've read, he did well with younger players in 02-03/03-04 and gave them a shot, but handled younger guys like Perezhogin, Kostitsyn, Higgins, etc., very oddly this past season after injuries befell the Canadiens early on. Sorta exciting. I guess we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overtime98 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Maybe, and from what I've read, he did well with younger players in 02-03/03-04 and gave them a shot, but handled younger guys like Perezhogin, Kostitsyn, Higgins, etc., very oddly this past season after injuries befell the Canadiens early on. Sorta exciting. I guess we'll see. Low risk/low reward kinda guy. Very defensive. Very conservative. Prefers veterans to youth. Gives a lot of opportunities to the old guys to proove themselves wrong. Young guys will have to proove themselves during training. Likes to use a passive/defensive 3rd/4th line when he feels his team lacks talent. Not very imaginative. Not very flexible. Like to use "safe" strategies. Has been known to use offensive duos with a "defensive wing" stopgap. Defensemen will not pinch.Likes to sit back and use a "counterattack" approach. Young guys who make mistakes will get killed. They will have to backcheck HARD. Will prefer safe, uncreative players to creative but defensively unreliable guys. X's & O's tactical coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Low risk/low reward kinda guy. Very defensive. Very conservative. Prefers veterans to youth. Gives a lot of opportunities to the old guys to proove themselves wrong. Young guys will have to proove themselves during training. Likes to use a passive/defensive 3rd/4th line when he feels his team lacks talent. Not very imaginative. Not very flexible. Like to use "safe" strategies. Has been known to use offensive duos with a "defensive wing" stopgap. Defensemen will not pinch.Likes to sit back and use a "counterattack" approach. Young guys who make mistakes will get killed. They will have to backcheck HARD. Will prefer safe, uncreative players to creative but defensively unreliable guys. X's & O's tactical coach Yep. Sounds about right. He's Lou's kinda guy allright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsdude530 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 http://njdevs.com/forums/index.php?sho...=0entry388005 Devils Name Julien New Coach Steve Lepore - NJDevs.com June 13, 2006 The Devils named Claude Julien their new coach on Tuesday. President/GM/Former Coach Lou Lamoriello made the announcement at a press conference at the Meadowlands. Julien has coached at many of the key levels in hockey, including at junior with the Hull Olympiques, also the 2000 Canadian World Junior Team, at the AHL with the Hamilton Bulldogs, and was most recently the coach of the Montreal Canadiens. Here are just some of his accomplishments: -46 Years Old -141-109-16 with the Olympiques -1997 Memorial Cup Championship -Bronze Medal Winner with Canada at 2000 World Jrs. -Canadian U-18 Gold Medal at 4-Nations Tournament in 1997 -72-62-10-5 with the Montreal Canadiens from January 2003 - January 2006 -Led Canadians to 2nd Round of 03-04 Playoffs, Upsetting Boston -Head Coach of Team PlanetUSA at 2003 AHL All-Star Game -Assistant Coach, Team Canada, 2006 World Championships Some Quotes from the Press Conference and People Around the Devils: LOU LAMORIELLO: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risky Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Sounds like another season of no offense! Haha. Oh well, I guess we'll see how this one plays out. NOW, SIGN ELIAS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabelle Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Wow, Julien, was NOt expecting that! Gotta love Lou suprising everyone, he's a sneaky guy..LOVE IT.. Not a big Julien fan but we'll see soon enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek21 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 That's who they hired??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 141-109-16 with the Olympiques I didn't think he was that great with the Olympiques. Those teams were better than those numbers indicate. Yes, it's above .500, but those were some great Olympiques teams. I didn't see him as the guy that could take an average team and make them overachieve. He seemed to be able to take a great team and make them average. There is a reason why Pat has his name in the rafters in Gatineau and Claude does not. He doesn't intimidate anyone. So much for this "keeping the guys in line" that Marty wanted. But I wonder if Colin is happy to have his old coach back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I hope the scouting reports of his conservative, defensive style is true. I hope he is not a player's coach and a disciplinarian. Hopefully he gives the young guys a chance, that is the only ? there seems to be about him. Seems like a good hire, can't wait to see how it pans out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyFan42 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Just out of curiosity, what was the reaction when Lemaire was hired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek21 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 When it comes to the Devils, they are a very weird and unpredictable team. It's almost like there should be Dark Shadows music and then Barnabas Collins comes out from behind the curtain. Figuring out what the Devils will do makes me think of those old Unsolved Mysteries episodes with Robert Stack narrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Figuring out what the Devils will do makes me think of those old Unsolved Mysteries episodes with Robert Stack narrating. "update....we still have no fvcking idea where this guy is..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodeurfanatic Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Yup.. Our new coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilish34 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Wow, Julien, was NOt expecting that! Gotta love Lou suprising everyone, he's a sneaky guy..LOVE IT..Not a big Julien fan but we'll see soon enough I for one am not surprised. Lou returns to the well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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