Jarvis let go; Muller stays

shabbs wrote:They recently let the coaching staff of their AHL affiliate go as well didn't they? And it was over the phone I heard...

This is done with a power play led by Alexei Kovalev, Saku Koivu,
Andrei Markov, Christopher Higgins and Tomas Plekanec. Though these are
solid players, they are not the type of stars one might expect would
lead the NHL's best power play (for example none are NHL superstars or
top scorers). The man who gets the biggest credit for Montreal's power
play success should be assistant coach Doug Jarvis who runs it from the
bench. Jarvis has done a magnificent job setting up a successful power
play without building it around any superstar players. If I had a
coaching opening in the upcoming summer, Jarvis would be on the short
list of people I would want to talk to in order to fill it because of
this success.

wprager wrote:If he did, he lost Souray and Streit in successive years. Plus AK only played when it suited him.

That said, Jarvis was a defensive specialist with a capital D. It would have been strange if he ran the PP.

wprager wrote:If he did, he lost Souray and Streit in successive years. Plus AK only played when it suited him.

That said, Jarvis was a defensive specialist with a capital D. It would have been strange if he ran the PP.

asq2 wrote:So the question becomes: should we be looking at Jarvis? He seems to be one helluva tactician. I mean, the Montreal powerplay of the past few years hasn't exactly been boasting a bunch of superstars, but it gets the job done.