Gainey stepping down?

Per Bob McKenzie's Twitter account: Habs call 4 pm conference to announce management change.

Damn...

Sorry to say this, because I liked Gainey when he was playing, but this is about 2-3 years overdue.

Pierre McGuire to step in?

wprager wrote:Sorry to say this, because I liked Gainey when he was playing, but this is about 2-3 years overdue.

WHen he came in he said he had a 5 year plan so I guess they waited 5 years^^.

I think they will put Gainey in upper management, Jacques Martin GM and Guy Boucher (best coach in AHL) as head coach.

Pierre Gauthier will be the GM.

Does this mean the end of poster boy Price in MTL?

dennycrane wrote:Pierre Gauthier will be the GM.

Oh yeah. I was a little surprised he didn't try to steal the job while Gainey was grieving the loss of his daughter. The Ghost is a backstabbing sack of Dung, so I entirely approve his hiring in Habland.

I still think it's Pete "Grand Yeule" McGuire.

It's about time they switch it up. Will Martin do both again?

Michallica wrote:Does this mean the end of poster boy Price in MTL?

Excellent point. The timing really points that way too.

SensGirl11 wrote:It's about time they switch it up. Will Martin do both again?

Jacques can do neither, as far as I'm concerned. The recent trend (successful, by the way) is to hire coaches with little or no NHL experience. Gainey went the other way, proving yet again that he was too old for the new NHL.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Michallica wrote:Does this mean the end of poster boy Price in MTL?

Excellent point. The timing really points that way too.

My assumption is that itself. It paves the way for the franchise to trade away Price. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense for Gainey to step down 3/4 of the season through. Habs are technically in a playoff position, and had been playing solid hockey lately. Why not step down after the season?

Guess they might want Gauthier to assume the helm now itself.

First order of business - sell low, but sell high too. Halak and Price for a real, top 10 goaltender. Let's go.

PS. Boy, I'm sad today. I loved the way Gainey was okay with remaining stagnant and relatively mediocre - to poor. I was hoping he'd get a lifetime extension.

SensGirl11 wrote:It's about time they switch it up. Will Martin do both again?

His coaching style is bored and tired, his GMing style is non-existent. So, yes, he'd be perfect to do both in Montreal.

wprager wrote:

SensGirl11 wrote:It's about time they switch it up. Will Martin do both again?

Jacques can do neither, as far as I'm concerned. The recent trend (successful, by the way) is to hire coaches with little or no NHL experience. Gainey went the other way, proving yet again that he was too old for the new NHL.

To be fair, martin's still got his hockey team hanging in there with the countless injuries and the ineptitude of Gainey pushing Price to the forefront and signing garbage players (Laraque, Gill, smurfs).