Posts About "Guy Boucher"
Canadiens: 5 Replacements for Claude Julien
May 13th, 2020 Claude Julien has been the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens since Valentine's Day 2017, hired shortly after being let go by the Boston Bruins. The Habs have missed the playoffs in two of the last three seasons while Julien has been at the helm. Known for his defense-first system and his reluctance to trust rookies with bigger...
NHL News & Notes: Boucher, Coyne Schofield & More
March 1st, 2019 In today's News & Notes, Guy Boucher has been fired by the Ottawa Senators, Kendall Coyne Schofield has been hired by the NHL Network as a studio analyst and the NHL has announced their three stars for the month of February. Related: NHL News & Notes: Puljujarvi, Mueller & More Senators Fire Boucher, Crawford Assumes...
Coach Guy Boucher Fired by Ottawa Senators
March 1st, 2019 It was announced on Friday morning that the Ottawa Senators have released head coach Guy Boucher of his head coaching duties for the Ottawa Senators. The move comes after a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night and mere days after the team traded its three key players at the trade deadline. Needless to say, this move comes...
Boucher’s Tenure with Senators Is Eerily Familiar
September 18th, 2018 The transactions made by the Ottawa Senators during the offseason were both controversial and harmful to the team. Trading Erik Karlsson and Mike Hoffman for far less than their value have damaged the team’s identity and talent pool. But the most damage was arguably done to Guy Boucher’s long-term future as head coach of the...
Should the Senators Fire Guy Boucher?
April 18th, 2018 Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion has a lot of decisions to make this offseason, but how he approaches the first item on his to-do list will give fans an idea of what direction the team is headed in. After a thirtieth place finish, it’s safe to assume that coach Guy Boucher knows he might not be back in October. It’s...
Is Boucher the Right Guy for a Senators Rebuild?
March 10th, 2018 Ottawa Senators fans have been hoping to see some semblance of a plan from management since last month’s trade deadline saga unfolded, and the team has been sending out mixed messages ever since. However, there's one thing the organization has kept talking about: youth. In a letter to season ticket holders, owner and CEO Eugene...
Is History Repeating for Guy Boucher?
January 31st, 2018 The Ottawa Senators failed to pick up a win during the five-game stretch between their bye week and the All-Star break, pushing them even closer to the last place in the Eastern Conference. Just past the midway point of the season, the Senators have played themselves out of playoff contention and the tension between players and the...
Duchene Finding His Way With Senators
January 21st, 2018 When the Matt Duchene trade saga finally ended two months ago, the star centre finally got a chance to put the drama and speculation behind him and return to focusing on just playing hockey. Unfortunately for Duchene, the Senators’ season took a disastrous turn shortly after his arrival in Ottawa. Duchene wanted out of Colorado...
Senators Weekly: New Year, Old Concerns
January 3rd, 2018 The Ottawa Senators’ annual skills competition couldn’t have come at a better time. It looked like the Senators’ ugly 5-0 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night was going to spoil the team's fortuitous three-day break between New Year’s Eve and Jan. 2, but the skills competition the next day gave the team a chance to direct...
Senators Weekly: Big Decisions Ahead for Dorion
December 28th, 2017 The Ottawa Senators are far from where they expected to be by the end of December. Sitting at seventh place in the Atlantic Division, any hopes of a playoff spot are quickly starting to fade. The math certainly isn’t in their favour, as the Senators are 15 points back of the final playoff spot in the division with 47 games to...
Fixing the Ottawa Senators Power Play
November 29th, 2017 The Ottawa Senators could blame a lot of things for their current six-game losing streak. Goalies Craig Anderson and Mike Condon have let in questionable goals at bad times, captain Erik Karlsson has struggled to put up the point totals he usually does, and Matt Duchene has just one goal since joining the team. However, one aspect of the...
Senators' Patient Prospect Development Could Cost Them
November 24th, 2017 Twenty games into the season, the Ottawa Senators are starting to tap into their prospect pool. With Chris Wideman out of the lineup for months with a torn hamstring and Mark Borowiecki sidelined with a concussion, the Sens have called up their top defensive prospect Thomas Chabot to fill out the roster. Chabot is an exciting player, as...
Lazar Might Not Be an NHLer...Yet
October 29th, 2017 The National Hockey League is an extremely tough place to make a living. It's a tough league to land a job in, and it's even tougher to land in as a teenager. For Calgary Flames forward Curtis Lazar, making the jump to the NHL as a teenager turned out to be a double-edged sword; on one hand he made it, on the other hand making it may...
