hf101 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Congrats are in order for Stevens. A good choice imo. Stevens deserves a 2nd chance. Quote "John and I had very productive dialogue this last week in relation to his head coaching philosophy and specifically how he would implement a strategy to activate our players offensively while maintaining the defensive philosophies we have come to be known for," said Blake. "I am confident that we are both in agreement on how that can be executed. With that said, we believe John has the ideal qualities to lead our hockey club. His wide array of coaching experience, including success as an NHL head coach and his inherent knowledge of our players and those in our development system, is very appealing to us. We are confident he is the best person to lead our hockey club forward." Quote Blake and Stevens will announce the rest of the Kings coaching staff - which also includes Goaltending Coach Bill Ranford - at a later date. https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/john-stevens-is-the-new-head-coach-of-the-la-kings/c-289041404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Good for him...he's a nice guy. Likely wasn't ready for prime time when Philly hired him, but should be good to go now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 @hf101 Well, you called that, huh? I'm not going to be as nice as @flyercanuck, though. I predict unmitigated failure. Not just a little failure, but horrible. 2 years tops with nothing to show for it. FC may be right though (and HF, you said as much previously). Maybe several years more of studying and molding and he's ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, ruxpin said: Maybe several years more of studying and molding and he's ready. Just to be clear, I didn't mean several more years. I meant maybe the few years he's had since the Flyers have made him ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 28 minutes ago, ruxpin said: Just to be clear, I didn't mean several more years. I meant maybe the few years he's had since the Flyers have made him ready. I got it the way you wrote it. And I agree. Stevens wasn't the main problem in Philly even though he took the ax for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notfondajane Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Is there any relations with Kevin? Just curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 30 minutes ago, notfondajane said: Is there any relations with Kevin? Just curious! No, John is from Simcoe Ontario...Kevin is from the Boston area I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notfondajane Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 24 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: No, John is from Simcoe Ontario...Kevin is from the Boston area I believe. Kevin is from Massachusetts! Thanks for responding. Your a gentleman and a scholar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kings Redeem LA Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 hf101: Thanks for getting this conversation going! I found that this LA Times article-- http://www.latimes.com/sports/kings/la-sp-kings-coach-stevens-20170423-story.html --partly assuaged my concern about hiring a head coach from in house after that house's been so gutted. I also enjoyed the following quote from Drew Doughty: “So I’m excited to hopefully get that more offensive thing going.” He and other Kings have forgotten its name. It's called offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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