Crawford Fired

barry33 · Guru

Crawford Fired

Habs and Avs Fan · Veteran Member

I always liked Crawford. An offensive minded coach, one the cup with Colorado in '96. Hmmm Bert is gone for sure from Vancouver so is Morrison.

Nil d · Guru

Two potential candidates mentioned on TSN were Pat Quinn and Alain Vignault. I'd love to see Vignault resurface in the NHL - Claude Julien too, of course!

Jay1982 · Guru

I heard Naslund might be moved

doodie · Veteran Member

to bad TED NOLAN couldn't get a shot at one of those jobs.

habsforeverfan · Veteran Member

doodie wrote:

to bad TED NOLAN couldn't get a shot at one of those jobs.

Rumour has been circulated that Ted Nolan has been black listed by the GMs that is why he is not working right now. I don't recall the details but it was a disagreement between Nolan and the GM that caused Nolan to be fired and black listed. So I heard.

doodie · Veteran Member

habsforeverfan wrote:

doodie wrote: to bad TED NOLAN couldn't get a shot at one of those jobs. Rumour has been circulated that Ted Nolan has been black listed by the GMs that is why he is not working right now. I don't recall the details but it was a disagreement between Nolan and the GM that caused Nolan to be fired and black listed. So I heard.

To bad he's a great coach!! HE must have really screwed up,because I thought the bottom line was winning and he's a winner ,that I remember !!

-- Edited by doodie at 06:22, 2006-04-26

heet_150 · Guru

habsforeverfan wrote:

doodie wrote: to bad TED NOLAN couldn't get a shot at one of those jobs. Rumour has been circulated that Ted Nolan has been black listed by the GMs that is why he is not working right now. I don't recall the details but it was a disagreement between Nolan and the GM that caused Nolan to be fired and black listed. So I heard.

The line on Nolan is that he constantly fought with Muckler while in Buffalo. Muckler couldn't fire him initially, as Nolan won coach of the year. I have brought him up before, and apparently he is coaching in Moncton, NB. I remember the controversy in a game when the crowd started shouting racial slurs at him earlier this season. Moncton is in the playoffs (semi-finals being played right now).

I have heard that the firing of Crawford will expedite the hiring of Maurice in Toronto, as they don't want him to be lured away.

heet_150 · Guru

Nil d wrote:

Claude Julien too, of course!

And no better place for him to coach than in the west and not against the Habs 8 times per year.

Nil d · Guru

heet_150 wrote:

The line on Nolan is that he constantly fought with Muckler while in Buffalo. Muckler couldn't fire him initially, as Nolan won coach of the year. I have brought him up before, and apparently he is coaching in Moncton, NB. I remember the controversy in a game when the crowd started shouting racial slurs at him earlier this season. Moncton is in the playoffs (semi-finals being played right now). I have heard that the firing of Crawford will expedite the hiring of Maurice in Toronto, as they don't want him to be lured away.

Moncton is the #1 ranked junior team in Canada. They just demolished the Halifax Mooseheads (after whipping them all year). He must be doing something right.

beakermania · Senior Member

I don't know how much of this is true, but the rumour in the Buffalo area has always been that something happened between Ted Nolan and the wife of a certain "Superstar" Buffalo Sabres goaltender at the time and that is the reason for the blackballing. Again I don't know how true it is, just something i have heard on many occasions in southern ontario/buffalo area.

As far as Julien goes, I'd love to see him get the L.A. job or Vancouver job. I look at the L.A. job as a near perfect fit for him. The perfect fit for his style would be Columbus if they fire their coach, or possibly a job in St. louis, who knows.

I also think Alain Vignault would be great in Vancouver. Hes always been a smart coach IMO.