As Darche alluded to, it wasn\u2019t one game that spurred the change, but a recent trend, one that DeBoer could help fix. DeBoer brings a resume as an experienced coach with a defensive focus and while it might take longer than three practice days to enact his system, Darche felt the opportunity to get a top coach was beneficial in the long term.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuys like Pete DeBoer don’t stay on the market very long,\u201d Darche said. \u201cHis pedigree, I mean, he went to five of the last six conference finals. He’s had success everywhere he’s been. He’s a very structured coach.\u201d<\/p>\n
A quick refresher on DeBoer\u2019s resume. His 662 coaching wins are 18th in NHL history. His 97 playoff wins are fifth in NHL history. He\u2019s 9-0 in Game 7s. He\u2019s taken two teams to a Stanley Cup Final (both in his first full year behind the bench) and was in six of the last seven conference finals, with three different teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s like grabbing the number one free agent on the market,\u201d Darche said.<\/p>\n
As positive as Darche was about the hiring of DeBoer, he touched on the tough decision to move on from Roy, who he said brought the team a long way in a year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s not a fun day. It’s not a fun thing to do,\u201d Darche said. \u201cPatrick has been awesome for the organization. He moved it forward. He\u2019s an awesome person, passionate, and I just felt it was it was time just to move the group forward. It was time to make a change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy no means is this all on Patrick,\u201d Darche added. \u201cSometimes it’s just a circumstance that you need a change and a different voice, and that was the time right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Darche alluded to, it wasn\u2019t one game that spurred the change, but a recent trend, one that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5110],"tags":[5,122,3328,159,5190,5189,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-544018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-islanders","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-islanders","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-islanders","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkislanders","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116358768491706444","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}