Kubby31 Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Roland Melanson Joins The Vancouver Canucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rondalsf Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Roland Melanson Joins The Vancouver Canucks Good luck Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathradio Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Why did he quit the Habs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracie12 Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Why did he quit the Habs? He didnt quit, he was let go. Good luck in Vancouver, Rollie. You seem like a good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruuvimeisseli Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Why did he quit the Habs? Because he was not very good with our goalies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracie12 Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Because he was not very good with our goalies. This is unfair, imho. During his tenure with us we had exceptional seasons and or stretches from: Theodore Huet Garon Halak Price Heck, he even made Hackett look good for a while & got the most out of Thibealt for a season. There's no doubt he wasnt a good fit for Price, but to say something as flippant as he was "not very good" is an insult to a guy who did do a heck of a lot with pretty much every goaltender we had in the organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathradio Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Maybe the management let him go because he wasn't the best goaltending coach for Price, even though he made Halak and other Habs goalies better. (The management spent so much energy and cash on Price and building a team around him) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruuvimeisseli Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 This is unfair, imho. During his tenure with us we had exceptional seasons and or stretches from: Theodore Huet Garon Halak Price Heck, he even made Hackett look good for a while & got the most out of Thibealt for a season. There's no doubt he wasnt a good fit for Price, but to say something as flippant as he was "not very good" is an insult to a guy who did do a heck of a lot with pretty much every goaltender we had in the organization. Sorta is unfair but all of those goalies you named played inconsistently during their habs careers. Pierre Groulx imo so far has done a better job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracie12 Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Sorta is unfair but all of those goalies you named played inconsistently during their habs careers. Pierre Groulx imo so far has done a better job. We had this debate a while back and I stand by my position: name me one other organization that has had that many goalies do that well over that long of a span. Its chicken and egg, of course, because some will argue all the goalies were great (seems doubtful) and Rollie couldnt get them to play consistently - whereas I would argue that Rollie helped most of them elevate their game to a point where they were playing beyond their abilities in some cases. Anyway, like i said, its of no matter, he was the wrong fit for Price (and I do think his time here was done regardless of who we had in nets), he's gone and I will agree with you that Groulx has done an excellent job so far. I just dont want Rollie to be remembered as some sort of failure here - he had some spectacular seasons out of a LOT of goalies in his time here and while the goalies themselves deserve heaps of credit, at least some of that has to be attributed to the coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShore Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Because he was not very good with our goalies. Lol! Yeah, its' shows with how bad Halak is. Sorta is unfair but all of those goalies you named played inconsistently during their habs careers. Pierre Groulx imo so far has done a better job. and how have those goalies been since they were with Melanson? Yeah.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_133 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Lol! Yeah, its' shows with how bad Halak is. and how have those goalies been since they were with Melanson? Yeah.. Halak actually had his best year after Rollie left. With that said the impact a goaltending coach has is basically impossible to quantify. Young goalies are hot and cold, the fact that Price had an excellent rookie year may have had nothing to do with Rollie just as his mediocre sophomore season may have had nothign to do with Rollie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShore Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Halak actually had his best year after Rollie left. With that said the impact a goaltending coach has is basically impossible to quantify. Young goalies are hot and cold, the fact that Price had an excellent rookie year may have had nothing to do with Rollie just as his mediocre sophomore season may have had nothign to do with Rollie. Exactly. Even look at Toronto with Allair; he didn't exactly make their goaltending stellar. The role of a goalie coach is much better judged by someone on the inside then by one of us just watching the goalies performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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