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Habs Season Thread: 2025 Playoffs

The East looks odd with no Boston for teams to have to go through.

I'm figuring if we beat Washington, Carolina, Florida we are in the finals. This is not an impossible task. Then again, we could be out in 4 games. I'm taking us to win the first round, at least. I also picked Boston to win the East this year :oops:
 
Habsy said:
Robidas is in charge of D zone coverage. Math isn't hard.
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I thought he was in charge of the defensemen.

"his job is clear and simple – his job is to develop young players and to help the D core reach their potential."

I don't think he's in charge of D zone coverage at all.
 
Habsy said:
He is, he's not a player development coach, he's an assistant coach.
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Wrong, he's a position coach.


Canadiens GM Kent Hughes announced Thursday morning that Robidas has been hired as an assistant coach. The 45-year-old Sherbrooke native replaces Luke Richardson, who left the Canadiens to become head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, and he will handle the team’s defencemen.

Read more at: https://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/hockey-inside-out/article440847.html#storylink=cpy
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www.sportsnet.ca

Canadiens hire Stephane Robidas as assistant coach, replacing Richardson

Long-time NHL defenceman Stephane Robidas is joining the Montreal Canadiens as an assistant coach. He replaces Luke Richardson, who was hired as the new head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks earlier this summer.
www.sportsnet.ca www.sportsnet.ca

He replaces Luke Richardson, who was hired as the new head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks earlier this summer.


"We are very lucky to have someone of Stephane's calibre join our coaching staff. His recent experience as an NHL player, and his outstanding hockey background, will be excellent assets for the development of our players," said Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis in a statement. "Stephane perfectly matches the profile we were looking for in a candidate. In addition to being an exceptional individual, he is a very good communicator, and I believe that players will relate to him because of that."
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Also posting articles from 3 years ago doesn't support that his purview hasn't grown. I've heard it mention several times that Robidas and Grillo work the D zone coverage.
 
That's just a faulty prompt for AI. If you look at the articles referenced, there is nothing supporting that statement. If you can find me something to support it, go ahead. But if you think he's responsible for defensive zone coverage, then I completely understand your position, but I still don't think he is. I also doubt it's only one guy.
 
It gets back to what I was saying earlier, it's really hard to understand what the assistant coaches really do. Find me something that says that Robidas and Grillo run the D zone? Or what their true responsibilities are.
 
GrandWazoo said:
That's just a faulty prompt for AI. If you look at the articles referenced, there is nothing supporting that statement. If you can find me something to support it, go ahead. But if you think he's responsible for defensive zone coverage, then I completely understand your position, but I still don't think he is. I also doubt it's only one guy.
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From ChatAB (Arpon Basu). Robidas explains the D zone coverage because he's the D zone coach.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/59...-forward-pressure/?source=user_shared_articleThe secret to the Canadiens’ defensive game has little to do with defencemen

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Habsy said:
Coaching

You guys are entirely too forgiving on the consistency in coaching.
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Frankly, you are excessively overconfident in your ability to separate coaching issues from player talent and execution issues.

I’m not sure if you have a coherent process or ability to make that distinction
 
CH1 said:
Frankly, you are excessively overconfident in your ability to separate coaching issues from player talent issues.
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I'm aware that it's a conflated issue between the two however the players are the ones that receive most, if not all, the blame. I refuse to do that and as you put it, frankly, I think most fans are overconfident that the blame is on the players alone and the assumption is that they're being coached properly and are simply not executing. That's not necessarily the case.

Success in any company comes from leadership.

Works both ways.
 
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