The Official 2026 Off-Season Thread: Revenge of the Nerds

[leafman101]

View: https://x.com/FAN590/status/2062217502315126974/video/1?s=46


He also says Halpern is out.

 

[thehabhater]

Can Roy still play net, and stay healthy doing so?

 

[CH1]

Plus Roy is huge into analytics

 

[thehabhater]

So, instead of reviewing plays on Ipads during games, analytical coaches use calculators?

 

[Preston]

Roy has publicly blasted analytics in the past and some speculate that his lack of buy-in on nerdies was a reason he got fired in Colorado.

But I'm sure he loves them now and said as much in his super elite interview

 

[CH1]

So, instead of reviewing plays on Ipads during games, analytical coaches use calculators?

That’s just an award he won!!!! It’s not a real calculator!

 

[CH1]

Roy has publicly blasted analytics in the past and some speculate that his lack of buy-in on nerdies was a reason he got fired in Colorado.

But I'm sure he loves them now and said as much in his super elite interview

“Hey Burger Boy, the most important data point is Cups Won”

 

[hockeylover]

Not all that jazzed about Roy but open to an argument.

 

[MindzEye]

Can Roy still play net, and stay healthy doing so?

This is the extent of my interest in him.

I've complained before about the disconnect between front office and head coach being fertile ground for a roster being misused and there being no coherence between team building strategy and on ice play. Patrick Roy would appear on the surface to be the exact type of "dig in" OBC that could fuck an entire data driven team build up by misusing half of the roster, crying for players that suit his style of player better when the team is struggling, etc.

 

[leafman101]

Feels like it wouldn’t be a non-data driven coach. But its also not surprising that Patrick Roy interviews well.

Berube also though his meeting went really well.