Eric Engels: Pierre Gauthier Fired By the Canadiens
- EricEngels

I don't get it. Why do it with 5 games remaining? Isn't it early to pull the plug on him after two years? It's hard to argue that he wasn't given very much to work with.

Bob Gainey made the mess.

http://www.cyberpresse.ca...endre-soffre-le-monde.php

Ah funny, I nailed her

I don't get it. Why do it with 5 games remaining? Isn't it early to pull the plug on him after two years? It's hard to argue that he wasn't given very much to work with.

Bob Gainey made the mess.
- thomas81

Unlike Toronto, they decided that 4 years was too long.

I don't get it. Why do it with 5 games remaining? Isn't it early to pull the plug on him after two years? It's hard to argue that he wasn't given very much to work with.

Bob Gainey made the mess.
- thomas81

Both of them made the mess, he was Gainey's assistant before.

Unlike Toronto, they decided that 4 years was too long.
- Pecafan Fan

Just like Gauthier, Burke wasn't given very much to work with when he got here. When Jason Blake and Nik Antropov are your two top wingers, you've got yourself a problem.

Both of them made the mess, he was Gainey's assistant before.
- Rtt19

So you think he's the mastermind behind the Gomez fiasco?

Just like Gauthier, Burke wasn't given very much to work with when he got here. When Jason Blake and Nik Antropov are your two top wingers, you've got yourself a problem.
- thomas81

Fact is, as Molson alluded to yesterday, Gauthier was just the continuation of the Gainey era (who was still involved with the team).

He clearly said that over the last 9 years, the team was simply not good enough.

Now, both are gone.

I don't get it. Why do it with 5 games remaining? Isn't it early to pull the plug on him after two years? It's hard to argue that he wasn't given very much to work with.

Bob Gainey made the mess.
- thomas81

Gainey made the mess with Gauthier as an overpowered Assistant GM. You have to consider that it took BG time to recover from the tragedy of losing his daughter and that for a while, it was Gauthier pulling the strings mostly.

IMO, they're both equally responsible of this mess.

So you think he's the mastermind behind the Gomez fiasco?
- thomas81

He was the head of professional scouting.

So you think he's the mastermind behind the Gomez fiasco?
- thomas81

maybe yes maybe no he's definitely the one behind Kaberle and Campoli.

For (frank) sake's

1997 Entry 11 1 Jason Ward
1997 Entry 37 2 Gregor Baumgartner
1997 Entry 65 3 Ilkka Mikkola
1997 Entry 91 4 Daniel Tetrault
1997 Entry 118 5 Konstantin Sidulov
1997 Entry 122 5 Gennady Razin
1997 Entry 145 6 Jonathan Desroches
1997 Entry 172 7 Ben Guite
1997 Entry 197 8 Petr Kubos
1997 Entry 202 8 Andrei Sidyakin
1997 Entry 228 9 Jarl Ygranes

that was great draft

Fact is, as Molson alluded to yesterday, Gauthier was just the continuation of the Gainey era (who was still involved with the team).

He clearly said that over the last 9 years, the team was simply not good enough.

Now, both are gone.
- Pecafan Fan

This is clear.

Fact is, they overachieved with Jack Martin. If he was still the coach, the team probably wouldn't be dead last.

Gainey made the mess with Gauthier as an overpowered Assistant GM. You have to consider that it took BG time to recover from the tragedy of losing his daughter and that for a while, it was Gauthier pulling the strings mostly.

IMO, they're both equally responsible of this mess.
- PRICEless

Fair enough

For (frank) sake's

1997 Entry 11 1 Jason Ward
1997 Entry 37 2 Gregor Baumgartner
1997 Entry 65 3 Ilkka Mikkola
1997 Entry 91 4 Daniel Tetrault
1997 Entry 118 5 Konstantin Sidulov
1997 Entry 122 5 Gennady Razin
1997 Entry 145 6 Jonathan Desroches
1997 Entry 172 7 Ben Guite
1997 Entry 197 8 Petr Kubos
1997 Entry 202 8 Andrei Sidyakin
1997 Entry 228 9 Jarl Ygranes

that was great draft
- stinger67

They were refurbishing the ECHL team back in the days.

He also drafted Pacioretty in the same draft as Mcdonagh...
- Pecafan Fan

Habs should have drafted Letang, Giroux and Perron instead of Latendresse, Fischer and Pacioretty/MCDonagh.

-Serge Savard

So you think he's the mastermind behind the Gomez fiasco?
- thomas81

Both of them were, yes.

This is clear.

Fact is, they overachieved with Jack Martin. If he was still the coach, the team probably wouldn't be dead last.
- thomas81

Yet they'd still be out of the playoffs... In that optic, you've gotta call his firering a good move.

He was the head of professional scouting.
- Pecafan Fan

So surely he didn't approve of trading McDonagh.

Habs should have drafted Letang, Giroux and Perron instead of Latendresse, Fischer and Pacioretty/MCDonagh.

-Serge Savard
- Symba007

Hard to disagree at this point...

Habs should have drafted Letang, Giroux and Perron instead of Latendresse, Fischer and Pacioretty/MCDonagh.

-Serge Savard
- Symba007

This is the thing that creeps me out the most... We have a Quebec-first guy at the head of the team.

So surely he didn't approve of trading McDonagh.
- thomas81

you're right he was an awesome GM and deserved more time habs screwed up big time.

Yet they'd still be out of the playoffs... In that optic, you've gotta call his firering a good move.
- PRICEless

Oh. So you're also one of them.

Hard to disagree at this point...
- Pecafan Fan

especially years after the fact.

Habs should have drafted Letang, Giroux and Perron instead of Latendresse, Fischer and Pacioretty/MCDonagh.

-Serge Savard
- Symba007

He's probably right.

So surely he didn't approve of trading McDonagh.
- thomas81

Amateur Scouting: Draft
Professional Scouting: Follow the other teams and identify the pieces you are interested in




They WANTED Gomez... and I still can't believe it.