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Button: ‘Patrick Roy is a fantastic hire for the Islanders’



The New York Islanders announced on Saturday the move to dismiss Lane Lambert and bring in Patrick Roy as new head coach. Director of Scouting Craig Button joins Jay Onrait to discuss the shocking midseason change behind the bench for the Islanders.

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  1. The Isles will be at their best against the Canadiens. Roy is going to want to prove the Canadiens wrong for not hiring him.

  2. Leafs may not make a move until the all-star break. Berube seems to be the top guy. Boucher could be named interim coach until the end of the year if tree can't sign Berube.

  3. The Islanders just fired head coach Lane Lambert and replaced him with the aggressive Patrick Roy! They will now likely make the playoffs.

    The Leafs have sunk into fourth place with the Red Wings just one point behind.

    Unless GM Brad “Stand Pat” Treliving does something drastic, they’re not going to make the playoffs.

    Time to finally trade local
    boy Mitch Marner possibly to the Senators for defensemen Thomas Chabot and Jakob Chychrun and hope the returning goalie Joseph Woll will be better between the pipes.

  4. I don't think the Habs would make the playoff but I'm pretty sure the ISL will with Roy. Too bad cause i would love to see an Habs-ISL series in the playoff.

  5. Roy is a goon, and will always be one. He was lucky that his ex-wife didn't press charges against him back in 2000. I'm glad she left him.

  6. Greatest goalie of all time. Little bit worried about him as a coach because he's kind of crazy, but that might actually be a good thing.

  7. No crystal ball, but it seemed to me they were overperforming, esp. in 1 goal games, under Lambert. What is B. Horvat's NHL record in the last 200 games and was it better under Lambert?

  8. Patrick Roy is a big piece of shit. He doesn’t belong in the nhl anymore. We saw the kind of coach he is. All drama.

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