The decision by the Ottawa Senators staff to hire Travis Green as head coach leaves many skeptical.
This choice, which should in principle be announced on Wednesday, “doesn’t make good sense,” columnist and podcast host Tony Marinaro told “JiC” on Monday.
Green just finished last season as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, where he took over for Lindy Ruff after the latter was fired in March. The 53-year-old, who played 970 games in the NHL during his playing career, is also known for leading the Vancouver Canucks for four seasons, during which the team only made the playoffs once. times, before being sacked during the fifth.
“The Ottawa Senators, the reconstruction is over,” said Marinaro. They need a winner as coach to take their team of young players to another level. He never won!”
Marinaro, like host Jean-Charles Lajoie, believes that the Senators ignored a number of interesting candidates, including some French-speaking ones, like Benoit Groulx, Guy Boucher, even Bob Hartley!
“The promise you made to want to pay more attention to fans in the Gatineau region, to date, you have not kept it,” underlined Tony regarding past statements from the new owner of the team, Michael Andlauer .
“Bob (Hartley) would have been great in Ottawa,” he added. A guy from Hawkesbury, Stanley Cup winner. He would have been great.”
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