Contrary to Blue Jackets from Columbus, to Panthers Florida and Golden Knights of Vegas, Gerard Gallant will need to see results quickly, if not immediately.
The 57-year-old man, originally from Prince Edward Island, is aware that expectations are very high in a large market like New York, but he swears he will not approach his new mandate in a different way to the previous ones.
This is a team that is about to take off, to reach the next step, and I will prepare in the same way
, said Gerard Gallant on Tuesday.
New York, en me familiarisant avec leurs joueurs et leur personnel. C'est très important, et je crois que j'excelle à ce niveau-là.","text":"Je suis très à l'aise avec ce qui s'est passé auparavant, au cours de mes six années passées en Floride et à Vegas, et je me servirai de ça chez les Rangers de New York, en me familiarisant avec leurs joueurs et leur personnel. C'est très important, et je crois que j'excelle à ce niveau-là."}}">I’m very comfortable with what’s happened before, during my six years in Florida and Vegas, and I will use that with the New York Rangers, familiarizing myself with their players and their staff. It’s very important, and I think I excel at that level.
Gerard Gallant won the Jack Adams 2018 NHL Coach of the Year award with the Vegas Golden Knights.
Photo : (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Gerard Gallant was the candidate coveted by Rangers’ new president and general manager, Chris Drury, since it has been successful wherever it has gone.
He notably won the President’s Cup, which was awarded to the champion of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2011 and 2012, the Memorial Cup in 2011, as well as the gold medal with Canada at the last World Championship. hockey – despite a tough start to the tournament, in which the Canadian team went 0-3.
Gerard Gallant was able to shine behind a bench in the LIFE with the Golden Knights in 2017-18, when they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals in their first season. This course allowed him to obtain the Jack Adams trophy awarded to the head coach par excellence of the LIFE.
After an early elimination in the first round in 2019 and some trouble at the start of the following season, Gerard Gallant was fired. His stay was therefore even shorter than that of three seasons with the Panthers, and that of a similar duration with the Blue Jackets.
I still have a little trouble thinking about it without saying to myself: “Why was I fired?
“Gerard Gallant said of his stopovers in Florida and Vegas in particular. I think I did a good job in both of these organizations. But things are happening. It’s out of my control.
Gerard Gallant wants Rangers to be the hardest working team in the league
. This philosophy, combined with the experience of Gerard Gallant, has obviously charmed Chris Drury during job interviews to succeed head coach David Quinn.
David Quinn, mask on chin, behind the team bench. (Archive)
Photo: Reuters / Charles LeClaire
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I was looking for a coach who had a good track record and who had won on several levels
, told Chris Drury. “Turk” met all of these criteria.
The owner James Dolan did not dismiss the president John Davidson and the general manager Jeff Gorton, and Chris Drury didn’t fire Quinn just to get the Rangers back on track. They want Gerard Gallant to deliver results.
My goal, and our hopes, is that we will make the playoffs next year.
, said Chris Drury. Is it a contract? I do not believe. But I want everyone who returns to know that this is the goal, and with all the talent that there is in this team we should take no less.
The talent will obviously be there. Gerard Gallant will be able to count on the finalist for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the defender par excellence of the LIFE, Adam Fox, star winger Artemi Panarin, center Mika Zibanejad, the first pick of the last draft, Alexis Lafrenière, the second pick of the 2019 draft, Kaapo Kakko, and their concession guard Igor Shesterkin.
Alexis Lafrenière celebrates a goal.
Photo : Associated Press / Nick Wass
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Gerard Gallant will be responsible for turning this team into a serious contender for the Stanley Cup, a trophy that has escaped the New York concession since 1994.
I’m sure we’ll take a big leap forward, and that’s what I want
, said Gerard Gallant. We will see when training camp starts, but one thing is certain, we will have a very good roster and she will get to work from the start, in order to maximize her potential.
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