The New York Islanders have relieved head coach Patrick Roy of his duties and have hired Peter DeBoer as his replacement. What do you make of the Roy firing and the DeBoer hiring? Are you confident the Senators will make the playoffs? How should the Canadiens view the end of their eight-game win streak? TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button joins SC with Jay Onrait to discuss.
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Unless Roy asked to resign in not sure about this move. Roy coached the rookie for an excellent rookie season put them in place to battle for the playoffs. Just a weird move
This must be purely based on personal differences between Roy and the GM. This makes no rational sense.
Preacher is back in the NHL 😂
If he’s a great coach y does he always have to find a job
Such a copy cat league.
But why fire him ON EASTER!! It could have happened this morning…. man talk about tone deaf
Roy squeezed the lemon to the utmost. This is not a good team.
You knew DeBoer would rather sit than take a Leaf’s coaching job.
these rapid firings will come back to haunt these teams. mentally weak front offices
They'll still miss the Stanley Cup playoffs
Peter DeBoer had three big offensive teams in his last coaching jobs. The Islanders are not built on offence except for Shaefer now. Maybe some prospects will change this… But I don't see a good fit right now !
This is hilarious. DeBoer has never been a particularly good coach, but 4 games before the playoffs? Dang. — miault.
Key 2026 Trade Deadline Moves by Darche :
Acquired: Brayden Schenn (from STL), Ondrej Palat, Carson Soucy.
Traded Away: Jonathan Drouin, 2026 1st Round Pick, 2026 3rd Round Pick, Marcus Gidlof.
IMO : bad move giving away the 1st round pick and adding Palat (bad contract !)
If Schenn has a couple 50 points season (he is 35) then it'S a win otherwise expensive addition if 20-30 pts per season
There never was any chance that Pete DeBoer was going to go to Toronto.
As a matter of fact, it's highly unlikely Chris Pronger will be involved either. Neither of them want anything to do with the dumpster fire that is MLSE at the moment. There is literally no upside to either of them, aside from throwing a few coins in their pockets. But the damage to the reputation would be immense. So, almost no amount of money is worth working with the Leafs, at least at the moment.
Always entertaining to listen to these 2 Clowns and their thought process….. Debeer won't last through the 27-28 season, Ottawa won't be successful til they get the CANCER out of their dressing room that Tkachuk presents and MOREAL will just go down in flames in Playoffs
Great move by the Islanders… they shot them selves in the foot after buying those new players and getting rid of Duclair
Islanders would never have been there if it wasnt for Roy i thought hed win the jack adams
Would be pretty cool to see Roy in Edmonton, working with Coffey.
Un joueur comme moi ça joue pas pour des gens qu'on a pas envie de jouer et aussi quand t'es vraiment bon ça fonctionne pas pareil,tout seul je crée mon propre camp. Si tu veux vivre dans de belles conditions,comme la vie devrait l'être,c'est comme ça qu'il faut faire.
C'est vraiment une très bonne chose pour Patrick Roy,de toutes façon c'était juste une perte de temps.
Les Islanders sont pas mal incompétants,et ils messent avec beaucoup de gens,c'est des new-yorkais qui sont gâtés.
Je dis pas qu'ensuite les choses sont si faciles,c'est comme un système où il faut se battre et travailler pour obtenir le mieux.
What. The. Hell.
Roy took a team w/ the 1st overall pick, last year, to the outskirts of the playoffs. Furthermore, Roy certainly has something to do with Sorokin unlocking his Vezina potential.
This is a big-time head scratcher… for Peter “The Playoff Loser” Deboer, no less.
this islanders team is built like the 2012 Devils, wish new jersey gave Debore another shot
what a jerk move I hope NYI crash and burn , Patrick Roy is a good coach, I hope Toronto Maple Leaf's get a new coach in Patrick Roy & Marc Bergevin for GM , the new French connection
Les équipes dans la NHL sont trop limités sur la question des joueurs pour être entraîneur et gagner la coupe Stanley.
Upgrade in coach Idt Roy was that great, Peter tends to go on deep runs in recent years, however Idt Roy deserved to get fired
They fired Roy to give Deboer another chance at winning
Wow…Peter "the loser" DeBoer….what a move by the Isles 👍😂
The Leafs miss out once again. I say this not in spite but come on guys. He was right there. Pelley has proven he hasn't a clue about the business of hockey. You let this one slip too. It looks like you actually like losing. This is a very decisive and astute business move by the Islanders. And what are the Leafs doing? Waiting for a train that's already left the station – that's what. Here's some free advice. Walk 950 meters to the Blue Jays head office. Study how to build a professional sports team and go back to Leafs headquarters and apply learned lessons. Period.
lol, those guys were playing for Roy. They’re not going to play for DeBoer, way to tank the season. Great decision!
Happy Easter Jay and Craig
Dude on the left got the chirp… lol he needs some penicillin for that lip
Would be great as a Winnipeg fan, if we picked up Roy.