Dave Nonis
Dave Nonis
David M. Nonisis a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He is a special assignment scout for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey Leagueand serves as a consultant to the team's general manager, Bob Murray...
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Picking out one or two players isn't helpful to anybody. With that said, your best players have to be your best players throughout the course of the year if you want to have some success.
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You'd like to have players with more experience, but we do have some vets on the back end and it's important that they step up and earn their keep.
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It's easy to point the finger at one guy and I don't think that's fair. At the end of the day, we've got a pretty good hockey team and it's up to the players to perform. They're the ones who go on the ice, not Marc.
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I want to make it clear this does not absolve the players for their part in this season. In no way does this mean there will be no further changes. No way. The fact is there is a lot of blame to be spread around and a lot of it falls on the shoulders of people that were in that locker room.
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It wasn't because the message wasn't correct. It was in some cases that certain players weren't listening to that message.
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There won't be a coaching change this year. We're giving everyone a chance to win and (Crawford) is part of that. If the players are looking for a way out, that's not it.
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If people knew what was available and what it costs, I don't think there's anyone out there that would pull the trigger on what has been offered to this point. There have been very few deals for a reason. There are players you can get for less, but they're not going to help you.
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Marc was good. He was very thankful for the time he has had here. He would have liked to have had another year to get back at it. But he's been around this game a long time and handled it very well. Probably better than I did.
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Marc is a great coach, a great friend. But we felt our team needed a kick-start. We didn't play with the fire we've known in the past. At some point, you need a new direction.
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I think Marc Crawford is one of the best coaches in the NHL. It doesn't mean we're not going to evaluate all the elements of our organization, including the coaching staff.
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We need some new energy, some new juice. We felt our team needs a kick-start, that we haven't played with the fire we had been known for in the past. A change behind the bench was the first place to start.
We need some new energy, some new juice.
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Whoever the head coach is will obviously have some say in who his assistants are. I would be hopeful that they will be strongly considered and we will have something to say about that as well. They have done a lot of good work here. At this point they are still with us.
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Koltsov, he's back in Russia. His mother is very ill and he wanted to stay back and be with her. He maintains that he that he wants to come back to North America and if he does we look forward to having him. You know, he's a dynamic player. He can create a scoring chance both for you and against you. He does have some great ability, and he was coming along when he went back (to Russia).