Patrick Roy loses one of his assistants

In recent years, the Islanders haven’t had it easy with their draft picks.

Right now, New York doesn’t have the best bank of prospects; the club has one of the worst, but at least they managed to get their hands on Cole Eiserman, who fell all the way to 20th on Friday night. Remember that at this time last year, the striker was nose-to-nose with Macklin Celebrini.

I can’t wait to see if Eiserman can make the other teams lie and improve his 200-foot game, in particular. Because scoring goals won’t be a problem for him. In this selection, however (and the other five), Patrick Roy had no say in the matter.

Perhaps that’s why no QMJHL players were selected by the squad.

Usually, coaches are present at the draft, but not Roy. He was in the Quebec City area.

NHL coaches usually attend the draft with their team’s management.

Martin St-Louis is there with the Habs…

But Patrick Roy is not with the Islanders. He’s currently in the Quebec City area.

– Maxime Truman (@MaximeTruman) June 28, 2024

Shortly after the auction, coach Lou Lamoriello’s boss spoke and confirmed that one of the assistant coaches Doug Honda will not be back with the team.

The man who led the defense and the league’s worst shorthanded lineup didn’t convince his boss. Roy, John MacLean and Benoît Desrosiers remain in place.

But for Honda’s replacement, one wonders if another Quebecer could make it to the Big Apple. After all, Patrick Roy has never been afraid to promote Quebec and the QMJHL in general. The proof: shortly after his hiring, he brought his good friend Desrosiers with him.

Could Louis Robitaille, former head coach and GM of the Gatineau Olympiques, be a potential candidate? In 2023-2024, he was the pilot of the Cape Breton Eagles and is a good chum of Le Roy. Stéphane Julien, Carl Mallette and Sylvain Favreau, coaches the Laval Rocket may eventually meet, are also interesting candidates.

Will Lamoriello trust Roy, or will he bring his own man?

Speaking of the #Rocket #AHL head coaching position

I have it on good authority that meetings will be held in Vegas and early next week in Montreal.

Among the candidates we want to meet – nothing surprising:

Sylvain Favreau
Carl Mallette
Stephane Julien

– Stephane Leroux (@StephRDSJunior) June 26, 2024

In Overtime

– Cole Caufield at the Brewers game.

Cole Caufield threw out the first pitch at the Milwaukee Brewers game today pic.twitter.com/74AFtVpuma

– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) June 29, 2024

– A+ to the Canadian.

NHL Draft Grades: Instant analysis on each team’s haul https://t.co/NIniBulY8R

– theScore NHL (@theScoreNHL) June 29, 2024

– Jules Boilard will be at camp.

The Drakkar’s Jules Boilard has been invited by the Canadiens to their development camp. #CH

– Mikaël Lalancette (@MikLalancette) June 29, 2024

– The Preds are serious.

Hearing the @PredsNHL are ready for business Monday and they want to be active on the UFA market. With Steven Stamkos now officially available, you have to expect he’s the type of player they want to add.

– Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 29, 2024

– Will they be drafted in 2025?

New at @TheAthletic:

The top 13 prospects who went undrafted in the #2024NHLDraft :https://t.co/fCQDQJ18E3 pic.twitter.com/2mzHZMpeBc

– Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) June 29, 2024

– It’s not like the Habs ignored him.

I just ran into Cayden Lindstrom as he was leaving our hotel:

“Do you think you can save your first hat trick for a game that won’t be against the Habs?”

He, all smiles:

“We’ll see.”

– Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) June 29, 2024