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Dominique Ducharme’s time at the helm of the Habs was brief. In less than a year, he replaced Claude Julien, led the Habs to the Stanley Cup Final… and was fired.
It was great news to see him get a new position on the Bettman circuit. That said, we suspected he’d eventually like to be a head coach again…
And today, speaking to RDS at his golf tournament, Ducharme admitted he still believes he’ll be an NHL head coach again.
He’s not necessarily in a hurry to do so, considering how well he’s doing in his current situation and doesn’t want to rush things, but he remains confident that he’ll have the chance to lead an NHL team again in the future.
Clearly, he’s not one of those coaches who has no intention of becoming a head coach again: the flame still seems to burn within him.
Ducharme also had a word to say about the hiring of Pascal Vincent, a guy who “suffered the same fate as he did”. Both were fired with the arrival of a new administration, but at least both were able to bounce back, whether as NHL assistants for Ducharme or as AHL head coaches for Vincent.
We’ll see if a team offers Ducharme a job in the years to come, but remember that his name hasn’t exactly been circulating in recent months for the various positions to be filled.
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