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“Patrick Roy’s only chance to stay is in a field hockey operations role”
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“Patrick Roy’s only chance to stay is in a field hockey operations role”
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Yesterday’s announcement of Lou Lamoriello’s departure was a game-changer for the Islanders. Naturally, when the person at the helm of field hockey operations loses his position, changes are to be expected… and Patrick Roy’s case is the talk of the town.

Roy hasn’t officially been fired, but he’ll have to go through the process to keep his job when new management arrives.

And new management often likes to appoint its own coach, says Dominique Ducharme.

Today on The Eye Test, Jimmy Murphy and Pierre McGuire chatted with Chris Botta, who has an in with the Islanders. And he doesn’t see Roy keeping his coaching job, but…

Patrick’s only chance of staying is in a field hockey operations role. – Chris Botta

What we seem to understand is that Botta doesn’t necessarily seem to be referring to the GM position, in which Roy enjoyed success at the junior level. He’s talking about a “significant” role in field hockey operations… and that makes sense, because you’d think Roy wouldn’t want anything to do with a more minor role.

He probably wants to keep his name circulating in league circles for a return to coaching… or a possible GM position.

What is clear, however, is that listening to Botta, we understand that Roy’s days as Islanders coach seem numbered. He explains that the Anthony Duclair case has left its mark on the Islanders, and this is likely to work against Roy when the time comes to name the head coach for next season.

Let’s see what happens in the next few weeks for Roy on Long Island.


In Brief

– Very cool!

– Great story.

– Happy listening!

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