What To Make Of The Rangers' New Assistant Coaches

The Maven is the happiest guy in town now that David Quinn has been re-imported by the Rangers.

Now guess why I'm tickled pink over Quinn-sy's Blueshirt reprieve?  (Give up? Of course you do.)

When my buddy Michael Cosby introduced me to Dauntless David at his original Rangers inaugural head-coaching press conference, he set a personal record with me.

Quinn laughed harder at my jokes than any coach in NHL history, topping even Tom Renney by one decibel count. 

But enough of the humor, Chris Drury's latest hat trick of coach hires is serious business even if Sir Quinn, who failed Drury the first time around, is among them.

The other worthies – Drury hopes – are ex-Bruins interim coach Joe Sacco and Ty Hennes.

And if you're wondering why this is a good thing, here's why: Both Drury and new coach Mike Sullivan know the newcomers well and respect their smarts.

After being canned by Drury, Quinn got more NHL coaching – losing – experience with San Jose. His two season record of 41-98-25 does not qualify for any "Very Encouraging Awards." (Discouraging? Yes!)

Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery this past season in Beantown management's hopes that Joltin' Joe would get the beleaguered Bruins into the playoffs.

Alas, Sacco did not.

The iffy part of these Three Icy Musketeers is that they all have this "Boston Boys" link. Quite frankly, The Maven dislikes that kind of coupling because the odor on their after-shave lotion is called "Old Boys Club," manufactured by Nepotism, Inc.

Then again, you might ask yourself, why does coach Sullivan need three sub-coaches or is head-coaching the Rangers kindergarten so complicated a task that one little aide wouldn't do. 

Between You and Me, I'm surprised that Drury hasn't put in a call to Tom Thibodeau. 

Thibs is a winning coach and I hear from the NY Post that he's available!

(Don't laugh; the Rangers already have two hoopsters on their squad "The 6-8 Twins" Matt Rempe and Adam Edstrom.)