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[DropThePuck]

Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Marc Crawford is expected to be hired as the Kings' coach, two league sources said, with the deal anticipated to be in place by Monday.

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[goavsgo]

Kings to hire Crawford

TSN has confirmed that the Los Angeles Kings are set to hire Marc Crawford as head coach.

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[GLOVESAVE35]

Why couldn't they hire Mad Mike Milbury, or one of those infamous Pierres the Ducks had in their not-so-glorious days, or rehire Torchetti?

[Dark Knight]

No worries. They'll still desintegrate

[Veca]

It sure will make things interesting around here. Crawford just loves rivalries, things should get pretty juicy now.

[goavsgo]

Kings name Crawford as new head coach

It didn't take long for Marc Crawford to find a new job.

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[hockey2k]

It's taking the Canucks longer to replace him!

[Veca]

Yeah on that move....it will be interesting to see how Lombardi and Crawford work together. They are both such intense people, don't think the players will be getting away with just "showing up" for games.
Now, will Avery go or stay????

[Deuce]

Should make the Kings/Ducks rivalry a little more heated. Burke and Crawfrod have history.

[Veca]

Should make the Kings/Ducks rivalry a little more heated.  Burke and Crawfrod have history.

Do they ever!!!!

[hockey2k]

LA better get some solid goaltending, that's all I can say. Crow's a great coach, but he doesn't deal with goaltenders very well. Should be interesting with Burke and Crow in SoCal.

[SacredCow]

Both Dean Lombardi and Marc Crawford are great hires by the Kings. It's amazing what can happen when you have competent people working for you.

[Ducksfreak93]

Here it is. Crap.

[DropThePuck]

Love how they got the angle to "float" the crown above his head.


The new Los Angeles Kings hockey coach Marc Crawford responds to questions during a news conference Monday, May 22, 2006, in El Segundo, Calif. Crawford has signed a multi-year contract to coach the Kings in the National Hockey League.
(AP Photo/Ric Francis)


And here Lombardi is praying (for what?) under the watchful eyes of his new coach??


The new Los Angeles Kings Coach Marc Crawford, left, listens as the team's President/General Manager Dean Lombardi speaks during a news conference Monday, May 22, 2006, in El Segundo, Calif. Crawford has signed a multi-year contract to coach the Kings in the National Hockey League.
(AP Photo/Ric Francis)

[goavsgo]

Love how they got the angle to "float" the crown above his head. 

that's funny!!!

[Duckette]

Burke and Crawford don't get along?

[GLOVESAVE35]

The L.A. Kings have hired a credible GM and coach, but will they give those men the right tools to work with?

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On the surface, it seems like a win-win situation. Lombardi is a well-respected hockey man who generated a name for himself with some solid work in building the San Jose Sharks into a credible National Hockey League franchise. He followed that up by then picking up some new and different kinds of experience by spending time in the inner circle of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Crawford comes with a Stanley Cup on his resume, a respected tenure in two NHL cities (Denver and Vancouver), one of only two head coaches for Team Canada in the Olympics since that venue went pro and a long and mostly successful resume as a career coach.

So they should win right?

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Hope not.

[hockey2k]

Burke and Crawford don't get along?

They got along fine when they worked together, but they are both very competitive guys. I'll expect a friendly rivalry to ensue! This will be good for SoCal hockey.

[DropThePuck]

Okay, let’s see if we’ve got this straight.

The Los Angeles Kings fired Andy Murray with 12 games to go in the National Hockey League regular season because he was hard on his players, his message was no longer getting through, and his team wasn’t going to make the playoffs in the ultracompetitve Western Conference.

And the Kings have now replaced Murray with Marc Crawford. The same Marc Crawford who was dismissed here in Vancouver because he was hard on his players, his message was no longer getting through, and—what do you know?—his team didn’t quite qualify for the postseason in the same conference.
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And in almost every instance, today’s general managers seem to want to stick with the tried-and-true candidates, whether or not they’re really the best man for the job.

That’s what makes what Brian Burke did in Anaheim at the start of the season so fascinating. Burke, who hired Crawford in Vancouver, had the chance to again go after a big-name coach for his Mighty Ducks when he landed the job in Southern California last summer.

But instead of making a splash and going with style over substance, Burke rolled the dice a little and opted instead to give Randy Carlyle his first shot as an NHL head coach. And all Carlyle has done is get his Ducks into the third round of the playoffs in his first year on the job. With his thinning hair and rumpled look behind the bench, Carlyle may not get his face on the cover of GQ like some of today’s other coaches. But at the end of the day, he still has a shot at getting his hands on the Stanley Cup. And, really, that’s what it’s all about.

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[jojo983]

I think this was expected when the Queens fired Murrary and then the same time Crawford was fired from Vancouver.

Should be interesting to see if Crawford makes any impact on the Queens.