I hope you’ve made time to watch Patrick Roy’s press conferences in his first week as coach. Even removing the time he’s set aside to field questions in French, he’s talked more about the game and his philosophy and what he’s trying to achieve than any Isles coach in recent memory, and perhaps in franchise history.
Whether he pulls it off or not, it’s a joy to hear someone talk with passion and insight about the game. He has Doug Weight’s gift of gab but with — and granted, this remains to be proven — what sounds like a much clearer idea of the variables that are in play to determine success or failure.