Sakic: Avalanche will look outside team for new coach
The search for the new coach of the Colorado Avalanche is about to begin.
Following Thursday's news that head coach Patrick Roy had decided to leave the team, general manager Joe Sakic told reporters the team will look outside its own ranks for the replacement.
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The team will get together on Friday and start to hammer out a list of candidates for Roy's replacement.
“We’re going to try and find the right coach to move us forward.” - Sakic
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) August 11, 2016
Sakic addressed the fact Roy felt he didn't have a say in the team's decisions, an idea Sakic dismissed.
"We have never had an issue of not getting along. We were friends as players. We’re friends now," said Sakic. "He was always involved. He was aware of all the decisions that we were making … We talked about everything."
"Patrick was consulted on everything." Sakic downplaying Roy's assertion that he didn't have a say in #Avs' personnel decisions.
— Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) August 11, 2016
Sakic admitted that Roy told him he did not have fun this past season, after finishing ninth in the Western Conference standings.
As for the next coach, Sakic says there is no timetable as to when the new hire will be announced, though he would like to have a decision made before training camp begins.