Patty Says "No"!

In a bit of a surprise, Patrick Roy, former all-world goaltender has said "No" to coaching and being the General Manager for the Colorado Avalanche. The rumors of Roy being offered the job(s) have been circulating for the past week or so, though nobody had actually confirmed that there was a job offered, at least the coaching one...until today.

((Patrick Roy/Courtesy: Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press))
The story was broken this morning by the Denver Post here .

The ironic part of this is that the Avalanche haven't fired coach Tony Granato, yet...though they did fire the GM Francois Giguere last month. Roy, a goalie during the glory years for the 'lanche spoke of family reasons as to why he decided to say no. A press conference was scheduled for later

However, the Calgary Herald speculates here that Roy may actually be holding out for a job with his "other" former team, the Montreal Canadiens. That job, which is kind of like managing the New York Yankees wouldn't be easy for a newbie to Professional Coaching, but the Herald speculates that Roy, wanting to not have to rebuild a team...would have a ready made contender should he end up in Montreal. Stay Tuned...this should be interesting.

((Patrick Roy with Canadiens//Courtesy: Camwest News Services File))