The opposite. Babcock pulling a Friday boosts his case.Is the criteria that they have to have coached the whole season? Because if fired coaches count, Babcock is the runaway winner, and Woodcroft a close second
Yeah both Granato and Smith were awful. How in the world did a single division have these two clowns?Don Granato. Clueless, tactically inept and badly outcoached on a nightly basis. Never would have got an NHL head coaching from a real organization in the first place and would've been sacked in December if just about the most unqualified GM hire of all time didn't hand him a completely unnecessary contract extension that hadn't even kicked in yet. If there's a version of this award for worst assistant Matt Ellis should win it in unanimous fashion.
What's he done since the second cup again? Who played Jansen Harkins? Who ran Ian Cole, Ryan Reaves and Jamie Oleksiak all out of town? Anything else wrong you have to share with the class or are you through being confidently incorrect?Owt Spuc
That was joke. He done nothing, I agree.What's he done since the second cup again? Who played Jansen Harkins? Who ran Ian Cole, Ryan Reaves and Jamie Oleksiak all out of town? Anything else wrong you have to share with the class or are you through being confidently incorrect?
I'd still give it to Woodcroft. Babcock may have had a spectacular implosion, but Woodcroft had a Stanley Cup Finalist roster in the basement of the league over a sustained period. That is incredibly difficult to do.Is the criteria that they have to have coached the whole season? Because if fired coaches count, Babcock is the runaway winner, and Woodcroft a close second
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No, it was actually pretty easy to do if you never watched a game.I'd still give it to Woodcroft. Babcock may have had a spectacular implosion, but Woodcroft had a Stanley Cup Finalist roster in the basement of the league over a sustained period. That is incredibly difficult to do.
How on earth is Woodcroft a close second?Is the criteria that they have to have coached the whole season? Because if fired coaches count, Babcock is the runaway winner, and Woodcroft a close second
He tried to implement the Bruins' zone system that was designed to essentially beat Vegas four months after they lost in the WCSF. His inability to get the team to execute it was a big reason why Skinner's numbers tanked at the beginning of the year.How on earth is Woodcroft a close second?
Are you suggesting he was supposed to hypnotize Skinner to not have .780 goaltending, or what?
Or are you only looking at the results without considering what parts of the game a coach can actually influence?
No.He tried to implement the Bruins' zone system that was designed to essentially beat Vegas four months after they lost in the WCSF. His inability to get the team to execute it was a big reason why Skinner's numbers tanked at the beginning of the year.
The team looked like trash for the first dozen games.
Yeah both Granato and Smith were awful. How in the world did a single division have these two clowns?
Those stats are highly irrelevant in that short of a sample. The goals frequently came from NZ turnovers and DZ breakdowns and a high number of those GAs came from Grade A shots that most goalies don't stop.No.
Skinner's & Campbell's numbers tanked because they played absolutely terrible during that stretch. Their collective xGAA was basically the exact same for those 13 games as it was down the stretch after they got Ekholm the previous season. Their actual GAA was more than a goal higher than the xGAA &, I'm sorry, no team is ever winning consistently when that happens.