John Hynes is a good coach

[Al Lagoon]

There were a lot of negative comments about this guy when the Wild hired him.

Well, there have been multiple times this season where I wrote the Wild off despite their great start. I've seen it happen before.

Now with no Kaprizov, and back to back shutouts in Ottawa and Boston, I thought that was it.

But no, back to back wins vs. Carolina and NYI. I don't remember this level of resilience in a good while, maybe since Lemaire.

Coach doing a good job, and with not the greatest roster!

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[Super Hans]

 

[ItWasJustified]

There were a lot of negative comments about this guy when the Wild hired him.

For good reasons.

Coach doing a good job, and with not the greatest roster!

Yep. Definitely.

 

[Dust]

He's had tidbits of success briefly everywhere he's gone, I think his inability to be successful for more than a season or two is why he's known as a bad coach. And his playoff record is abysmal.

 

[57special]

I think he is a good coach, missing his best player, Kaprizov. Team came back from a 3-1 deficit last night to win 6-3- players play for him. Overall, the team plays a sound game, to the best of their abilities. That's the mark of a good coach.

MN has historically been really bad in the post season, so it will be hard to know who to blame if they flame out again. If they win even one series then Hynes will get a lot of credit.

The only major mark against Hynes for me is the MN teams weakness on special teams. I feel that is within the purview of the coach, especially the PK, to be at least competent there. He has failed in that, miserably.