Paul Maurice: Class act and a legendary coach

[Warden of the North]

The way his tenure ended in Toronto always left a bad taste in my mouth. Really happy to see him have success now.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Not gonna lie. Thought he was terrible in Winnipeg.

 

[Mike C]

10 tiers below a guy like Bowman. Probably a few tiers below Quenville and Sutter too. 26 years 1 title. The leash was long with this one.

My neutral observation is that nobody is comparing him to Bowman or anybody else. 26 years and 1 is better than 26 and none

Marv Levy says hi

 

[RogerRoger]

So why did he say he hoped the Jets win the next cup?

I know he coached them but he also coached the Hurricanes and Leafs.

Imagine if the final next year is between the Panthers and their Southeast division rival Winnipeg.
That'll be some interview comedy gold.

 

[Craig Button]

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[Melrose Munch]

Not gonna lie. Thought he was terrible in Winnipeg.

Winnipeg was clearly a player issue.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

With all due respect, he was almost one goal from joining Todd McLellan in the reverse sweep category. It’s great they got this far but getting so close to getting reverse swept is a bad look regardless of the outcome.

I think history will remember that they won the cup. Not a big deal will be made about almost getting reverse swept.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

With all due respect, he was almost one goal from joining Todd McLellan in the reverse sweep category. It’s great they got this far but getting so close to getting reverse swept is a bad look regardless of the outcome.

But he didn't join McLellan, and his team won the Cup. So this hypothetical scenario where he fails isn't reality and has no bearing on what he ACTUALLY achieved.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

His system has made Florida difficult to play against especially when trailing. He deserves much of the credit.

 

[Hank Plank]

But he didn't join McLellan, and his team won the Cup. So this hypothetical scenario where he fails isn't reality and has no bearing on what he ACTUALLY achieved.

In the land of cope the denial man is king.

 

[647Hockey]

His on ice interview was the best one I can think of from what I remember from any player or coach. From the heart with ZERO cliched answers some PR staffer tells teams to say. I'm not even a Panthers or Maurice fan. I'm indifferent. But awesome response from him.

 

[BB79]

Not gonna lie. Thought he was terrible in Winnipeg.

He was so up and down with Hartford/Carolina 1995-2003...he leaves and they win the cup 3 years later lol but to be fair he did get them to the final in 02. No one was beating Detroit that year, they were basically an all-star team up front with Hasek in goal. I did enjoy Irbe vs Hasek, two awesome and very unorthodox goalies.

Funny to think Carolina beat Edmonton that year (06) and Maurice ends up beating Edmonton to win it years later. He got his chance against Edmonton afterall.

 

[Sentinel]

A very classy interview, mentioning the ex-Panthers, the Jets, and his parents.

Maurice has something very few NHL people have: personality. This goes a long way with me.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

But he didn't join McLellan, and his team won the Cup. So this hypothetical scenario where he fails isn't reality and has no bearing on what he ACTUALLY achieved.

The reality is that the series should never have gotten to 7 games with a crippled McDavid, Draisatl and Kane and a borderline AHL goaltender in Skinner.

 

[FinlandPanther]

The reality is that the series should never have gotten to 7 games with a crippled McDavid, Draisatl and Kane and a borderline AHL goaltender in Skinner.

Should’ve could’ve who gives a f***. We got the cup

 

[NotCommitted]

These takes that "being so close" to getting reverse swept practically nullifies the cup win make no sense and no one who didn't want Oilers to win, or otherwise has an axe to grind thinks that. Yeah it ended up going to game 7, but they won that game. They didn't get reverse swept, they won the cup. In the end it's no different to any other 7 game series, 4 wins takes it.

 

[Panteras]

People are sour grapes making any kind of dumb stuff to avoid just giving the man his flowers.

 

[Ratsreign]

Hell yeah!! Stanley Cup Champion

 

[ZJuice]

I finally decided to watch the celebrations. I was feeling pretty apathetic still until coming across this thread. Happy for Maurice.

He's been one of my top coaches to follow for many years.
Maurice has always been a great honest or at least funny interview but these are his best. As others have said, that shout out to his mom and dad was just great. Him grabbing that cup yelling "f*** yeah "over and over, that made me feel "f*** yeah"as well

Hell yeah!! Stanley Cup Champion

Hahaha at the very end

 

[tarheelhockey]

Not gonna lie. Thought he was terrible in Winnipeg.

Funny how the group of players who never won shit wasn’t the issue. The problem was definitely the coach who just won a Cup ring.

 

[JianYang]

For me, he is quickly becoming the oldest remaining active link to the nhl (non player)

He's been a head coach since the mid 90s starting with the whalers.

There's Lou ahead of him off the top of my head but the list can't be very long.

 

[cptjeff]

Winnipeg had a good roster, but nobody on the level of HHOF.

I agree with the rest of your post, but one minor quibble- Hellebuyck will quite easily be a HoFer.