The next Jack Adams coach is... I'll Keefe you in suspense

[Xirik]

Whoever this Keefe guy is must be a really good coach.

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[Bleedred]

Green at second? Get the f*** outta here.

 

[Xirik]

Green at second? Get the f*** outta here.

You look a little Green around the Gills mate.

 

[TS Quint]

Keefe is a good coach. He got the shaft in Toronto.

Devils did good adding Dillon. Their GM shit the bed last year by not getting a NHL goaltender but that looks better this year. Keep Jack out of IR and this seems reasonable.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Green at second? Get the f*** outta here.

That projection is more based on Ottawa as a whole/the organization taking the next step and perhaps pushing for the playoffs.

If they make it, he could certainly win it as head coach.

Keefe is a good coach. He got the shaft in Toronto.

Devils did good adding Dillon. Their GM shit the bed last year by not getting a NHL goaltender but that looks better this year. Keep Jack out of IR and this seems reasonable.

That certainly would not be the narrative or thought here if still employed by TO.

 

[ijuka]

Oh, I see. Adams often goes to the team that improves most, and NJD is expected to improve the most, since they vastly underperformed last season.

It's pretty sad that this award no longer is about coaching.

 

[nturn06]

Whoever this Keefe guy is must be a really good coach.

reminds me of

 

[Maple Leaf]

Keefe gets outcoached every playoffs not sure what devils are drinkin

 

[TruePowerSlave]

The Devils should jump up in the standings and that carries a lot of weight in the Adams voting

 

[CanadienShark]

Keefe gets outcoached every playoffs not sure what devils are drinkin

Isn't it a regular season award?

 

[njdevils1982]

Isn't it a regular season award?

indeed it is

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

I'll take the field.

 

[Blitzkrug]

The Jack Adams is essentially the "this goalie got unsustainably hot and dragged his team to the playoffs" award. Hence why most of that list are coaches on teams that either upgraded their goalie in the off-season or teams with an already elite goalie that put pieces around him like Nashville. In that regard this list makes sense.

The rest are a mix of teams that just generally do well in the regular season like the Oilers and Leafs.

Hynes isn't that much of a stretch either. Minnesota went 34-23-6 when was brought in. There's a good chance they make the playoffs if they didn't wait so long to can Evason.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

I totally get why Keefe might be a favourite.

But Travis Green ain't winning anything unless there is an award for looking like Mark Ruffalo chugged an entire bottle of Whiskey, then fell down on a wasp nest.

 

[Rcknrollkillnmachine]

Hynes, Green and Keefe will be lucky to keep their jobs come season end. Awful list.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Keefe gets outcoached every playoffs not sure what devils are drinkin

They could be looking for some regular-season success and anything else would be gravy with a guy like that.

 

[NyQuil]

Unsurprising that the oddsmakers recognize two teams that were sunk by bad goaltending and injuries.

 

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[AfroThunder396]

The Jack Adams is a media apology award. Once we get 20 games in and the analysts realize how off-base they were with their pre-season predictions, we'll get people insufferably cheering on whatever coach is "surprising" the league the most (aka, the team we were most wrong about).

 

[HockeyVirus]

I mean, the Devils are primed to have a hell of a bounce back season regardless of who is the coach. Keefe has something to prove, I thought he did his best coaching last year. I still think he is a hell of a coach despite the haters he has from being the Leafs coach.

 

[ToDavid]

Green at second? Get the f*** outta here.

To be fair, the Jack Adams is like 90% about which coach gets improved goaltending.

Top two favourites check all the boxes. New coaches. Teams that disappointed last year, in part due to bad goaltending. Acquired new high end goalies this season.

 

[sabremike]

As far as a great value bet I think Lindy Ruff would be the guy because if he gets the Sabres into the playoffs (which is definitely possible) he is winning the award going away.

 

[LeafGrief]

I feel the same way about this thread as I would have felt about a thread that Kasperi Kapanen was going to win the next Rocket Richard in the summer of 2020.

 

[RANDOMH3RO]

There will definitely be a team that is more surprising than the devils and their head coach will get more cred. Only way keefe will be the popular core is if the devils somehow win the presidents trophy or something. Sabres, sens, wings, wild are probably all more likely candidates. Actually going to throw a quick edit on here and guess Marty St. Louis would be a good guess. Popular guy on one of the most popular teams. If they could get some health luck this year and a young guy on the blue line steps up they might make a surprise wildcard team . Just a guess, but there’s almost always a team that no one expects that over performs.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Keefe has the advantage of coaching a team that was injury riddled last year and had goaltending issues early on. So the devils just getting back to the level expected will probably be enough to make him a favorite.