What do YOU think of your favorite team's Head Coach?

[Subbaman]

I've been wondering this for a while: What do fans from all the different fanbases in the NHL think of their team's head coach?

I'm referring to the coaching quality, their pros and cons if you may. Speak up!

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[TheNuge]

Capitals..

Barry trotz:
I like his defense first approach.. has changed Ovechkin for the better.. it was a little rocky at the start of the season... but its good to know we can close out close games and still have the offensive talent to put games out of reach.

from a viewers perspective my favorite coach would be BB
the caps played amazing hockey.. always exciting to watch and even guys like Mike green excelled.

 

[Filip Forceberg]

I was sad to see Barry Trotz go, but man do I love what Peter Laviolette has done with this team.

 

[izzy]

Hitch is really good, his system works very well for the goaltenders and that's obvious. I think he's starting to become a little less effective as the game changes.

Not sure if I'd swap him out for another coach ATM though. Maybe Babcock?

 

[Subbaman]

I was sad to see Barry Trotz go, but man do I love what Peter Laviolette has done with this team.

Can't really argue with that.

 

[BigClemMacdonald]

Q can be very frustrating

 

[SladeWilson23]

I like what Stevens has done with the defense. But I hate what Oates has done with the forwards.

 

[Machinehead]

There's no other coach I'd rather have. The way we play under AV, we literally haven't seen in 35 years.

 

[Clamshells]

Dave Cameron has done better than expected, but I don't have a lot of faith in his long term viability as HC.

 

[hackey]

There's been 36 different head coaches that won the Stanley Cup since 1950

The current one we have isn't one of them

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

If it's true that teams take on the identity of the head coach, then Mike Yeo might be seriously bi-polar.

 

[LexSea]

Flyers -

I was raised not to say anything if you can't say anything nice.... Well, I guess it's nice that Berube's contract is up at the end of the season.

 

[TNCHL]

Ecstatic

Horachek toronto

 

[McAsuno]

Todd Nelson :
Better than fitness guru Eakins.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Bill Peters - Small sample size, but I like a lot of what I've seen so far. The team is playing much more consistent and competitive.

 

[Garbage Goal]

Has the intellectual capacity of a cement truck.

 

[Mathew Barzal]

I'm convinced W.D. snorts a line before every game to prepare for the on ice mess.

 

[leafsfan5]

well he's helping us tank so......

 

[Rick Nash 61]

AV is the man and I would be 100% in love with him if he didn't play Tanner Glass every goddamned night.

 

[Flowah]

No complaints about Babcock anymore. The Cleary love affair is over, the best players seem to play regardless of "seniority." I have a little quibble about using Weiss as a 4th line winger at $5M, but it's really not that significant considering the depth of our forward corp.

 

[SugarSherm]

Hes fat but I really like him.

 

[Anglesmith]

Bob Hartley is my favourite coach in the league. The way the players have bought in with him has been refreshing, and the style we play is highly entertaining with all of the rush offence we generate. In addition, he's witty and charismatic with the media, while at the same time being capable of single-handedly undoing Tortorella's coaching career.

Some decisions do rub you the wrong way (if he doesn't trust a player it shows, and it can take a really long time to earn trust with him), but overall I've started to appreciate the way he manages the bench.

 

[kingsholygrail]

There's a method to Sutter's madness. Whatever it is, I like it.

 

[StreakingRed]

Very happy with Bob Hartley in Calgary. Great coach doing a great job with this team.

 

[Holocene]

I love AV... I hate that he loves Tanner Glass so much.