2 words: HELL NO!!!
Do we even need to ask the question at this point?
Cassidy has proven himself. He brought about a culture change, an attitude change, and most importantly brought back Winning results.
This team is refreshing for once. When they step on the ice they have confidence they are being put in position to win.
Even the staunchest Clode apologist should just admit - Clode lost the locker room. Cassidy brought it back. We are in the playoffs for the first time in almost 3 years. Proof is in the pudding.
I don't know how far we'll go but we should give Cassidy the chance to be the full time coach next year. He has earned it. And if he continues to progress the team and make it into the playoffs a second time it will be time the front office reward him with a long term extension.
This team was playing far too poorly considering the pieces we had. Now that we've turned it around, we can see that we had the "talent" to win all along. Of course we can't rest on our laurels, there's improvements need to be made still.
But at least for the first time, we have playoff hockey in Boston again. And we can dream for a brighter future rather than fear we're going to have to ship out another gifted offensive player because they don't fit what Clode wants in a 2-way player for his system. Cassidy just finds a way to make it work.
