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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
No they wouldn't. Not even close. Bylsma has coached that team a lot of time without one or both of Crosby and Malkin and they never miss a beat. He's one of the top 5 coaches in the NHL.
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I really don't get why Bylsma gets as much credit as he does. Pittsburgh had gone to the SC finals and lost in game 6 the year before under Therrien, so I don't really see how he was such a huge improvement. After that he has fallen well below expectations with respect to playoff performance (has anyone ever seen worse defense in the playoffs than they did from Pittsburgh last year against the Flyers?). The man looked impressive in a heavily edited HBO 24/7. Not saying he is a bad coach by any means, but top 5 seems unwarranted.