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Originally Posted by FAN
Those are terrible examples. Except for Chicago, the coaches you mentioned got fired when they made the playoffs the previous season. Therrien, in particular got fired when he coached the Pens to the Cup Finals the previous season.
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Except they're NOT terrible examples. dianne_phaneuf is absolutely correct in noting that this IS what happens—every time. Unless you have some actual counter examples of an NHL coach who takes his team from infancy to contender.
No. History suggests pretty strongly that Hartley will be done in Calgary before this group is pushing for a championship.