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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Who the heck gave 1st place votes to Willie Desjardins and Gerard Galant?
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Beat writers looking to suck up in the future to the coach/organization?
Good for Hartley...the way he's adapted. Brought in as a veteran coach, and as his pal, as a last ditch effort from the previous GM, to try and get the last out of the vets.
Took said GM to be gone for a full year to get the organization stable fully and the expectations of the players properly communicated.
I don't think he's an easy coach to play for most of the time but, like Sutter, the results have proven themselves out, at least this year. He's got younger guys who listen and he has responding to the stick he uses fairly frequently to get them going (yes along with fitness, and a lot of other intangibles). Should be interesting going forward how that plays out...if he softens and/or if the team continues to respond to his harder than most style.