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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I seem to recall Hartley doing pretty well at one point with a team that faced high expectations. Colorado, 2001, to be precise. It's a bit late in his career at this point to accuse him of being a flash in the pan.
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You don't want to look at his 4th full season in Atlanta.... in Season 3 the Thrashers finally make the playoffs and 6 games into his 4th season he is off to a horrendous 0-6 start with a high expectations team and Hartley is done with the NHL for almost 6 years.
The Thrasher/Jets that looked to be poised on being a solid team led by 23 year old Kovalchuck (42 goals) and 28 year old Hossa (43 goals) took another 6 years to get back to the playoffs after Hartley's great 2007-08 season.
He seems to have a 4-5 year shelf life... 4 full seasons and let go after 31 games in season 5 with the Avs, Then a finish the season , 3 years and 6 more games with the Thrashers .
This is the 4th year with the Flames ... if he is still the Flames coach at the end of next season that will be his longest stint as coach.
His best year with the Avs was year 3. His best year with the Thrashers was year 3 and his best year with the Flames (to-date) is year 3.