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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Everybody says that Boudreau only coached power house teams.
Is that really true with Anaheim? They are an internal budget team that picked 6th overall when he took over, and he whipped them to 4 straight division titles.
He had Getzlaf and Perry.....but everybody else on that team (besides Kesler who was added in a trade) blossomed under him. Beleseky, Bonino, Lindholm, Vatanen, Silfverberg, Maroon, Despres, both goalies. Plus it's not as if Getzlaf, Perry and Kesler wilted under his watch either.
I dunno, I don't think he gets enough credit for what Anaheim did the last 4 seasons.
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In his first season with the Ducks (he came on late Nov), they actually finished 25th place leading to the 6th overall draft pick you spoke of. Prior to the year Boudreau took over, they finished in 9th place overall...so it's not like he was taking over a team in the dumps.