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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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Of course not. Many people toss out the ''he's never won anything'' phrase, while conveniently ignoring his 8 division titles, 1 president trophy, and countless championships in other leagues. Those people are probably the same people who think Joe Thornton ''hasn't won anything'' because he has no cup, yet ignore his trophy case. Same with Ovechkin "Dude hasn't won anything
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Calgary hasn't won a division title in 10 years. I'd be overjoyed with one, let alone a president's trophy.
Fact is, Bruce Boudreau has by far the best resume of everyone on the poll. People can pretend they've watched a million other off-the-board coaches, but fact is we have a great sample size with Boudreau. So what if he's lost a bunch of game 7s? The Flames aren't even close to being in one. As Burke said, we learn to crawl, then walk, then run, then sprint. Pushing Boudreau away because he hasn't won a game 7 is ridiculous considering we aren't even a playoff team. Let's cross that bridge when we get there.
If Treliving does go off the board to hire his own guy, I'll trust his judgement and leave it at that. But as of right now, with the personnel that are available at present in front of us, Big Bruce is the best choice.