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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
2) Paul MacLean (underrated coach who had his team top 5 in possession all 3 seasons in Ottawa, and was singled out as the reason for Anaheim's strong special teams last season
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Interesting option. I'd consider him over Boudreau actually.
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If Darryl Sutter becomes available then I add him to the list...but not sure this team is close enough to being a contender yet for a coach like him. Less of a teacher and more of a guy that puts you over the hump.
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That's unfair to Darryl. Look at the guys he's developed into damn good players in L.A. - Muzzin, Toffoli, Voynov, Martinez, Pearson. He also came into Calgary at a time when we were near the bottom and he built us up. And I didn't look into it but I feel like he did the same thing in is stint in San Jose but I might be wrong. Even in net, while he's worked his established starters, he's definitely given young backups an opportunity to play in crucial games, whether it was his trading for 3rd stringer Kipper and rolling with him, or the opportunities Bernier got, or last year in one of the most crucial games of the Kings' season he still played Martin Jones.