[Funkhouser]

I was discussing this in the World Championship thread, but what about bringing in a top European coach, more specifically: Jukka Jalonen

Thinking outside of the box is high risk, high reward - but the man has a strong track record and we love our Finns! The Lightning thought outside the box and now have one of the best young coaches in the league IMO. Jukka speaks english, has a great track record and comes from arguably the top up-and-coming development system in the world.

Jalonen is the second coach in history to win both IIHF World Championships and IIHF World U20 Championships. The first one is Canadian Mike Babcock.
Jalonen served as the head coach of the Finnish national team 2008–2013. He led the team to World Championship gold medals in 2011, bronze medals in 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and World Championship bronze medals in 2008.

- Wikipedia

The first Finnish coach to lead the Finnish Lions to a World Championship title, this year he led the Finnish juniors to World Junior gold. He won the SM-Liiga championship with HPK in 2006 and was awarded the Kalevi Numminen trophy as Coach of the Year for that season.
He has expressed interest in coaching in NHL but say that his network is not up to par and that he would have to start as an assistant coach [IIHF IceTimes, January 2016, p.25]. Jalonen is a very intriguing coach with lots of success at many levels, and an NHL team would be smart to bring him in for any position.

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