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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Edit: Let me throw my wild suggestion while I am at it: I would actually wouldn't mind if the Flames went out and hired Dave King as an assistant. Guy has been around a long time, and has long been thought of as one of the greatest minds in hockey. With his NHL experience and his KHL experience, he may be a good 'thinking outside the box' type. I wouldn't want him as a head coach, but perhaps as an assistant. Not sure he would come back to be an assistant, but I bet he would become a pretty good assistant.
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I would be totally for this, having read his book. He seems like the type that knows when to pick his spots to yell and when to encourage. He knows how to get his team to really, really hate losing as well. Magnitogorsk Metallurg was the team he coached - he helped a very young Malkin along before he went to the Pens.
There was a section at the end, after he received the news of his firing, where a lot of players came up to him, some emotional, and thanked him. I remember one of the players going "Hey coach, my career was in the dark and I was uncertain about it, but you showed me the way" That kind of stuff.
Would recommend to any hockey fan.
