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Originally Posted by shadowlord
New coach (GG-17th game) vs new coach (Boudreau-15th game). Let's see which "new coach" performs better.
The media keeps making excuses for GG saying that a new coach needs 20 games to get the team adapted to his system. So why are the Wild so much farther ahead despite having a new coach for roughly the same number of games?
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It might have something to do with Boudreau's decade of NHL coaching experience combined with a veteran laden roster. But no, you are probably right: both coaches and both teams are totally comparable, and progression is always linear.