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Originally Posted by transplant99
Paul Maurice?
Peter Laviolette maybe.
Joel Quenneville in his time in St. Louis...his best team was in his 4th season.
Babcock didnt win it all until his 3rd season in Detroit.
Lots of examples where patience paid off.
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Babcock
05/06 58-16-8 124pts
06/07 50-19-13 113pts
That's alot of winning in seasons 1 & 2, a record of 108-35-21.
Peter Laviolette's best seasons (by pts%) by team:
NYI - 1st
CAR - 2nd
PHI - 2nd
NSH - 4th (with his 1st being the next best)
Paul Maurice is a good example, but I'm not sure there's another NHL coach who's done what he has this season, this far into coaching the same team, in the last 30 years. For the most part, it seems that what you get in seasons 1 & 2 is largely what you have in a coach.