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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
One conference final in 11 years is the best he could do.
I have a hard time giving him the “great coach” tag with that track record.
That’s not to say he couldn’t do it, but until he does, he will always have the lack of playoff success asterisk.
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I’ll take the 8 100 point season, plus on pace for 100+ points in the lockout shortened year and in the 61 games he coaches his first season.
So 10/10 and the only year he didn’t was when he was fired with a 12-9-1 record after 22 games.
In Joel Quennevilles first 10 years he made it past the 2nd round once, Darryl Sutter twice. Neither won the cup until their 13th season coaching. Also has a better playoff winning percentage than those guys did in their first 10 years.
He has two issues come playoff time - 1-7 record in games 7s. Thats partially due to the fact that his goalies have a .862 save percentage in those 8 games.
Tough to win the round when somehow your goalie lets everything in every game 7 you play.
He’s a great coach no matter how you slice it.