I would be happy with Sutter, Vigneault, or Peters (who seem to be the Board's favourite and the rumoured favourite), but I'm surprised at the analysis going on with regard to Peters. There seems to be a lot of focus on his last four years compared to Sutter and Vigneault's career records, but if you look at the last four years of all three, and the first 3 years (as NHL coaches) of all three, they are basically all hovering right around 500.
In other words, 4 years in to their careers as coaches, Sutter and Vigneault had very similar success as Peters has had. And in the last few years all three have had similar records with Peters probably having the least impressive line-up, and goaltending that doesn't compare to Quick or Lundqvist.
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