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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't think that is entirely fair. Bill Peters has won a Memorial Cup, a gold medal at the WHC, and he was behind the bench of the gold-medal-winning Canadian World Cup team in 2016 alongside Mike Babcock, Claude Julien, Barry Trotz, and Joel Quenneville. He may not have had a lot of NHL success yet, but I would say that is an impressive resume that bespeaks a considerable level of credibility.
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I have an open mind on Peters and really hope he'll be good but IMO you are understating the elephant in the room. Junior success and WHC success pale in comparison to zero for 4 in making the NHL playoffs. It's not that he hasn't had a lot of NHL success He hasn't had any in four seasons as a head coach. That is going to be the talking point until he gets a team into the playoffs.