With only 8 games left in the 1999–2000 season, Lamoriello fired Ftorek and replace him with Larry Robinson and they won the cup. So it's not unheard of to change coaches this late in the season, even if the current guy was doing a good job on paper. Ftorek had the devils with the 4th best record in the league at the time he was fired. Lamoriello didn't like the way they were playing though, so he made the change.
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