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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I don't know what to think anymore to be honest, Al MacNeil just got voted in 6th place despite having coached the 3rd most games for the Flames and only being ranked 12th in win%. He also never coached anywhere else save for one season in Montreal
Then you have Keenan still floating out there, 4th in win % here in CGY to go along with 1386 NHL games coached in his career, and 672 wins all time. I get that it's a best Flames coach list, but you'd think a career like that would carry some weight if being 4th in win % wasn't enough to get a sniff of the top 5.
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You can't really compare winning percentages from before and after the introduction of the shootout. In MacNeil's time, there wasn't even regular season OT.
For example, Gulutzan's record for 2 seasons was 82-68-14, but that includes 16 OT and 6 SO wins. If every game that was tied after 60 minutes went into the books as a tie, like they did in MacNeil's day, Gulutzan's record would have been 60-68-36.
MacNeil's record for 2 seasons in Calgary was 68-61-31. Who knows what it would have been with 3-on-3 OT (especially with a guy like Nilsson) and a shootout.
In the end, coaches are judged by how their teams do in the playoffs. The fact is, only 4 coaches have ever taken this team past the second round of the playoffs and MacNeil is one of them.