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Originally Posted by dino7c
Be skeptical all you want but to say Gallant or BB would for sure do better is just stupid
Gallant had a stacked Vegas team barely over .500 last season and BB teams have underachived most of his career.
Neither guy has ever actually won but you guys are acting like the Flames turned down Scotty Bowman in his prime.
Ward earned an actual shot at coaching the team IMO...full year from the start no BS. Reality though is the players often make the coach look good/bad.
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Yeah, Gallant has been an NHL head coach 3 times and hasn't coached any team for a full 3 seasons. As much as people complain about the Flames' revolving door of coaches, Gallant doesn't seem like a step-up in that regard.
Boudreau had stacked teams and won his Division 8 out of 9 seasons between Washington and Anaheim (including one President's Trophy), and yet his teams only made it past the second round one time -- and that was the year they played the Flames in the second round. If people don't like the Flames playing well in the regular season only to falter in the playoffs, I don't know if Boudreau is the guy to turn that around.
I would have liked to see Laviolette or Sutter brought in if either was interested, but I also wouldn't be surprised if neither one was.