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Originally Posted by dino7c
His roster was stacked 90% of those years and he was a failure in the playoffs for the most part
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Those Ducks teams weren’t amazing at all, and neither were the Minnesota teams.
He’s a great coach and teams would be stupid to pass on him just because of a perceived lack of playoff success which really comes down to bad luck and a bad goaltending in Game 7’s.
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I put way more faith in the bigger sample sizes. Playoffs are a bit of a crap shoot and goaltending and luck play a huge factor. I don't think it was anything that Boudreau was doing that was causing his teams to struggle in the playoffs.
Of coaches with over 600 games coached he has the second highest regular season win percentage to just Scotty Bowman with a .635 win percentage. More division titles and 100 point seasons as a coach than the Flames have in their entire history. Yeah I'd take that guy.
Not like any of those Washington, Anaheim, or Minnesota teams had immediate playoff success after he left.
Boudreau is a guy that would squeeze every last drop out of a team over the longer sample size of multiple regular seasons, tends to win division titles, and puts up 100 point seasons. I put more faith in that than a guy that got lucky and had a good playoff run one time (Gallant for example).
He had a history of #### goaltending and bad luck in Game 7 in the playoffs too.
Washington
2007-2008: Round 1 - Lost in Game 7; .905 Save Percentage
2008-2009: Round 2 - Lost in Game 7; .895 Save Percentage in Round 2
2009-2010: Round 1 - Lost in Game 7; .897 Save Percentage
2010-2011: Round 2 - Lost in Game 4; .856 Save Percentage in Round 2
Anaheim
2012-2013: Round 1 - Lost in Game 7; .916 Save Percentage
2013-2014: Round 2 - Lost in Game 7; .908 Save Percentage in Round 2
2014-2015: Round 3 - Lost in Game 7; .897 Save Percentage in Round 3
2015-2016: Round 1 - Lost in Game 7; .928 Save Percentage
Minnesota
2016-2017: Round 1 - Lost in 5; .918 Save Percentage (But 4.4% shooting percentage.
2017-2018: Round 1 Lost in 5; .904 Save Percentage
Change one of those Game 7's to a win and suddenly it changes his whole career narrative potentially. Such a fine line between winning and losing in the playoffs.
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