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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Darryl has taken over a team midseason twice in his career as coach.
Calgary in 2002-2003
Pre-Sutter: 10-18-5-3
With Sutter: 19-8-8-1
LA in 2011-2012
Pre-Sutter: 15-14-4
With Sutter: 25-13-11 (Plus 16-4 in the playoffs with a ring to show for it)
Substantial improvement in the teams record in both scenarios. Let's hope he can do it again.
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Not quite. In his first season in Calgary Sutter's team had a record of 19-18-8-1. It is still a substantial improvement.
[EDIT] It is also worth noting that in his two other head coaching assignments in which he had full seasons both the Chicago Blackhawks and the SJ Sharks showed substantial improvements. Chicago went from 87 points in 80 games under Keenan in 1991–92 (0.544) to 106 in 84 under Sutter (0.631). SJ went from 62 points in 82 games in 1996–97 (0.378) to 78 in 82 under Sutter in his first season there (0.476).