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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
In his three full seasons as Head Coach in Minnesota they had a .661 winning percentage in the regular season which was good enough for 6th in the entire NHL.
IMO those teams were no where close to that good.
Jared Spurgeon was his number 1 dman, and Kaprizov, Zuccarello, and Eriksson Ek were his three best forwards. Talbot, Fleury, Kahkonen, and Gustavsson were his goalies.
How he got that team to a winning percentage above .650 is remarkable. He got criticized for not winning a playoff round, but that's what happens when your team is overperforming and then has to play Knights, Blues, and Stars teams in round 1 that are just better teams.
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If you look deeper into their roster it didn't get much better either. Brodin as the 2 defenceman and a rotating cast of guys in the 3 to 6 spots. Also had a roster that got ball kicked by the Suter and Parise buyouts that ate up a lot of cap space.
But given how intense he appears, he will have a shelf life and might be a bit harsh on young players trying to break into the league. Not unlike Darryl Sutter. Columbus needs a bit more intensity behind the bench and it will be interesting to see how he does. They do have some talented younger players who need to crap or vacate the stall.