The shortened covid seasons (the first one with no crowds, and the second one with crazy divisions that saw them have to beat MTL in the finals) will always have asterisks beside them in my mind.
Putting that aside, the main point I was trying to make is that there isn’t a lot of coaching that goes on with a team like Tampa. It’s more managing than coaching. Even Paul Maurice said the same thing about Florida. I don’t have the exact quote in front of me, but it was along the lines of “I’m just here to manage the team. These guys don’t need me telling them how to play hockey, they know what they’re doing. I just try to put right guys together and then let them do their thing.”
There’s a stark contrast between coaching the Lightning and coaching the Sharks (for example). He’s a great bench boss, but I would love to see him go to Buffalo (please stay away from CHI/SJS/ANA or anywhere here in the west). I’m not being vindictive when I say that, either. I honestly would love to see him with a team that actually needs to be coached. I suspect he’d be really good with that too, but until it happens I don’t actually know.
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