Confirmed with Link: Coyotes sign AC Mario Duhamel to multi-year extension.

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This one has always made me a little uncomfortable. I’d love to learn more about this guy and find out whether he’s legit, or just a sidekick.
 
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Canis Latrans

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This one has always made me a little uncomfortable. I’d love to learn more about this guy and find out whether he’s legit, or just a sidekick.
Presumably he's had a role with getting Moser and Välimäki integrated into their roles. You're right though that it's hard to get a good gauge on this. He might just be in charge of the defense in name, with Tourigny having a heavy hand there as well, but they worked together previously, so you'd think he wouldn't have just hired a yes-man.

Info about assistant effectiveness doesn't often come out except via direct quotes from players about how they interacted and even there, who knows (see Kessel-Tocchet).
 

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Don't think Tourigny will be firing anyone from his staff for outshining him like Tocchet did. Duhamel doesn't have any bonafides but he also doesn't have a bad track record like some previous hires (MacLean). The staff hasn't had any issues of note so let it ride until the team doesn't meet expectations.
 

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John Madden has now been extended too. I think now it’s just Schwab and the video guy.
 
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