I don't think Boudreau is who we should go after, he's only successful during the regular season. I think Tippett or AV would be the best fit for us.
I understand that, but Boudreau has a habit of improving teams at least 20 points in standings after taking over. Our best players are offensive players. Having the best player with the best offensive coach sure would be fun to watch. But yeah, it's strange that a guy who number 2 all time in winning percentage is unable to crack .500 in the playoffs. Could putting him with the best player in the league be the final piece to get him playoff success. At this point, I think it's gotten into his own head about Playoff underachievements and if he could get a couple series wins, maybe it would finally crack.
I used to think Tippett as well, but really what has he accomplished other than keeping poor teams competitive. His Dallas gig had a pretty solid roster to start and he usally got bounced in the first round. When he did finally get to conference finals, he did so with lesser rosters on the strength of amazing goaltending and team defense (his strength), but hasn't been back to the playoffs since. Do we want a defensive minded coach leading this group. Don't know.
Vigneault, does at least have a couple cup final appearances, but you could also argue that he had good enough teams in Vancouver that they should have a cup to show for it. However, other than the one year, they fell out of the playoffs too early. Don't know what to make of his time in New York though. Turned that team around pretty quickly and had a couple deep playoff runs, but got stuck in a strong cycle for that division and has been declining quite quickly since then. One common thread though with his best seasons..... near-Vezina caliber goaltending. Is he going to get that in Edmonton.