Best Coach of This Era #2

[Captain Bowie]

Who is the Best Coach of this era? I generally consider this era as post full-season lockout, excluding guys who coached after this point, but the majority of their games and success came before it (ie. Mike Keenan).

#1 - Joel Quenneville Best Coach of This Era

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[Captain Bowie]

Looked like Trotz was the clear #1 choice in the first poll, and I agree.

 

[HabsMD97]

Trotz
Sullivan
Sutter

 

[bambamcam4ever]

How is Paul Maurice on here but not Julien?

 

[ESH]

Trotz is the sexy choice because of his recent success, but I think people forget that he’s only ever gotten past the 2nd round once

 

[Captain Bowie]

Trotz is the sexy choice because of his recent success, but I think people forget that he’s only ever gotten past the 2nd round once

I'll repost my response to a similar argument made in the last thread:

"Look what he did with such mediocre forward talent in Nashville. The top scorers during his time there was David Legwand and Martin Erat. 1 80+ point season. ZERO 35+ goal seasons."

 

[ESH]

I'll repost my response to a similar argument made in the last thread:

"Look what he did with such mediocre forward talent in Nashville. The top scorers during his time there was David Legwand and Martin Erat. 1 80+ point season. ZERO 35+ goal seasons."

I did look at what he did. He won 2 playoff series in 15 seasons with Nashville. He coached some Nashville teams to some great regular seasons. The Predators had some great depth at forward and defense in 2006 and 2007, and then a top-notch goalie and 2 top-5 (maybe) defensemen for a few years.

I will say that I think Washington would have won the Cup in 2016 and 2017 if they had gotten past Pittsburgh, but they didn’t, and I think part of the reason is that Sullivan outcoached him.

 

[Bgav]

Trotz for me

 

[HabsMD97]

yeah its a joke that Julien is not on this list, wtf has Gallant done? Tortorella, Laviolette?? Absolute BS

 

[enthusiast]

Sutter, add Boudreau

 

[Captain Bowie]

yeah its a joke that Julien is not on this list, wtf has Gallant done? Tortorella, Laviolette?? Absolute BS

I appreciate how passionate you are about this poll.

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Trotz
Babcock
Sutter
Hitchcock

Babcock would be ahead of Trotz if he wasn’t so damn stubborn

 

[WingsFan95]

I take Trotz #1 so of course I voted again in this poll.

 

[clydesdale line]

Sullivan.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Trotz is the sexy choice because of his recent success, but I think people forget that he’s only ever gotten past the 2nd round once

You're doing it wrong if you come to HF for insightful analysis. Recency bias rules.

 

[tony d]

I went with Barry Trotz.

 

[Captain Bowie]

You're doing it wrong if you come to HF for insightful analysis. Recency bias rules.

Maybe for some, but for me I've been high on Trotz for a decade. I was begging the Canucks to hire him in 2014.

 

[Meeqs]

This list is bad. No Julien or bruce boudreau but you have Maurice?

 

[Captain Bowie]

This list is bad. No Julien or bruce boudreau but you have Maurice?

Would you be voting for Julien or Boudreau right now?

 

[Meeqs]

Would you be voting for Julien or Boudreau right now?

Not for this specific poll, but when they are better than a good handful of the guys on here I feel like the point is still justified.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Not for this specific poll, but when they are better than a good handful of the guys on here I feel like the point is still justified.

But it really doesn't matter, does it? I will add Julien the next round, and Boudreau after that, so they will be on the list by the time people will be wanting to vote for them.

 

[Meeqs]

But it really doesn't matter, does it? I will add Julien the next round, and Boudreau after that, so they will be on the list by the time people will be wanting to vote for them.

Fair enough, can't argue with that.

 

[blinds]

yeah its a joke that Julien is not on this list, wtf has Gallant done? Tortorella, Laviolette?? Absolute BS

I'd argue Tortorella and Lavi deserve consideration. Torts has a couple Jack Adams and a Cup. He's led some very successful teams. He seems to wear out his welcome but he's a good catalyst.

Lavi was a Jack Adams runner-up, has 3 Cup final appearances and one win.

They're both top tier coaches. Of course, I completely agree Julien deserves to be on the list, but so do these guys.

Gallant did something very impressive in Vegas last year but I wouldn't say that alone puts him in discussion for best coaches of this era.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

I'd say Laviolette. He's a cup winner and he's survived changes in playstyle. He's coached contenders with Carolina, Philly, and now Nashville.

Trotz has been incredible the past two seasons but he's been past the second round once.

 

[Fugazy]

It's Trotz for me.