Big Phil
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How about practically every time he was fired?
I thought of the Philly thing too. Clarke saying "We didn't tell him to get cancer................" which he probably didn't mean the way it sounded, but still poorly worded. I guess they almost had to fire him though. It sucks, and I don't want to be the guy firing a guy with cancer but even Neilson seemed to understand the situation of it.
In fairness, that 107 point team had dissolved like a cream puff in the first round against Nathan Mackinnon and... Nathan Mackinnon.
I dont think the firing was a move they had to think long and hard about, considering his NHL track record of four years of... existing with the perpetually underwhelming Hurricanes. And then Aliugate and Kickgate come to light. Cmon man, I might have been ready to fire the guy based on his performance even before the allegations happened.
The Flames certainly used it as a reason to fire him if they had wanted to.
More general comment on Keenan, ya think if hed settled down in one place for longer than a few years, his program of importing his boys and shaping them into teams that played Keenan hockey might have had decent results? Look how many assets he wasted over the years bringing in his Noonans and Larmers and Corsons on 3 or 4 different teams
Yeah maybe. The thing was he was good in the short term (both Canada Cups) and even good over a few years with Philly and Chicago. Not sure how the Rangers would have fared if he stayed, but they were still pretty good for a few years after. I don't think he would have made it worse.