Half-Season Awards: Jack Adams

[amnesiac]

Who has been the league's best coach UP TO NOW? (not who you think it will be at season's end)

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[bobholly39]

Voted Boston

they were expected to regress/miss playoffs, going into year with key injuries. Instead they are on pace for the greatest regular season of all-time.

Ruff in NJD has done great, a couple of other unexpected successes too, like Winnipeg or Seattle. Still, as of now, Boston

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Keefe. With what the Leafs have accomplished so far with all the injuries they've had (especially on the blueline) is pretty spectacular.

do find it kind of humorous that Keefe is the only coach not listed out of the top 8 teams in the league. Bit of a bias maybe?

 

[rogking65]

Granato

 

[stokes84]

Weird omission of Granato

 

[amnesiac]

Weird omission of Granato

meh, one of the worst defences in the league, 9 teams ahead in the east. I dont see him being the SOLE reason why theyve improved offensively. TT, Dahlin, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens are good players with or without him.

 

[Ivo]

Most posters here were predicting the Bruins to be on the bubble, but their record is 31-4-4, best defense and PK, 2nd best offence, 4th powerplay, all this despite starting the season with two key players injured for a month+. Montgomery has done his job and more, no one is close after the first half.

 

[CH]

Bruce Cassidy Vegas

 

[Adam da bomb]

Bowness is definitely in the running. Jets failed to make playoffs last year and are now one of the top in West.

 

[danpantz]

Keefe. With what the Leafs have accomplished so far with all the injuries they've had (especially on the blueline) is pretty spectacular.

do find it kind of humorous that Keefe is the only coach not listed out of the top 8 teams in the league. Bit of a bias maybe?

Votes for his own teams coach. Claims poll is biased.

Never change leafs fans

 

[MOGlLNY]

meh, one of the worst defences in the league, 9 teams ahead in the east. I dont see him being the SOLE reason why theyve improved offensively. TT, Dahlin, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens are good players with or without him.

Need to look closer then

Montgomery is the clear leader though

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Hakstol somehow

Seattle has no reason being as good as they are, and it's not like their goalies have been great

 

[Xirik]

Picked Bowness and the Jets, I didn't expect them to be good this year so I give props to the coach.

 

[amnesiac]

Ah. Right. Bring back Ralph Krueger!!

Idiot.

Because there are only 2 options available to coach the Sabres apparently.

Not the smartest are you?

 

[Bounces R Way]

Montgomery is the only correct option here.

 

[Boreal01]

Montgomery

HM: Bowness, Cassidy

 

[pegcity]

Jets being in second in the central is mainly due to Hellebuyck.

 

[Combat Koala]

Montgomery, easily. Don't think anyone saw Boston being this good.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Monty AINEC

 

[Dust]

The team that was supposed to be on the bubble and is a +68 GD and only 4 regulation losses at the midway point. I don't think it's close either. I really don't like the "AINEC" but it may be one of the rare instances where it fits.

 

[CH]

I argue that Jim Montgomery isn't a great coach. Linus Ullmark is the reason that Boston is overachieving.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Votes for his own teams coach. Claims poll is biased.

Never change leafs fans

Top 8 teams listed...bar one.

 

[danpantz]

Top 8 teams listed...bar one.

You think Keefe should win it?

 

[Pyrophorus]

You think Keefe should win it?

Should've last year.

 

[danpantz]

Should've last year.

What about this year?