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Another Trophy For Gretzky?
by Paul on 01/08/08 at 09:55 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
Indeed, one could argue that at the midpoint of the NHL season, Gretzky is the leading candidate for the Jack Adams trophy as the NHL’s coach of the year for what he’s done with his Phoenix Coyotes to date. The Coyotes were expected to challenge for top spot in only one category this year - the draft lottery - after cleaning house and deciding once and for all to go with a youth movement.
While many of the other long-time Western Conference also-rans bolstered their line-ups with free agent signings, the Coyotes made a few tweaks around the edges of the line-up, but mostly decided to play their kids (Peter Mueller, Michal Hanzal et al) and take their lumps.
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Good goaltending goes a long way, but there are other aspects to playing hockey.
Defense, Discipline, Strategy, and Scoring.
Instead of benching Reinprecht for a miscue against the Wings a week or so ago, he moved him to the third line and he scores a hat trick.
Putting players in positions of success = good coaching in my book.
Posted by PB from Chandler, AZ on 01/09/08 at 08:24 AM ET
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Don’t get me wrong, I love Gretzky, but I imagine his getting the Adams Trophy would only continue the trend of coaches whose teams are held together by goaltending winning it (see Alain Vigneault).
Posted by NHLJeff from Boston, MA on 01/08/08 at 11:34 PM ET