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How Do The Coaches Rank

from Terry Frei at ESPN,

On the premise that it would be excessively presumptuous to rank them 1 through 30—after all, we’re not talking about uniforms—the rankings are done in groups. They are also purely subjective.

The Elite ...
... or the men who get the most out of their rosters, regardless of how good (or otherwise) those rosters are.

Mike Babcock, Detroit
He could become, if he hasn’t already, the prototype for the modern-era coach. Babcock didn’t play in the NHL, but he has a broad coaching background on the major-junior, Canadian college (briefly) and American Hockey League levels before stepping up, and up to the challenge. Yes, he’s been blessed to be in organizations with considerable talent, but he has proven to be adaptive in the evolving NHL—and that might be the most important quality for a coach in this era.

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