Jack Adams nominees

[mattola]

 

[mattola]

this one goes to Patrick Roy

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I don't see how they even needed to do more than one nominee for this one.

Roy in a landslide.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Patrick Roy for me

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

this one goes to Patrick Roy

That it should.

 

[pixburgher66]

I'm sorry, I think it should be Babcock. Roy did a great job, but I have a feeling that Colorado regresses a lot next year unless they make some big changes.

 

[dash]

I don't see how they even needed to do more than one nominee for this one.

Roy in a avalanche.

fixed to insert correct natural disaster.

 

[Darkstone42]

Babcock's fedora.

 

[dash]

Babcock's fedora.

Love the old school look (looks good on Mike as well)

 

[forty_three]

I'm sorry, I think it should be Babcock. Roy did a great job, but I have a feeling that Colorado regresses a lot next year unless they make some big changes.

So next year, don't give it to him.

But for what he did this year, there is no one who is even in the same ballpark as Patty.

 

[mattola]

I'm sorry, I think it should be Babcock. Roy did a great job, but I have a feeling that Colorado regresses a lot next year unless they make some big changes.

your right, good thing this award is for next years coaching

 

[elocomotive]

Claude Julien should win. He looks the most like Jack Adams.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I'm sorry, I think it should be Babcock. Roy did a great job, but I have a feeling that Colorado regresses a lot next year unless they make some big changes.

It will be given to Roy because of the improvement in Colorado's record, but if I was picking one of these guys to coach a team he would be 3rd on my list.

 

[elocomotive]

Am I the only one who would vote for Cooper?

Tampa Bay was a basement team last year like Colorado, lost one of the league's best goal scorers for most of the year, had the most famous guy in franchise history traded away, and still managed to finish near the top in the East (when many thought they would slide out of playoff position altogether after Stamkos went down.

I think Roy and Cooper both had similar stories, but to me, Cooper had less talent and more adversity to deal with.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Am I the only one who would vote for Cooper?

Tampa Bay was a basement team last year like Colorado, lost one of the league's best goal scorers for most of the year, had the most famous guy in franchise history traded away, and still managed to finish near the top in the East (when many thought they would slide out of playoff position altogether after Stamkos went down.

I think Roy and Cooper both had similar stories, but to me, Cooper had less talent and more adversity to deal with.

You make a lot of good points for sure - I would go Patty as the winner, Jon Cooper at 2 and Mike Babcock at 3

But what Patty did with that Avs team was incredible - the start they got off to and the fact that he turned a defense that was atrocious the year before and turned them into a division winner with that defense was really incredible

 

[pixburgher66]

So next year, don't give it to him.

But for what he did this year, there is no one who is even in the same ballpark as Patty.

Still contend that what Babcock did was far more impressive. The Avs had the talent, they just crapped the bed last year. What the Wings were able to do was ridiculous.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Am I the only one who would vote for Cooper?

Tampa Bay was a basement team last year like Colorado, lost one of the league's best goal scorers for most of the year, had the most famous guy in franchise history traded away, and still managed to finish near the top in the East (when many thought they would slide out of playoff position altogether after Stamkos went down.

I think Roy and Cooper both had similar stories, but to me, Cooper had less talent and more adversity to deal with.

Pretty much agreed on all counts.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Still contend that what Babcock did was far more impressive. The Avs had the talent, they just crapped the bed last year. What the Wings were able to do was ridiculous.

Avs had a pretty incompetent head coach too the year before, which tends to bog down the entire team

 

[DragonfromTO]

You make a lot of good points for sure - I would go Patty as the winner, Jon Cooper at 2 and Mike Babcock at 3

But what Patty did with that Avs team was incredible - the start they got off to and the fact that he turned a defense that was atrocious the year before and turned them into a division winner with that defense was really incredible

If you want to give Roy some credit for the improvement that's fine, but I don't think it was improved defense or defensive systems. I think it was mostly the difference between having a team SV% of .905 and one of .922.

 

[forty_three]

Am I the only one who would vote for Cooper?

Tampa Bay was a basement team last year like Colorado, lost one of the league's best goal scorers for most of the year, had the most famous guy in franchise history traded away, and still managed to finish near the top in the East (when many thought they would slide out of playoff position altogether after Stamkos went down.

I think Roy and Cooper both had similar stories, but to me, Cooper had less talent and more adversity to deal with.

Fair points, but remember the Avs started the season with the question of whether their starting goalie was going to prison. They did have adversity of their own to get through. Perhaps not exactly the same, but the coach did keep them focused through it and they kicked ass through it as well.