.RoryBoylen ranks the top nine coaching candidates in a jam-packed Jack Adams race.
The reality of his candidacy relies completely on where the Coyotes finish the regular season. With it looking unlikely now that Arizona will get into the playoffs – a fate that could be cemented Thursday night – Tocchet will be a long shot to win the award, but his accomplishments deserve to be highlighted nonetheless.
What's fascinating to me is how his minutes fluctuate from game to game. He'll play 26 minutes in close games the Canes can win. He'll play 15 in games that are either hopeless or already won. Rod Brind'Amour deserves to be in the Jack Adams conversationThat is due largely to the breakout from Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen, who crossed the 80- and 70-point plateaus for the first time.
Julien also did a great job at playing and protecting Jesperi Kotkaniemi, which allowed him to have a very strong first year as a third-line centre and will build his confidence toward future seasons. The obvious knock on Julien’s candidacy is that Montreal’s special teams leaves something to be desired, especially their league-worst 12.5 per cent power play that has not improved an ounce all season.
This season didn’t start as smoothly as the entirety of their 2017-18 schedule went. Without top defenceman Nate Schmidt, who was suspended for the first 20 games, the Golden Knights went 8-11-1. But once they got their No. 1 back Vegas started to soar, posting a 15-4-3 record in his first 22 games.
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