from Gary Lawless of TSN,

It's only five games and Murray isn't this impatient. Boudreau will get some more games to try and turn things around. Perhaps it's just early bad puck luck. The Ducks are a top-10 team in possession. Boudreau isn't a dead Duck just yet.

But the fact Murray was contemplating a change prior to Sunday's win is evidence Boudreau has little room for error. Successive playoff failures have the organization questioning if Boudreau is the man to get them another Stanley Cup. This isn't about Boudreau being a bad coach. It's about anything less than a Stanley Cup this season being considered a failure in Anaheim. They'll do whatever they must as an organization to achieve a title.

Which brings us to Carlyle, the only coach to ever raise a Stanley Cup banner in Anaheim.

Murray runs the Ducks and Dave Nonis holds the title special assignment scout and consultant to general manager. They've both fired Carlyle in their days as GMs. They also have immense respect for him as a coach and know what he's capable of behind the bench....

Murray has in-house solutions such as assistant coaches Trent Yawney and Paul MacLean. The question with both those candidates, however, is are they Stanley Cup-calibre coaches? Maybe. But until you've done it the question hangs over your head and Ducks ownership likely isn't interested in a maybe right now. They're looking for a sure thing. So are the players.

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