from Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette,
If voting was held now for the Jack Adams Award, you’d have to think the Canadiens’ Michel Therrien would be named the National Hockey League’s top coach.
But would he?
Therrien seems to remain the Rodney Dangerfield of NHL coaches, not getting the proper respect despite his very impressive record behind the Canadiens bench the last three seasons.
Heading into Thursday night’s game against the Washington Capitals at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens had the best record in the NHL (19-4-3), ranked second in offence, third in defence, fourth on the power play and second in penalty-killing.
Think that might have something to do with coaching?
Since being hired by Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin before the start of the 2012-13 season, Therrien had a 144-68-26 record heading into Thursday’s game — and this season he’s doing it without Carey Price in goal.
Whether you like Therrien or not — he’s not necessarily a lovable character — his record speaks for itself. And he’s not the same coach — or man — he was during his first three-year stint as coach of the Canadiens, starting in 2000.
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