![]() ![]() In all those years there were really only two "one time" isolated cup winners: Calgary in 1989 and Chicago in 1961. ![]() In the years previous to that, going back to the six team era, the league was dominated by "dynasty" teams: Montreal, Edmonton, the Islanders, the Leafs, the Red Wings, if you want to go back to the early 50's. I pick that year because it was really the first year of the "post dynasty" NHL. I've made up the following chart of the coaches who have won the Cup since 1991. I'm not going to analyze his ability as a motivator, an x's-and-o's guy, a lineup juggler, an in-game manager or an on-the-fly adjuster, but I do want to compare his experience to those of other coaches who have won the cup in recent years. There is a lot of debate in Islander circles about the status of Jack Capuano, most of the debate being on the negative side. I'm new at this, so bear with me if the stats aren't very fancy and the analytics aren't very analytical, but maybe they will tend to shed some light on what kinds of coaches win Stanley Cups. I'm an old time hockey fan who hasn't quite yet been able to wrap my aging brain around the new fangled fancy stats & analytics that have taken over the hockey world the last two years, but I figured the best way to understand fancy stats was to come up with some of my own.
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