Every day or so, depending on the vagaries of the NHL’s schedule, Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault and assistant Mike Yeo head downstairs from their rooms in Hotel X, just west of downtown Toronto, to one of the four tennis courts housed in the bubble’s massive, 10,000 square foot athletic center.
The opening scene of “Valiant,” a documentary about the incredible first season of the Vegas Golden Knights, includes sweeping views of the Montana landscape and the club’s owner, Bill Foley, surveying the scene from his helicopter. Next comes the story of how Foley first told Murray Craven, now a senior vice president of the Golden Knights, about his grand idea — a hockey team in Las Vegas — while standing on a lake dock in Whitefish, Mont.
Less than 24 hours after the Columbus Blue Jackets eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs from playoff contention in their qualifier series, Jackets head coach John Tortorella showed his support for Maple Leafs’ rookie bench boss Sheldon Keefe.
At the dawn of the last decade, the hockey world was skeptical — even hostile — of the emerging analytics revolution.
When the Jack Adams Award finalists were announced, Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice was not listed. All of the coaches listed are worthy of the nomination, but what Maurice did with the Jets this year was remarkable. However, being in the Western Conference Maurice and Jets do not get the respect they deserve. In fact, dare we say that Paul Maurice is the most underrated coach in the National Hockey League.
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