[Alex Daugherty] Le CV d’entraîneur d’Andrew Brunette est court, mais assez impressionnant. Après avoir pris la relève de Joel Quenneville en Floride, il a dirigé les Panthers vers une fiche de 51-18-6 et le trophée des présidents. Ils ont perdu au 2e tour contre Tampa et les Panthers ont embauché Paul Maurice à l’intersaison.
Andrew Brunette's coaching resume is short, but quite impressive.
After taking over for Joel Quenneville in Florida, he coached the Panthers to a 51-18-6 record and the Presidents' Trophy. They lost in the 2nd round to Tampa and the Panthers hired Paul Maurice in the offseason.
— Alex Daugherty (@AlexDaugherty1) May 30, 2023
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Don’t want to overreact or anything, but we are definitely winning the Cup next season 😮💨
One of the better options out there. Kinda did hynes dirty by stringing him along for the last 6 weeks, but definitely a massive improvement.
Ok I’m feeling better about this.
Got the new GM I wanted, got rid of Hynes and hired a coach with a decent resume. I’m liking how this off-season has been going.
I’m more convinced than ever that the Preds are going to keep tearing it down and go on a rebuild. Beyond his coaching CV, Brunette also flirted with being a GM while he was starting out in Minny. He ultimately spent three years as an Assistant GM under Chuck Fletcher while there. To me that means he’s got a good eye for player scouting and developing, potentially covering a blind spot in Trotz’ lack of GM experience.
Brunette is a billed as a great coach but still hasn’t had an opportunity to build a team in his vision. He spent 1 season as an interim coach at Florida and did well with them but he still has a couple of question marks around his ability.
It’s definitely not a huge « win now » coaching change, in my opinion.
Happy to not be dipping into the old retreads for sure!
So do we have a chance for the cup?
Liking this signing, Brunette brings some experience, he doesn’t change up the lines too much to fuck the chemistry and I believe he was good in getting the younger guys to take that next step but don’t quote me. Either way this is a MASSIVE upgrade from Hynes, then again, a cymbal crashing monkey would’ve been an improvement