Yea what about Paul Maclean?
He did good work with Anaheim's special teams apparently and leading a Sens group that wasn't that great either

Or Dave Cameron? He seems pretty good with the media, passionate about coaching, seems more like a player's coach

I'm also definitely interested in Dineen.
- cpltanto

a lot of what i've read from calgary fans seem to be that hartley failed because he mishandled his roster, and didn't have much of a system. if that is indeed the case, then you absolutely don't want cameron.....he's exactly the same.

his roster management is unbelievably bad.........for a string of games he put mark borowiecki (our 7th dman) at forward and gave him more ice time then mike hoffman and bobby ryan...... he continuously played jared cowen in the top 4 despite his complete inability to actually play hockey.

maclean might be a good fit, has a better system but is a bit of a tyrant (don't think the players in ottawa liked him very much, especially the young guys)....he might have worked better in detroit and anaheim as an assistant because a majority of thier core players were older.

just my thoughts

i know BB is interviewing in ottawa today, and his daughter and grand-daughter both live there. have to think that could weigh heavily on his decision.

Here's an other stats for you.
He won 5 playoffs rounds in 9 years with packed rosters.

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- fidopro

were his rosters really that stacked?

while in washington, what did he have beyond ovechkin and backstrom. there were good players, but that team had a serious lack of depth.

anaheim was similar....yes they have perry, getzlaf, and kessler, but beyond that there isn't a ton of depth there either. they're also very young and inexperienced on teh back end and in goal......it also doesn't help when your 2 best players (getzlaf and perry) have basically decided to take the last 2 years of playoffs off....they were complete no shows.....especially later in teh rounds when the games were even more critical.

can boudreau take some of the blame....sure. but a TON of the blame has to be put on the GMs (he had McPhee in washington, the genius who traded filip forsberg for martin erat) as well as the players.

boudreau is an excellent coach.....easily the best coach available right now (all things considered)

Anaheim hasn't granted Calgary permission to talk to Bruce and why would they? I'm sure they rather not have him go to a division rival.

Anaheim hasn't granted Calgary permission to talk to Bruce and why would they? I'm sure they rather not have him go to a division rival.
- flamminghead

For now it makes no sense, but if no one else hires him they will have no choice. They can't exactly afford to pay his salary with an internal budget

For now it makes no sense, but if no one else hires him they will have no choice. They can't exactly afford to pay his salary with an internal budget
- Lahey

Ducks ownership probably sitll dont like Burke for how he jumped shipped to TO. He sort of (frank)ed them over when he did that

For now it makes no sense, but if no one else hires him they will have no choice. They can't exactly afford to pay his salary with an internal budget
- Lahey

They can pay whatever the hell the owner feels like paying.

For now it makes no sense, but if no one else hires him they will have no choice. They can't exactly afford to pay his salary with an internal budget
- Lahey

Don't they have to pay him regardless if he gets another coaching job or not!?

Here's an other stats for you.
He won 5 playoffs rounds in 9 years with packed rosters.

Used Google
- fidopro

The playoffs are such a crapshoot that you can't really fault a coach. They're just the easiest to blame. There's not really a lot of coaching going on in the playoffs beyond trying to get your best players playing as much as possible. Is it Boudreau's fault that Perry and Getzlaf did nothing in the playoffs this year? Quenneville is not the main reason the Hawks have won their cups nor is he the main reason they lost in the first round this year.

The best way to judge a coach is with regular season success, and few have been better than Boudreau.

Don't they have to pay him regardless if he gets another coaching job or not!?
- cpltanto

I thought you can get out of it or make the other team pay. Guess it depends on the contract.

I thought you can get out of it or make the other team pay. Guess it depends on the contract.
- Lahey

If he finds employment in Coaching before the end of his previous contract: the previous team is off the hook. Here's hoping he finds a gig by next season. He belongs in the NHL.

The media sure is spinning the story into him being inadequate. Bad year for the roster from top to bottom.

If he finds employment in Coaching before the end of his previous contract: the previous team is off the hook. Here's hoping he finds a gig by next season. He belongs in the NHL.

The media sure is spinning the story into him being inadequate. Bad year for the roster from top to bottom.
- fry

So remind me. Why exactly would he want another job? 😆

So remind me. Why exactly would he want another job? 😆
- flamminghead

It's really, really hard to get a head coaching job in the NHL. Even if it was just about the money, wouldn't you want an income for more than just next year?

If he finds employment in Coaching before the end of his previous contract: the previous team is off the hook. Here's hoping he finds a gig by next season. He belongs in the NHL.

The media sure is spinning the story into him being inadequate. Bad year for the roster from top to bottom.
- fry

looked it up....coach gets paid whether he makes money coaching elsewhere or not
A fired coach would thus get a double salary if they got fired and hired elsewhere

Anaheim hasn't granted Calgary permission to talk to Bruce and why would they? I'm sure they rather not have him go to a division rival.
- flamminghead

Then why have multiple sources say they have had many discussions already?

Then why have multiple sources say they have had many discussions already?
- Iggysbff

Looks like those sources were wrong.