Panthers Receive More Bad News On A Pair Of Veteran Defenders
Veteran Florida Panthers defensemen Aaron Ekblad and Dmitry Kulikov sustained injuries against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.
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When you look at Paul Maurice's legacy as a coach, how do you view it and what do you think, you know, what do you think of all of his accomplishments up to this date?
Well, up to the time that he won a Stanley Cup, he was looked upon as a good coach, but more of a compiler.
Look at all the stops that he made.
he had some success in Carolina, but never really And in Winnipeg as well, but never really, you know, got to that level of a Scotty Bowman, where he got to a Cup Final and won, and finally he did with Florida and consecutive Stanley Cups.
So I think obviously the two Stanley Cups have bolstered his legacy to one of the best coaches.
But had he not, won those Stanley Cups, and I'll use another, another, sport analogy, he'd be sort of the Marty Schottenheimer of, of, the NHL, meaning, you know, he had great success in the regular season, he had some success in the playoffs, but could never get over the hump.
And now he has, and I think now he's gonna be in that pantheon with Bowman, with Joel Quenneville, and a few others.
