NHL Announces Jack Adams Finalists for Coach of the Year

The Jack Adams' Trophy is awarded to the coach who 'contributed the most to his team's success.' The NHL's Coach of the Year finalists are:


Andrew Brunette, who took over for Joel Quenneville in Florida earlier this season, inherited a pretty favorable situation. The team was already quite good, but under him they continued their dominant campaign & won the President's Trophy. He's a pretty natural choice for a finalist, as his team was the best regular season team & set the NHL's record for goals scored in a season. Some may argue the team would have had their success regardless of their coach, but that's moot. He is their coach & they set records. Jack Adams finalist.




Gerard Gallant, in his first season with the Rangers, pulled a lot of the right strings & got a middling team into the playoffs & into the second round to boot. Pretty impressive. The Rangers went from out of the playoffs to a second-place finish in arguably the toughest division in the NHL. While Igor Shesterkin can assume most of the credit for the Rangers' success, Gallant changed the way they played & had them humming for most of the season.


Darryl Sutter came into Calgary & immediately made an impact. The Flames had a tough stretch despite having a quality roster. Sutter comes in & they win the Pacific Division & were one of the NHL's toughest opponents this year. Brad Treliving should probably receive a nomination for GM of the Year too, realistically. But Sutter did all the right things for the Flames this season & deserves this nomination.