Detroit Red Wings’ Mike Babcock Clear Winner Among Jack Adams Finalists

May 6th, 2014 by Matt Hutter Leave a reply »

As the NHL announced on May 6, Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock is among three finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the 2014 NHL coach of the year.

His peers—Colorado Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy and Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper—are certainly worthy of their respective nominations, but to suggest that they are as deserving as Babcock of this particular award is to dismiss what the award represents in the first place.

Lest one think that this assertion smacks of any kind of Detroit Red Wings-bias, consider a few facts before passing that particular bit of judgment.

The Jack Adams Award, as per the NHL’s announcement, recognizes the coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success” during the season in which it is awarded.

Now, assessing who among the finalists substantively contributed more to his team’s success than any of his peers is hardly a scientific exercise, but there are some nominal formulas that can be applied.



In recent years, the award seems to favor those coaches who’ve led a team through a ...

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