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NHL rumblings: No panic in Predators, no easy fixes for Maple Leafs and more
The Maple Leafs are searching for answers as they sit near the bottom of the East standings. Jamie Sabau / Getty Images
Barry Trotz held firm earlier this season when people were calling for him to make a coaching change.
For many general managers, the allure of the coaching-change bump can be hard to resist when the walls seem to be closing in around them.
Trotz, one of the winningest head coaches in NHL history, resisted and backed Andrew Brunette.
His team has since responded, now winning seven of their past 10 games.
“Sometimes people focus in on wins and losses and not necessarily the process,” Trotz told The Athletic on Monday. “Fortunately, I can see the process downstairs here — how the coaches are working with the players, how the players are responding to the coaches. I just felt that the players were not giving up on the coaches, and the coaches weren’t giving up on the players. They actually were coming together.”
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Can the Nashville Predators actually pull off an improbable season turnaround?
Andrew Brunette is an Ontario native and a die-hard Toronto Blue Jays fan.
To use a baseball analogy, Brunette batted .500 on miracle turnarounds in his first two seasons as head coach of the Nashville Predators. The 2023-24 team reeled off a franchise record 18-game point streak to make the playoffs, but last season’s group got stuck in the NHL cellar.
Can this year’s Predators (16-16-4) really make a playoff push despite their awful start?
Nashville was the worst team in the league a month ago. However, with 10 wins in their last 14 games – including a dramatic 2-1 overtime road victory against the Minnesota Wild on Dec. 23 – Brunette and his players are flipping the narrative.
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