Colorado Avalanche fans were ready to take anybody after Patrick Roy left the team — except for Bob Hartley, for some reason. Hartley won the Jack Adams for coaching and has a Stanley Cup with this team, but whatever. For some reason Avs fans consider him persona non grata.
I’m the exact opposite, and I was ready to hate anyone, except maybe Bob Hartley. (Stanley Cup with this team.) I was also ready to eventually consign myself to a good coach, namely Kevin Dineen. I mean, it was going to be hard to argue with Dineen’s NHL playing experience capped with his helping coach the Central Division rival Chicago Blackhawks to Stanley Cup victory in 2014.