SUNRISE, Fla. — When Coach Q speaks, hockey folks listen.
First-year Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville, the four-time Stanley Cup champion and future first-ballot Hall of Famer, knows a thing or to about a team on the rise. And the former Avalanche coach who ranks second in all-time coaching victories with 892 sees a big climb coming in Colorado.
“They’re dangerous off the rush. They’ve got some real high-end talent. They can do a lot of different things,” Quenneville said here Friday. “They’ve got four lines that are dangerous as well, so they’ve got really good balance up front.