When the New York Rangers lured Coach David Quinn away from Boston University, Quinn was billed as a developmental coach. The thinking was, a teaching coach is needed to help the youngsters learn how to be a professional hockey player, and he and the rebuild would usher in a new golden age of New York Rangers hockey.
Well, a funny thing happened on the way to Madison Square Garden–the teaching coach that the organization hired to accelerate “the kids'” progress doesn’t seem to be the one that the Rangers got.
So, the question becomes–is David Quinn actually a developmental coach?