2008-09-10T07:13:12-04:00 SI Players NHL Poll 2008-03-26T09:28:18-04:00 13 2008-09-10T06:39:50-04:00 1 2 10 2008-07-01T22:54:34-04:00 8 NY SabresYanks1983 Skaneateles 448469 Ruff won the Jack Adams two years ago. Keenan and Lemaire both won cups....wake up SI and stick to football 2114882 2008-07-01T22:53:42-04:00 8 NY SabresYanks1983 Skaneateles 448469 Ruff won the Jack Adams and Lemaire and Keenan cups....stick to football SI 2114850 2008-05-12T06:17:01-04:00 1 NY BuffaloSportsGuy Buffalo 91359 &quot;FAST FACTS: None of these top vote-getters have won a Stanley Cup behind the bench.&quot; Mike Keenan won the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers. 1730748 2008-04-04T19:03:57-04:00 4 WA WildInSeattle Seattle 407904 Sorry - didn't mean to post twice. 1481303 2008-04-04T19:03:33-04:00 4 WA WildInSeattle Seattle 407904 The above statement is wrong - Jacques Lemaire won a Stanley Cup behind the bench for NJ in 95. 1481200 2008-04-04T19:02:58-04:00 4 WA WildInSeattle Seattle 407904 The above statement is wrong - Jacques Lemaire has won a Stanley Cup behind the bench for the Devils in 95. 1481301 2008-03-29T15:22:44-04:00 6 NC NDinNC Wendell 108119 This is a joke...Laviolette is one of the best if not the best in the game. Have you seen how many mangame the Hurricanes have lost to injury..and I'm not talking a tummy ache. He's had so many Albany River Rats play for him this season that they might as well rename them the Carolina Rats! 1438474 2008-03-29T10:23:07-04:00 2 FL madmikefl West Melbourne 35660 stanley zand -- Carbo spent all last season sniping at the refs and alienating Alexi Kovalev. Did you just wake up from a coma? I'll grant you he has matured greatly this year, but he was the major reason the tea, failed last year. 1437361 2008-03-28T15:39:44-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/365/56/thumb/logo.gif 108 GA SkinsWin Cumming 36676 Bruce Boudreau from the Capitals looks like a great coach from where I am sitting - he takes over a team that is dead last in the league in points (during the season) and now they are on the brink of the playoffs - sure, they have Ovechkin but he must be doing something right to motivate his players - 6-14-1 before he took over and 33-17-7 since Coach of the Year, in my opinion 1432983 2008-03-27T10:48:40-04:00 1 NY sephion9 Brooklyn 402328 FYI Lindy Ruff also won the Jack Adams. 1421110 13 <p><strong>Which NHL head coach would you most like to play for?</strong></p> <p><strong>Mike Babcock</strong>, Red Wings.....16%<br /><strong>Ted Nolan</strong>, Islanders.....10%<br /><strong>Wayne Gretzky</strong>, Coyotes.....8%<br /><strong>Joel Quenneville</strong>, Avalanche.....7%<br /><strong>Andy Murray</strong>, Blues.....4%<br /><strong>Brent Sutter</strong>, Devils.....4%<br /><strong>Jacques Lemaire</strong>, Wild.....4%<br /><strong>Randy Carlyle,</strong> Ducks.....4%<br /><strong>John Paddock</strong>, Senators.....3%<br /><strong>Lindy Ruff</strong>, Sabres.....3%<br /><strong>Mike Keenan</strong>, Flames.....2% </p><p>[Based on a survey of 365 NHL players]&nbsp; </p> <p><strong>FAST FACTS:</strong> None of these top vote-getters have won a Stanley Cup behind the bench.... Through Sunday the Islanders, Coyotes and Blues were all well outside playoff position; the Avalanche was eighth in the West.... Nolan (1997) and Quenneville (2000) have won a coach of the year award.</p><p>This is an expanded version of the NHL poll from the March 31, 2008 issue of <em>Sports Illustrated</em>.<br /><br />What&#39;s your take on this poll?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> 2225 18 NY The SI Staff New York City 21244