Coaching in the modern day is always an interesting topic. Being a head coach, even a good one, doesn’t necessarily mean much job security in a league like the NHL where the voice of the man behind the bench is seen as replaceable. As the old saying goes, you can’t fire 20 players but you can fire the coach.
And these days, players have instagram accounts and a lot of them have long guaranteed contracts. They have a CBA where they get travel days off and built in extra days off too. Gone are the days of Herb Brooks bag skating his team until they’re exhausted.