Whether you loved or hated Ken Hitchcock, or fell somewhere in between, it is hard to argue that he was one of the most successful coaches in St. Louis Blues history. Outside of Joel Quenneville, nobody has more wins and nobody took the team to greater heights (maybe until now).
The problem Hitchcock ran into was he wanted his teams to play a very demanding style of hockey. He wanted all four lines to go up and down the ice and pay as much detail to their work in the defensive zone as they did on offense.
When you get your team, and stars, playing that way, it is almost always a recipe for success.