TAMPA, Fla. — Gerard Gallant smiled and immediately performed a spin-o-rama that Denis Savard would be proud of to avoid the question.
“Have you started writing your speech for the NHL Awards Show?”
“You know me,” the Golden Knights coach responded after a brief chuckle. “We’ve got a lonnng way to go.”
Gallant doesn’t want to acknowledge it, but he’s nearly a shoo-in to take home the Jack Adams Award as the NHL coach of the year after leading the Knights to the top of the Western Conference standings during the first half of the season.