On December 17, 2021, Paul Maurice genuinely thought his NHL coaching days were over. Though he was sixth all-time in wins and fourth all-time in games coached, he was perfectly happy to let his career stop there. He so gave up his position as the Winnipeg Jets’ coach. He was done. A Stanley Cup was something he would never win. That day, he said, “It’s time.” And he meant it. Until the Florida Panthers called, that is. As it happens, Maurice was mistaken. It was not appropriate. Maurice has made two visits to the Stanley Cup Final in his two seasons with the Panthers; Florida fell to Vegas in the previous year’s final series and begins this year’s against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.His résumé is almost incomparable. However, it won’t seem complete without a Cup. Additionally, the Panthers hope to be the group whose name appears on the greatest hockey trophy. According to Florida forward Steven Lorentz, “we want to win for every guy in the locker room.” “Coach has a lengthy history. Behind that bench, he’s witnessed a lot of hockey. extremely talented and astute coach. obtains the Xs and Os, but he also gains his players in equal measure. Playing for a guy like that is simple. He has high expectations, but the greatest satisfaction comes from putting in a great effort and succeeding. The nicest part is when he enters the room later and is just as enthused.Maurice is witty, sardonic, vulgar, humorous, considerate, and much more. Everything well. At the Stanley Cup media day on Friday, he turned up to take over a Florida club that was coming off a 122-point, Presidents’ Trophy-winning season. He playsfully jabs reporters before turning the jokes back on them. Maurice claimed, “I got them down to 92 in one year.” “Maurice is witty, sardonic, vulgar, humorous, considerate, and much more. Everything well. At the Stanley Cup media day on Friday, he turned up to take over a Florida club that was coming off a 122-point, Presidents’ Trophy-winning season. He playsfully jabs reporters before turning the jokes back on them. Maurice claimed, “I got them down to 92 in one year.” “For obvious reasons, no one is grumbling. The East was won by the Panthers both last year and this year.
The Panthers had no chance against Vegas last year due to injuries, just as Florida had no chance against Colorado in 1996 and was swept. This team is in a position to succeed, most definitely a stronger one than it was in its last two Cup final trips. The same is true for Maurice, who led Carolina to the championship game in 2002 but fell to Detroit and Bowman in his first title-round encounter.Aleksander Barkov, the captain of the Panthers, remarked, “He’s been really good for us.”
He imparts valuable knowledge on us about how to practice hard and become professional hockey players.
It goes without saying that we have had many highs and lows with him, but he always knows how to handle those circumstances, whether we need to be yelled at or not.
In this regard, Maurice is a real hockey man as well: He doesn’t take much credit for anything.He claims he knows nothing about goalies, so don’t question him about them. Give him no credit for changing lines during a game; he’ll argue that he had to take action.
He encourages players to take the lead in the locker room, keeps his lectures brief and to the point, and emphasises that even on the days when his squad spends hours practicing, he spends, at most, a few minutes a day personally interacting with them. It’s not about him here.
It concerns them. When the Panthers defeated the New York Rangers to win the East title, Maurice said, “You’re all (expletive) brilliant, and I love every one of ya.” He left the dressing room after saying that. To get to was the Cup final.
I’m going to know when this thing’s all over either how good I got or how good I was,” Maurice said. “I won’t need somebody else to tell me that or to value my career. I’m not saying I’m going to value it really high. I have a pretty good idea of the job I’ve done. Yeah, I’d really like to win one.
