Everything about Doug Maclean totally explained
Doug MacLean is a
Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager. He was born in
Summerside, Prince Edward Island on
April 12,
1954.
He is the former president/general manager and head coach of the
National Hockey League's
Columbus Blue Jackets and was also the head coach of the
Florida Panthers. MacLean began coaching at the
University of New Brunswick, followed by
assistant coach positions with the
St. Louis Blues and
Washington Capitals. MacLean's first professional head coach position came in 1990, when he was sent to the
Baltimore Skipjacks, the Capital's AHL affiliate, as part of a midseason shakeup that placed Skipjacks head coach
Terry Murray at the Capitals' helm.
MacLean is probably best known for leading an up-start Panther team, featuring goaltender
John Vanbiesbrouck, to the Eastern Conference crown in
1996, only to be swept in the
Stanley Cup Final (four games to none) by the
Colorado Avalanche.
After leading the Panthers to the playoffs in both the 1995–96 and
1996–97 seasons, MacLean was fired at the beginning of the
1997–98 campaign when the Panthers started with a 7–12–4 record.
MacLean was hired to serve as the Blue Jackets' GM on February 11, 1998, and added the position of team president to his responsibilities a month later. The Blue Jackets began play for the
2000–01 NHL season. On January 7, 2003 MacLean fired Blue Jackets head coach
Dave King and took over as interim head coach, a position he held until January 1, 2004, when he promoted assistant coach
Gerard Gallant to the role. MacLean remained president and general manager until the conclusion of the
2006–07 season. The Blue Jackets never posted a winning record, going 172–258–62 under MacLean's leadership and remaining the only franchise never to qualify for the NHL playoffs. On April 18, 2007 MacLean was fired as the team's president and general manager.
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On Tuesday, August 7, 2007 it was announced that a group of investors headed by MacLean had bought the
Tampa Bay Lightning. However, the deal fell apart during the 2007–08 season.
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