No disrespect to the above list of candidates as all have good cases for receiving this award but I am a bit dismayed as to why I wasn't listed as well. I took over a franchise that both the pro and farm team had missed the play-offs the previous season. What I have done is turn the pro team into a play-off team with 90+ points in a very,very tough division playing against the likes of the Caps, Panthers, Lightning, and back to back cup winning Thrashers and take the River Rats to the farm team finals where they lost in 6 games. I would have thought that those achievements would have got some attention. Good luck to all.