The Jack Adams Award is a three-coach race between Craig Berube of the St. Louis Blues, Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Barry Trotz of the New York Islanders. Who will be honored as coach of the year when it is handed out during the 2019 NHL Awards presented by Bridgestone in Las Vegas on June 19? That remains to be seen, but we had five members of the NHL.com staff debate the merits of the finalists to see how the voting by the NHL Broadcasters Association could shake out
Jack Adams Award winner debated by NHL.com
Berube of Blues, Cooper of Lightning, Trotz of Islanders finalists for coach of the year
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