The Resume

(November 20, 1946-August 3, 2023)
Born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
Defenseman for the Montreal Canadiens (1970-73), Los Angeles Kings (1973-79) and the Atlanta/Calgary Flames (1979-82)
Assistant coach for the Calgary Flames (1982-87) and the San Jose Sharks (1991-93)
Head coach for the Chicago Blackhawks (1987-88) and the Winnipeg Jets (1989-91)

Why he might be annoying:

His nickname was 'Mud.'
He shares his name with a forward whose career he overlapped.
He was immortalized in Don Cherry's 'Rock'Em Sock'Em Hockey' lore after footage of him being stuck in the Blackhawks dressing room, which required a forklift to open the door made the montage.
He was fired after one season with the Blackhawks.
His Jets team regressed considerably in the second season, which later sealed his fate as an NHL head coach.
His teams never got past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Why he might not be annoying:

He earned a Stanley Cup ring in his first season with the Canadiens (1971).
He guided the Jets to a significant turnaround, which saw the team improve by 21 points and earn a playoff berth (1989-90).
He was the second head coach in Jets history to earn the Jack Adams Award.
Some hockey pundits felt his dismissal from Winnipeg wasn't his fault, as he was put in a no-win situation following the team's decision to trade away Dale Hawerchuk.
He was a member of the inaugural coaching staff for the Sharks franchise during their first couple seasons.
He served as a head coach in Germany's DEL, prior to his retirement in 2002.

Credit: Eddie Burphy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Calgary Flames
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [November] (Ranked: 11201946)
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Eddie Burphy's Profiles [Series 05]
• Goatees
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2023 (Ranked: 76)
• Ice Hockey Players
• Jack Adams Trophy Winners (Ranked: 1990)
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Los Angeles Kings
• Montreal Canadiens
• Mustaches
• NHL Defensemen
• Nobody Told Me I'm Old
• Profiles 56251-56500 (Ranked: 56499)
• San Jose Sharks
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Sport Coaches/Managers
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20230803)
• Winnipeg Jets

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 50 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying